Julia’s fascination with buttons has naturally led to hitting keys on a keyboard. Here’s a little something she typed up in notepad.
Click the link below to see what she typed.
Category: Random
Whatever is left over.
So it’s finally over. The mylar balloon from Julia’s birthday party finally came crashing back to the ground today.
Total time in the air? A whopping 70 days!
In having lousy drivers, that is.
Not surprisingly, Greensboro came in #97 out of 100 cities when it came to good drivers. I’ve known for a long time that the drivers around here are just bad. Tailgating, no signals, running red lights, speeding, ignoring lane markings, it’s all normal around here. It’s amazing that car insurance is as cheap as it is.
The best cities? Des Moines, IA; Jersey City, NJ; and New York City.
So I’ve had another domain for a while at joemama.net. I didn’t really know what to do with it, but when it came available, I jumped at the chance to get it. So it pointed to bastone.org.
I’ve hooked that domain up with tumblr. It’s a lot like a blog, but I’m using it for random snippets that I don’t consider post worthy. Maybe you’ll see something that you’ll enjoy.
This site is all about tattooing your toddler.
What should we get tattooed on Julia? Maybe one of those bands around the arm? Or maybe a dolphin on the ankle? Technically, the site says it’s for ages 2 to 17, but I think we could convince them that Julia is close enough to 2 to count.
[tags]April Fools Day[/tags]
As you may remember, Julia celebrated her first birthday with a party five weeks ago. As part of the party, we got some Mylar balloons, and about a dozen regular balloons. The regular balloons lost their helium and came crashing back to the ground after just a couple days. However, two Mylar balloons are still floating, attached to a couple end tables in the living room.
So here’s my question: how long do you think these balloons will keep afloat? Leave your guess in the comments.
I ran across a post from Consumerist about a six year old that was denied the chance to get her doll’s hair “styled” at an American Girl store in Manhattan.
On the original post, it was hard to make out exactly what was going on because it was ripe with sarcasm. Here’s the idea: daughter is invited to go with a friend to American Girl Place. She can take her favorite doll and have a “stylist” work up the doll’s hair (for $20!). Turns out the girl didn’t have a real American Girl doll, so said “stylist” refuses to work on the doll. Then the other people in line start to stand up for the “stylist.”
Now I’m not sure how much is really true and how much is just hyperbole. There’s just a few things that seem odd to me. First, twenty dollars to style a doll’s hair? I don’t even spend that much on a hair cut, and I’ve got a lot more hair than a doll. Second, why make a big stink over it not being a real American Girl doll? Who cares? It’s a doll. Finally, $20? Really? I never knew how much those dolls cost in the first place. So I looked it up. I really don’t see myself shelling out that kind of money on a doll for Julia or Baby #2. But that’s just me. I’m cheap when it comes to that, and I’m happy to admit it.
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Jeopardy Three Way Tie
So there was a three way tie on Jeopardy last Friday. So they all won $16,000 each, and got to play again today. Seeing that gave me an idea.
What if three people managed to team up on Jeopardy and colluded to make for a three way tie every night? It would be pretty simple – the person in last at the final clue bets nothing, the others the the final question wrong and bet enough to get to the person in last. You get a three way tie, everyone gets as much as the person in last, and they do it again tomorrow. Sure, it would make for a boring show, but they would keep on going. Of course, greed would just take over, and someone would bet enough to win.
Or get attacked, I guess…
Susan forwarded this bizarre story from CNN on to me today.
A panda was found in a fight, it ended up losing part of a limb. So doctors in China want to help the panda by giving it an artificial limb.
There’s at least four disturbing things I’ve seen so far…
It’s a drinking game based on the State of the Union address tonight. I know I don’t want to play it, I wouldn’t be able to keep up. Check out a sampler of what gets you a drink: Iraq, Baghdad, elections, troops, evil, and education.
I’d be done in the first couple minutes.
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