This is the kind of thing that makes me wish I could draw…
Archive for January, 2007
Dance of the Flight Attendant
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007Lost in translation
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Pat’s in Stockholm on business this week. Neither of us had ever traveled abroad, and I admit I’m jealous. But I comforted myself with the knowledge that Sweden in January is cold and dark. Plus, according to the airline, his 7+ hour flight didn’t even include a meal! I can’t sleep on planes, the food service is what keeps me happy.
So this morning I wake up to the following in my email:
… What SAS meant when they said no food service was that you got unlimited drinks, a snack, a choice of dinner between chicken, salmon, and pasta, another snack, and a light breakfast of rolls, ham, cheese, and yogurt.
The service was really good and you were given metal flatware (including a butter knife) and glass glasses for your drinks.
At least it’s still cold and dark.
Friday night plans
Friday, January 19th, 2007So, wanna know what I’m going to do for the rest of the day?
Not much.
The only thing I have to do is take Tim to a computer club thing. He’ll be done with that by six. Then I’m going to come home, eat whatever take-out Pat decides to pick up, and settle in with a fire in the fireplace, a glass of wine (or maybe Bailey’s), a stack of catalogs, and the Tivo remote.
Jealous?
By the way, it finally snowed.
One way to ensure immortality
Friday, January 19th, 2007The NY Times is interviewing potential dead people. The first one they’ve released is Art Buchwald.
MySpace…
Thursday, January 18th, 2007So MySpace is making it “easier” for parents to check on their kids.
MySpace is here, and when it’s gone there’ll be something else to replace it. Banning my kids from using it would be counter-productive in the long run. But I can place restrictions on using it, and I do. I have Nick’s password, full access to his account. I have told him to remove information, and he does it or he loses the account.
This plan by MySpace will allow parents to see the username, age, and location of anyone logging on to MySpace on their home computer. Pretty useless from a parenting standpoint. The kids don’t put their real names, ages, or their real locations in the profile. Instead that information is revealed in quizzes, blog posts, “about me”s , and in the comments.
Thankfully, it looks like most of my son’s friends have “private” profiles (as he does) so only friends can see them. But it’s not a perfect system. Kids add celebrities as friends, maybe a local band or a big brother or sister’s friends and… it’s just not that hard for strangers to be able to see those profiles.
The only way I feel comfortable with it is having full access, and actually logging in now and then.
Yes, Randy, it really is season six…
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007I have a love/hate thing going on with the American Idol audition episodes. Mostly I’m entertained and I know these people really should know what they’re getting into- but then I see people like that poor 16 year old juggler - and his mom is telling him don’t worry- you’ll be famous someday…
yes, for cursing out Simon then crying on FOX.
I told Nick then and there that he has a good voice and he should keep singing for fun with friends- but he’s not AI material! Sheesh, people, don’t humor the talentless!
Avoidance mode
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Book club here tonight. The place is neat, took care of that yesterday, but not so clean yet, so I’m in avoidance mode right now.
Time management experts might say I should hold off playing on the internet till the vacuuming is done, and use it as a reward for myself. But experience shows I rarely listen to time management experts, and shit still gets done by the time it needs to get done.
Besides, by the time they get here it’ll be dark and the dust isn’t nearly as obvious when there’s no daylight.