If there’s an iPad firmware upgrade, will it be called an iPatch?
I’m sitting here watching a webcam of an active volcano in Alaska… does that constitute a Redoubt readout?
I’ll relate more inadvisable thoughts to you as they occur to me.… Read more
Sorry about the complete and utter silence here lately – I haven’t had a lot to say. For those who weren’t aware, my dad passed away on March 29th and the wind has been let out of my sails a bit. I’m not going to claim any kind of great emotional trauma here – this is something that had been on the horizon for something like the last six months or so. And honestly, on a great many levels… I’m glad for him. Relieved. He’s free of a body that was increasingly trying to betray him, he’s free of pain, and he’s free of a situation that he was only going to escape feet-first. (Those who know what I’m referring to there will know what I’m referring to there; those who don’t… well, just understand it’s not something I’m going to blab or blog about out in the open.) … Read more
Okay, surely now they’re just screwing with our heads.
I mean, seriously, who sold one of the stock photo libraries a picture of their Great Uncle Hubert thinking “What is that thing? Get it out of my face!” about the digital camera that was thrust into his face?… Read more
I love all the commercials for various and sundry patented prescriptions that show regularly on TV. My favorite is “You should stop taking [X] if you have suicidal thoughts or actions.” I can get behind that – I don’t want you to have suicidal thoughts or actions.
I’m just waiting for the warning about homicidal thoughts and actions. You should really stop taking that pill too.… Read more
Yesterday I railed against what seemed like an oddly inappropriate choice of stock photo for a Facebook ad promoting grants and scholarships for dads wanting to go back to school. It would seem that my concerns have been heard, and the photo has been replaced by…
…the GEICO caveman?!? I’m expecting a stock photo of Verne Troyer next.… Read more
For some reason, the Firefox plugin I have that has so successfully hidden Facebook ads has suddenly stopped working. So I’m getting the sidebar ads again. No real biggie, I’m sure someone will figure out how to defeat them again. But in the meantime, I’m somewhere between chuckling and going “WTF?!?” at this sidebar ad that’s popped up a few times over the weekend:
Okay, Facebook. WTF? Are the ads just pulling random images across the board? Or is this the advertiser’s idea of what dad is really going back to college for?… Read more
An itemized list, for your enjoyment:
Surely I’m not the only father ever to say these things.… Read more
…not that anybody was listening as we all sat there at a dead standstill, but hey, it’s the thought that counts. And here is that thought. … Read more
Tonight Evan asked me to refill his cup of water. While I was getting the pitcher of filtered water out of the fridge, he asked “Dad, where does water come from?”
It’s easy to get a blank stare from a toddler who finds that he’s suddenly getting a simplified explanation of the hydrological cycle.
Later, he spotted my wife’s watch and said “Mom’s clock!” I told him that if someone is wearing a clock, it’s a watch, unless the person happens to be Flavor Flav, in which case it’s still a clock.
I can tell that this first real inquisitive phase is going to be a lot of fun for us all!… Read more
If there was an infomercial for mass-produced kilts, would that be considered plaid programming?… Read more