In Which This Gave Me A Much Needed Laugh.

After a couple of days feeling pretty down, this made me laugh pretty hard when I watched it Saturday night — the whole show did, actually, but this was just the right combination of hilarious, weird and awkward that I needed:
[Update: Apparently, it's been yanked from YouTube, but for now you can see it here.]

In Which iAsk The Internet For Rock & Roll Advice.

As part of my duty to educate my children, we bought Peanut an “iPod” for Christmas (it’s a $25 off-brand that will probably last 6 months, but iCan’t bring myself to spend that much money on something that’s probably going to go through the wash before it would otherwise die a natural cheap electronic death).
He [...]

In Which Jeremy Made Me Think Of Two Completely Unrelated Stories.

Inspired by this conversation, I will now share two stories with the internets:
1. I was down in LA for some training or something a few years back, and while I was at the airport waiting for my flight to board, I noticed a woman sitting across from me who looked pretty familiar, but I couldn’t [...]

In Which I May Or May Not Have A Blog.

Happy World Philosophy Day! Here’s a little something for your mind grapes.

In Which I’m Done Being Polite.

Dear Friends and Family,
I am just done being polite.
Having been on the receiving end of an anthrax hoax the night before last, I’m going to take my gloves off for a minute and just speak my mind.
I know this will be long, but please take a few minutes to read it, and to give me [...]

In Which I Talk To Chester About Drugs, And Other Thoughts About Television.

We probably watch more tv than we should (thank you, tivo, for making me feel so gol-durned efficient while doing so!), and as the boys get older I have to be aware of what’s on when they’re around.
I was reminded of this the other night when Peanut was playing with his cars and as one [...]

In Which I Finally Post About Rocks.

Life, illness, and just plain procrastination kept me from getting this up any sooner. I apologize to those who helped me with these thoughts, and hope you find this at least half as interesting and inspiring as I did.

In Which The Daily Show Rocks.

This is why I love The Daily Show. In this clip, they show the total hypocrisy of the Republican talking heads (I love it when someone makes Bill O’Reilly look like the tool that he is!), but as anyone who watched the show during the Clinton years knows, they are equal opportunity ridiculers.
Anyway, here’s The [...]

In Which I List the Books I’ve Read in 2008, Update 3.

I’ve gotten into a few series lately, primarily the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva, which I’ve read completely out of order (he does a great job of explaining things without giving away what happened in earlier books). The main character is an Israeli spy/assassin whose cover is as one of the world’s leading art [...]

In Which The Olympics Have Ended, and Other Observations by Peanut.

Sunday night we started watching the closing ceremonies and Peanut says, “Daddy, why are all the people leaving?”
“Because the Olympics are over.”
“Does that mean Michael Phelps finally gets to go home??”
“Yep.”
” . . . Can we go see him?”
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Apparently, he’s having a hard time with the whole city/state/country distinction. The Wise One and the boys [...]