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Thanks for an awesome few days!

June 30, 2011

Thanks for an awesome few days! I awoke yesterday morning to my usual routine: Alarm goes off and I immediately fumble around on the floor for the iPad to see if anyone’s looked at my post from the evening prior. That pre-coffee, blurry-eyed blog check generally reports a satisfying 10 or 20 views and I’m […]

Just updated My Favorite Tweets page!

June 25, 2011

Fresh batch of some of my favorite tweets from this last week. There’s stuff about 911 operators, beer, Magic School Bus and even Enron… Go have a look, and if you don’t know how to read a tweet then have a read of this first.

I used to be skinny, too

June 16, 2011

I used to be skinny. No, really, I did. You’re going to be skinny too, I can tell already. Mom was, I was, and you will be. I didn’t beat 130 lbs until well after college. Some of it is genetic. You’ve already demonstrated an ability to eat half a gallon of ice cream […]

Stupid things I tried so now you don’t have to #3

June 15, 2011

Stupid things on water skis Son, remember when I told you I was an Officer on the Waterskiing Team in College? Well, I was. I actually made the team quite easily. Two factors probably helped: First, I was willing to Chair the Social Committee. And second (and perhaps significantly tipping the scales in my favor), […]

Violence against toys: it’s in your genes

June 13, 2011

Son, right now you like to push your Hot Wheels around and build and play with Lego Star Wars Models. It’s all sweet and innocent. But it won’t be that way forever. Soon it’ll be all about crashing them.

Stupid things I tried so now you don’t have to #1

June 7, 2011

Novel uses for model rocket engines Model rockets are pretty fun. They’re basically a cardboard tube with little wings at the bottom. You insert an “engine”, which, when ignited, blasts the thing up into the clouds where the wind inevitably carries it off to the next town along with the 30 bucks you paid for […]