When my parents moved out of their house into Lily’s and mine they had a Siamese cat. I drove the cat to the new house and he spent the short ride perched behind my neck on both shoulders. Siamese cats are very talkative and I got an earful the whole ride. When we got to […]
Sometimes when things go wrong at work they still go right. Two Friday nights ago I was at the office till about 11 PM working on some infrastructure. Originally the scope was for 2 devices but that was expanded to cover 4 devices instead. After notifying different groups I started at 5 pm. Naturally I […]
Parodies about Cupertino are fun, thanks to the Verge for posting this link.
Every now and then I read something online that makes me reply “Grosse Pointe Blank moment!” which is not necessarily a good thing. Martin Blank: Who’s the ghoul? Marcella: Whoa. This guy is a badass. Felix LaPoubelle. An accomplished amateur with the Basque Nationalists. Few odds jobs with the Algerian Separatists. Went pro with a stunning […]
It’s really raining right now but we’re on our own time so it’s all good.
This tweet This turned into a 'what if it's a girl?' conversation, to which it'll be Ivanna, which means Joanie… — ipstenu (Mika E.) (@Ipstenu) August 25, 2013 Made me think of this dialog. Debi Newberry: So, is there a Mrs. Mysterio? Martin Blank: No, but I have a cat. Debi Newberry: It’s not the […]
*Turns to Lily who’s reading the instructions to new her juicer* Me: See? Who needs Facebook? This is why there’s an Internet. Lily: That’s nice dear. Well I like the Beatles anyways.
Her face at 1:09 says it all. No sympathy at all. By the way, being able to upload and host your own .MP4 videos in WordPress 3.6 is a way cool feature.
Today we went to a nearby shopping outlet (I got sandals) and they had a section for the Museum of American Armor. This is an off shoot of the American Airpower Museum which the kids and I visit a lot. My 11 year old son is a WWII armor vehicle buff. He looked at a […]
The robot security was a nice touch but if I were that kid I’d hire that robot as a body guard.