The hot toy this year for Christmas seemed to be Zhu Zhu Pets.
In case you were not around small children at Christmastime this year, here are some pictures of Zhu Zhu Pets:
Their key features is that they make little nonsense noises while driving around randomly. Their noses are actually switches to detect if they bump into something. And if they do bump into something they back up and veer in another direction.
But those hamster toys are for kids.
The adult equivalent does not exist yet, but I am proposing Isuzu Pets.
You know you want one.
Just add a nose to the front of an Isuzu and you got yourself an Isuzu Pet. Of course, the nose would contain a switch that would shift the vehicle into reverse.
I didn’t have the time to add a fur texture to the body of the truck. I think that would have to be an option. Think of how well that would hold up in winter time. Or in the car wash.
Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,
Leviticus 11:29
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What did people give away before iPads?
iPods
What did people give away before iPods?
Who knows?
Where would Apple’s business be without surveys and raffles and publicity-grabbing ads (“Visit our store for a chance to win an iPad!”)?
And where would the raffle/giveaway business be without Apple products?
I’m sure we could survive without either of those businesses. They do have a nice symbiotic relationship going though –
with or without you.
And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Acts 3:5
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Last year, our kids received the game Guess Who by Milton Bradley and/or Hasbro.
For those not familiar with the game, you need some context. Guess Who involves guessing which character the other person has chosen. Each player starts with the same pool of people. By asking yes-or-no questions (“Does your person have a beard?”), you eliminate groups of characters and are eventually left with one person.
The game necessarily has a limited number of characteristics – too much diversity and it would be hard to eliminate groups of characters. The people have two skin tones – light/dark or black/white or whatever/whatever.
Since my family is half Asian, one thing that I noticed while my kids were playing the game is that there are no Asians in the game. The European features are represented and the African features are represented, but there are no Oriental features.
To remedy this oversight, I have produced an new version of Guess Who. I call it “Guess Hu”.
Feel free to print out these sheets and use them the next time you play Guess Who.
View Guess Hu Sheet (or click on the image below)
As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel.
Ezekiel 10:10
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I figured this is an opportune time to discuss Rich Rod. Or at least some things about him. Or at least just mention Rich Rodriguez because everyone else is doing that today.
For some reason, I got the idea to compare and contrast Rodriguez’ stint as the Michigan football coach with Obama’s stint as the President of the United States.
Quiz
For each item below, please mark whether it applies to Rodriguez (R) or Obama (O):
- Appealed to the younger crowd
- Was very polarizing – most people were either very for or very against him
- Took over a program that was in decent, but not great, shape
- Was brought in to shake things up a bit – change from the traditional ways of doing things
- Neglected the duties of his prior job in order to transition to his new job
- Brought in his own people as assistants
- He had great plans and had great potential, but reality didn’t cooperate
- In fact, the program got worse under his watch
- Read fine from a teleprompter but said some controversial things in unscripted moments
- Tried to make some shady deals and brought fraud to a previously clean program
- The other power in the organization was replaced during his term and caused him to reconsider his ways
- Believed you don’t need much of a defense
- Didn’t care much for the kicking game either
Can you think of any other quiz questions about Rich Rodriguez or Barack Obama?
To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
Luke 7:31
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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.
