This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Bits and Bobs for 2010
Dec
31
2010
Random things to post before the end of the year:
- I was “randomly selected” to participate in the American Community Survey (ACS). I wonder how many of the “randomly selected” households are the ones that wrote “American” for their race in the general census…?
- The checkout guy at the grocery store complained to me. In the course of general niceties, I mentioned I was getting ready for New Year’s Day. He responded with “I’m not going to have a very fun New Year’s Day.” What do you say to that? Apparently he is scheduled to work that day. Employee training should teach them to be cheerful in their interactions with people. The store-to-customer interface should be happy, not frowny.
- I’m no longer the guy who provides food and shelter for the children. I’m now the guy who has the thing that lets them play Angry Birds.
- Shame on ESPN for being selfish. In the past, I could watch various and sundry bowl games on New Year’s Day. It was football all day, and it was very good. Then a 4-letter cable network acquired the rights to the bowl games and locked them away so that the general population could not see the games. And there was much sorrow.
Now that I’m vaguely familiar with Twitter… these seem like items that would have made good tweets. Now that I have a fancy-pants phone game-and-music-playing device, I might consider using Twitter.
Or maybe not.
Happy New Year!
The heart knows its own bitterness,And a stranger does not share its joy.
Proverbs 14:10
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 12:51 am and has been carefully placed in the Life category.
December 31st, 2010 at 3:17 pm
We are the Angry Birds provider for our children as well. Did you download the Seasons Angry Birds? They are Christmas and Halloween versions of the same game. Kids love them as well.
December 31st, 2010 at 6:15 pm
I’m furious at ESPN for putting EVERY MEANINGFUL GAME on cable. I’m fine that they broadcast a lot of regular-season games, but I believe big-time post-season games should ALWAYS — without exception — be freely available on broadcast tv.
What makes me angrier is that ESPN and ABC are effectively the same thing, so it shouldn’t be hard for them to push the BCS games to broadcast tv. But they’re determined to hide the games away from the millions of fans who can’t afford or don’t want cable.
At the very least, they should make internet streams freely available. But to stream the games through ESPN, you have to either pay ESPN or be a customer of one of the chosen ISPs.
December 31st, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Let me know your username if you decide to join Twitter.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
I think I’m not joining Twitter – all the usernames I wanted were already taken.