Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Daddy’s a Dork
My daughter sometimes says “What’s two plus two?”. “Twenty Two” I answer. “Nooooo, it’s four!” is her reply. “That’s what happens when you don’t explicitly declare your variable types”, I explain. “Daddy, you’re a dork”.
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is one of my favorite shows on TV right now. Slap Bet was an instant classic episode.
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
Hair
I didn’t get one nose hair trimmer for christmas, I got two. Talk about giving a guy a complex! They have attachments for other hair though, and I am working on some bushy eyebrows that would make an 8th grade algebra teacher jealous.
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Holiday Viewing
I didn’t realize Emmit Otter’s Jugband Christmas was out on DVD! For over a year now! This was an annual christmas staple in our house, and I can’t wait to introduce it to my kids.
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
Shut up and Sing
“Shut Up and Sing”, the documentary about the Dixie Chicks fiasco, finally made it to Tucson. If you have the slightest interest in what happened, or the slightest interest the Dixie Chicks, it’s definitely worth seeing. It makes for an interesting look back at the Iraq War stuff from 2003, contrasting it to what is [...]
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
It’s hard to argue with logic like this
Son: Do you know why Blue Man Group is called Blue Man Group? Dad: Because they’re blue? Son: Noooo…. Dad: Because they’re men? Son: Noooo… Dad: Why are they called Blue Man Group? Son: Because they are a group!
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
O Holy Night
here is the insanely great “jazz” rendition of O Holy Night, from this weeks Studio 60. Not to be missed. (Warning, this URL will resize your window).
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Delirious
Delirious DVD! Finally! This is one of my favorite comedy routines of all time.
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Signage
Sign on Pecos road in Phoenix: Intense Speed Enforcement next 7 Miles Fortunately we were only going ludicrous speed at the time, not intense, so we were safe. (As an aside, I wasn’t sure if we were in Phoenix or a bordering burb. I’ve always been annoyed there’s not a “boundaries” layer you can turn [...]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
do the needful
I request you do the needful This phrase pops up in most of the feedback we get, usually originating from India. I’ve always been curious where it originates from.