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Friday, November 2, 2007

Geek Humor


I ran across xkcd a few weeks ago. It describes itself as a webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language. It is can be touching, sad and VERY funny.

Here are some examples:












You can find them all here: http://xkcd.com. They you can view all of the previous ones as well. Keep in mind that some of the humour is on the adult side of things.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Cool

Part One
A couple of years ago when picking up Rachel at Sunday School, I had the temerity to go in to let Rachel know I was there. On the way home she matter of factly said that it was just not cool to be seen with her parents any longer. When a kid is seven or eight, parents are still ok, but at her age parents are just not cool.

When I asked if there was anything that I could do about the situation, she said with all the patience of a wise man to a new pupil, "No". Well, what if I had a Rock & Roll Band? Would that help? The reply was eyes rolling to heaven and a look that told me that I probably couldn't do anything that would cause her greater embarrassment and a "No".

I've tried to lay low.

Part B
A couple of months ago we saw a motorcycle in the parking lot while at the grocery store. Rachel asked me when I was going to get another one. She then explained that it would certainly raise my cool factor if I had a bike again. Nothing like a little motivation.