December 2011
7 posts
Nomenclature
Finn: Oh. The hugest phone with the buttons that you work on. I can't remember what's that's called.
Kristina: A computer?
Finn: Oh yeah. A computer.
WatchWhew. That was close.
Car conversation
Me: (Singing) …Take a look at the five and ten. It's glistening once again. With bah duh dah dee blah blah blah…
Finn: Dad! Sh! You'll scare the snow away.
Car Conversations Part 2
Me: (Singing) I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.
Finn: And I see bricks.
Jon: Donut!
A typical ride home
Jonathan: Moon! I see moon!
Me: (Singing) When the mooon hiiits your eye like a biiig pizza pie that's amore!
Finnegan: A MOONRAY?!
Me: No, amore.
Finnegan: Yay! Stop singing right now.
Jonathan: Moon!
November 2011
2 posts
Siri: What can I help you with?
Me: Call me Gus.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Gas'. OK?
Me: No, Gus.
Siri: OK.
Me: Call me Gus.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Gas'. OK?
Me: No, it's not okay.
Siri: OK.
Me: Call me dude.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Dude'. OK?
Me: Call me Almighty Ruler.
Siri: From now on, I'll call you 'Almighty Ruler'. OK?
Me: Yes.
Siri: OK, Almighty Ruler, what's next?
“Daylight comes to meet you on the road
Like a prodigal son, a prodigal hope...”
– Loving the new John Mark McMillan album.
October 2011
8 posts
“Hey my dad. Only my mommy doos laundry.”
– Finn, upon seeing me washing clothes. Chauvinism is learned behavior. So is honor, servanthood, and respect.
Proverbs 10:15
dailyproverb:
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
This sums up the occupy movement nicely.
“When I first got started writing, I had a lot of bad habits. As I’ve gotten...”
– John August
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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...”
– Steve Jobs
1955-2011 Via
In the car, Finn watching out his window while I...
Finnegan: Hey Dad. Remember when you were talking to me about… METEORS?
Me: Uuuuuum…
Finnegan: Look out it's coming RIGHT FOR UUUUS!
Just dug a hole with some buddies. We put fire in the hole, a pig on the fire, and dirt on the pig. I get warm and fuzzy thinking of that pork roasting all night in that dark dirty fire.
September 2011
4 posts
Finnegan: I'm almost to the top of you.
Me: Yeah, you're getting big. What happens when you get as big as me?
Finnegan: Then I will get cookies and DRIVE A CAAAR!
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“Does Betteridge’s Law Apply to this Headline?”
– Justin Sabestinas (@manalive)
I got Betteridgesed!
June 2011
11 posts
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May 2011
7 posts
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Rain pours from the sky
for all the listless doorbells
to watch in the night.
“I was in the army for nine years and worked in Congress for six—so I have seen...”
– David Condon, candidate for mayor of Spokane.
The more I learn about David, the more I like him. Here’s a video I made for him.
“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and...”
– Louis Nizer
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April 2011
3 posts
The people who invented the music you love didn't...
48 Frames Per Second →
ideasareawesome:
Peter Jackson shoots “The Hobbit” in 48fps.
Now I really can’t wait to see this.
March 2011
3 posts
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Clarke's three laws →
bestofwikipedia:
Clarke’s Three Laws are three “laws” of prediction formulated by the British writer and scientist Arthur C. Clarke. They are: 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; when he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture...
February 2011
5 posts
“The people know the salt of the sea
and the strength of the winds
lashing the...”
– An excerpt from The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg
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“The patient scenarios are just like tv but the doctors aren’t nearly as...”
– My wife on the verisimilitude of visiting the ER.