• Any minute now I’ll find this funny.

    There was a time when I told Beth to leave the T.V. on. We were listening to a digital cable music channel, so Beth felt that the T.V. was unnecessary (the sound was going through our stereo at the time). Our discussion went something like this…

    “Beth, what are you doing?”
    “I’m just going to turn the T.V. off.”
    “Beth, I don’t want you to turn the T.V. off.”

    Beth reaches to turn the T.V. off once again.

    “Beth, leave the T.V. on.”

    Beth reaches to turn the T.V. off once again.

    “BETH STOP!”
    “Why?”
    “Because I want to see the song title when a new one comes on.”

    Our discussion ends and we continue to do our respective “things”: me, lobbing shots at our indoor basketball hoop and Beth dancing to the music. The current song ends and a new one begins.

    “Daddy, what is the name of this song.”
    “It’s Muckety Muck by the Blah Blahs.” (Actual song and band not committed to memory.)

    CLICK (The sound of Beth turning the T.V. off.)

    “Beth, please go to your room.”

    Does anyone else’s six year old do this kind of thing?

  • One half of a trillion dollars per year.

    $500,000,000,000.00. That’s what it looks like in dollars and cents. Your individual share of that is around $1600.00. Will that be cash, check or credit?

    No why do you suppose I get the feeling that I’ll be one of the lucky ones to ultimately pay the bill?

  • Mission Accomplished, madness postponed.

    Today my coding deficiencies were overcome and the freedom loving people of the world rejoiced! It was an Alleluia Chorus kind of moment. I walked over to the office laser printer and time slowed to a crawl. As the page began to emerge, face down, I reached for one corner and curled it upwards for a peek. MY GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WORKS! I forcibly removed the page from the printer, clutched it in two hands, and raised it above my head for all to admire. I felt like Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments.** It is amazing what a little success will do for your mood – not to mention your ego.

    ** Prior to his gun nut days. I also have to admit that I never saw the Ten Commandments, though it seems like Charlie should have – at some point – hoisted the old stone tablets above his head in triumph.