January 2012
14 posts
from the mouths of babes....
ME: Oh my God! Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Primary! Now I have to deal with another month or two of hearing that hypocrite on TV!
Kai: Newt Gingrich..what...Dad?
Me: Kai! Don't get me started!
Kai: .....Dad?
Me: Yeah Kai...
Kai: Isn't a Newt a kind of lizard?
Me: Yes.... Yes he is.
21st Century Food Guilt
Me: Kai finish your breakfast.
Kai: ....
Reiko: Kai! do you know, that there are other children in countries with no food. They would love to have a breakfast like yours, but here you sit, Selfish Boy. So Selfish, you could be eating this food, but you just let it sit here. I wish I could send it to a developing country!
Kai: Well, why don't you send it?
Me: WOW!
Them: what?!?
Me: Reiko, you do realize that the "children are starving and you should eat this food guilt trip has been used by mothers since the 1940's or so to get kids to clean their plates, right? And I love the "developing countries" take you added to it. And YOU Kai, "well, why don't you send it?" Like we have teleporters or something to just beam food to Africa or something.
Kai: I didn't say teleporters!
Me: you implied it
Kai: No, we use Amazon!
ME: BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kai: the website, not the River!
ME: (((just. completely. dies)))
WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION | More... →
Short article. Great read. Last paragraph is best.
Terry Gilliam: On Ideas, Unlearning & Avoiding... →
An interview with Terry Gilliam. And if you do not know who Terry Gilliam is, do not talk to me. Just don’t talk to me. Google it, then pretend you always knew. Then you can talk to me. Assuming,of course,you wanted to talk to me in the first place.
December 2011
14 posts
I can't argue with this.
Kai: Hey Dad?
Me: Yeah...
Kai: Why do some dogs have no fur on their belly?
Me: Umm, I'm not really sure, but I have a better question.
Kai: What?
Me: Why do you continue to ask me weird questions like this? I'm your Dad, not your personal encyclopedia.
Kai: Well, you kinda are. You are my funny personal encyclopedia that is more than half right most of the time.
Me: Ok.
Shichigosan for Jaime. →
In Japanese tradition, when a child is 3 (san), 5 (go), and 7(Shichi) years old, it is a time for celebration. These were considered milestones in a child’s life because, to be honest, they had survived childhood diseases and such. The most important is usually 5 years old and there is a formal celebration called Shichigosan. Kai deduced that because dogs age at a faster ratio than...
Waldo Jaquith - On the impracticality of a... →
Cheese burger: Miracle food
Thrilling and Amazing! – 15 Tips for an... →
November 2011
22 posts
http://volldost.soup.io/post/195707620/Image →
No, Your cubicle sucks!
When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? →
I rarely agree with David Frum, but if more conservatives were as willing to be honest like him, America could get some things done.
One Of The Japan's Last Great Swordsmiths →
Year-long sky time lapse →
Watch it in full screen. (1080i if possible)
RePost: Letter From A Liberal To A Young Marine... →
This is great. (Wonderful quote at the top as well.)
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing”
– Walt Disney
The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for... →
FearLess Revolution - Blog - Tell Your Children... →
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The... →
I have eaten exactly one McRib in my life. As a southerner, I could get much better BBQ at about the same price anywhere I wanted. Here are some other reasons to hate it.
Honey laundering →
You read that right.
Bullet time surfing →
Matrix-style “bullet-time” camera work + surfing = Awesomeness
Letters of Note: The price for ridding society of... →
I love perfectly succint letters. This one is especially moving.
Made by Hand →
Real Small Businesses. Great film.
“We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
– Aristotle