October 31st, 2004
My daughter started hollering about something after breakfast. I’m not sure what it was, but I distinctly made out the words “brother” and “cold water” and I knew they were both in the bathroom. A half-dozen unpleasant images flashed through my mind. My wife and I glanced at each other and I quickly said, “Not [...]
October 31st, 2004
The superhero costume is all the rage this year. And pink bunnies. And dalmations. And monsters.
October 30th, 2004
A thousand curses upon my niece who gave my children a macarena singing gorilla toy. A loud one.
October 29th, 2004
My wife gave me an address today with a street number of 1248. I immediately asked if the person who lived there knew that her address was a geometric progression (with a common ratio of 2) and if she knew how cool that was. She then asked me not to repeat this to the owner [...]
October 29th, 2004
Check out The Zoom Quilt, a very groovy collaborative art project. The Flash version lets you interactively zoom in and out of the images.
October 29th, 2004
I just released a plugin for Gaim 1.0.2 that blocks arbitrary instant messages based on a set of filters that you can define. I created it to block the extremely annoying “AOL System Msg: Your screen name (x) is now signed into AOL(R) Instant Messenger(TM) in 2 locations.” You can download it from the Gaim [...]
October 28th, 2004
The Boy has been living life with gusto. The wake of destruction caused by his gusto is of little consequence compared to the joy I feel knowing he’s happy. Last night at dinner he fell asleep just as he finished his tuna sandwich. He struggled against sleep for the last bite and then passed out [...]
October 27th, 2004
If raising a child doesn’t fundamentally change you then you are doing it wrong. :-)
October 27th, 2004
Would you sign this contract? “I, the undersigned dad, attest that I have never parented before, and insofar as I have no experience in the job, I am liable for my mistakes and I agree to pay for any counseling, in perpetuity, Calvin may require as a result of my parental ineptitude.”
October 27th, 2004
“Hey, that’s not a big yellow bird. That’s a monkey dressed like a big yellow bird!” Sesame Street is awesome. Awesome to the max.