I have had a reinforced revalation…
The right-wing wing-nuts lie.
So, Grace gave me a call yesterday morning. Actually, two calls, since the first one came while I was in the shower…
Grandma and Grandpa Albertson took her to the coast for one day, leaving early Sunday morning, and coming back this afternoon. Man, was that an excited voicemail!
Daddy J! Daddy J! We’re going to the coast! Call me back!
After my best moment of parenting ever, we all know how much she likes the ocean. It’s not changed — it’s still her favorite place to go. Yet, when she came back, my timing was impeccable. I followed the in-laws to their driveway, and she practically leapt into my arms getting out of their car.
We come home, and before she gets back on the scooter (see the gallery!) she has to give Daddy Cy a hug and a kiss.
We have breakfast for dinner. She eats all the eggs I can stand to make for her in one meal (4, for those of you who count, over easy), sausages, pancakes, and two bowls of fruity pebbles.
Then, all through her bath (what, sand in the sheets? No way!) she is shrieking with delight. She gets out and dries off, brushes her teeth, and I braid her hair. Daddy Cy reads to her until she falls asleep, and that’s when it occurs to me:
We are truly loved. More than Grandma and Grandpa, more than the coast. More than riding the scooter. All the things that are tops in her life? We top that.
This is what we work so hard for. This is better than we ever hoped for.
And the right-wing anti-gay pundits lie. She has what we need, we have what she needs. Love abounds, and we are all cared for.
Nothing is truly missing.
Still more catchup blogging
Geeky things:
- jdic: SaverBeans Screensaver SDK Readme
- Gallery Remote:Screensaver – Gallery Codex
- 10 Killer WordPress Hacks | How-To | Smashing Magazine
- Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups
- Star Viewer: an interactive map of the night sky
- Google Planimeter
- Solar Eclipses – Interactive Google Maps – Xavier Jubier
- Area Code Maps – Data As of July, 2007
- Meteor Craters – Explore 50 Asteroid Impact Sites! – GEOLOGY.COM
- 17 Google Maps Mashups To Waste Away Your Day
- Trulia – Real Estate, Homes For Sale, Sold Properties, Real Estate Maps
- Google Planimeter
- Feb/13/2009 at 23:31:30 UTC – the Unix time number reaches 1234567890 seconds. : programming
- adding videos to your blog
- Bradford Plumer
- Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Lots of film links this time:
- 7 Film Franchises That Refuse to Die – OMG Lists.com – When we list, the world listens- The Ultimate Pop Culture List Site!
- Unreality – Ten Movies Where the Bad Guys Win |
- Unreality – Eight Film Directors and Their Muses |
- Justice’s Required Redeemer: On “The Dark Knight”
What a surprise — some political links right before the inauguration:
- Uniform Velocity: My Atheism Is Not A Rejection Of Your God
- 10 Worst TSA Employees of 2008 | The Luggage Blog
- PARADE Magazine | Barack Obama: A Letter to My Daughters
- Seven most horrible things about Bush’s presidency – MarketWatch
- UN-acceptable censorship: The United Nations tries to outlaw criticism of Islam
- who owns what
- Prejudice study finds gay is the new black
Golf and parenting to together in my world:
Now, let’s not let the egos run away here…
Time to catch up the 2blog folder…
Happy new year!
As usual, things overheard start us off
- Overheard in New York | Is There a “Ctrl Z”?
- Overheard in New York | One Time I Caught Him Doing a Line of Mashed Potatoes
- Overheard in New York | Yeah? Just Keep Your Force to Yourself, Then. (Or, how Luke and Leia came to be)
- Overheard in New York | But If That’s the Way You Roll…
Geeky links:
- Ubuntu Unleashed: Howto: Burn Audio Cd’s From mp3 in ubuntu
- BoonEx Community Software Products
- 10 mistakes new Windows administrators make | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
- Diavlo :: a Free Quality Font from exljbris
- CSS3 module: Web Fonts
- Learning Linux OS: How to install open type fonts in Ubuntu?
- Installing OpenType Fonts [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums
- The 6 Coolest Things You Can Do With Your Dead Body | Cracked.com
- Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons
- Slashdot | Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow?
- DOE – NNSA/NSO — Test Films
- Play DVDs on your Wii – Hack a Wii – Wiimote Hacks, Mod Chips, DIY Nintendo Wii projects and more
Political things:
- Sarah Palin Calendar 2009 … Judy Patrick Photography
- Difference between voting and slot machines
- 10 Things You Won’t See After the Recession – Business Center – PC World
Parenting and golf go together in my book:
- Sarah Trillin: Ten Ways to Find Your Children More Likeable (And to Be More Likeable to Your Children)
- Gyroscopic Golf Club: Slicer’s Savior or Swinger’s Snakeoil? | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
- Obama’s Hawaiian Holiday: Spam Sushi, Golf, Offers To Buy Beer For Reporter
- Golfer shot by stray bullet while waiting to tee off – Telegraph
- Color blindness – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Adoptive dads get names on birth certificate – Life- msnbc.com
Funny things:
2 days of catchup blogging
I’m getting quicker at keeping up, eh?
Geeky links:
- Widgets Reloaded: WordPress Plugin
- Imagine that — Microsoft doesn’t like linux!
- NumberSpiral.com – Home
Funny things:
- Didn’t Kurt Vonnegut write a bit about this?
- Sarcasm used to diagnose dementia | National Breaking News | News.com.au
- Supreme Court Overturns Bush v. Gore | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
And Dave Barry’s holiday gift guide is out:
Catchup blogging again…
Been too busy to check on things overheard, so let’s start with geeky links:
- How To Create A Custom Splashimage For GRUB | MakeUseOf.com
- Extension:Calendar (Barrylb) – MediaWiki
- Slashdot | (Useful) Stupid BlackBerry Tricks?
- Google Maps API Example: Simple Geocoding
- Google Map API Concepts – Google Maps API – Google Code
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Abstruse Goose » True Things
- 50 Incredible Fonts for Professional Web & Print Design | Noupe
- “An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a …” – hot soup? anyone?
- The Blog of Ben Rockwood – ipmi
- The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource – IT Security
- HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Google Maps
- 20 Incredibly Useful Themes and Plugins to Boost your WordPress Admin Area | Noupe
- 50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have | Maximum PC
- CARPE DIEM: So What Are Domain Names Worth?
- John M. Perez.Com: The 25 Best Alternatives To Your Enterprise Applications & Functions
Lots of golf links this month:
- Fairway to heaven: Hit some golfing highs at the loftiest resort around | Mail Online
- Fore! Here Comes the Ultimate Golf Ball | LiveScience
- SportsBiz: Golf industry gets hit hard – Sports Biz- msnbc.com
- Kiwi tipped to be golf’s next big thing – New Zealand’s source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
- Rensselaer Magazine September 2008 – “The Science Behind the Swing”
Political things:
- Respectful Insolence: Brain death and fundamentalist religion
- 60 Minutes – Video, Reports, Profiles, Interviews – CBSNews.com
Funny things:
- 19 Ways to Enhance Your Sense of Humor: The Best Medicine | Healthy Habits | Reader’s Digest
- The Iterative Life » Family Financial Memo
- John Podesta Talks About His “Evil Twin” Skippy
- LOLCATS come to life
- What If Disney Remade Horror Flicks? – The Spill.com Movie Community
- Style Crunch » Quite Possibly The Worst Family Christmas Card Photo Ever
Much delayed catchup blogging…
As usual, starting with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | And I’ll Miss You While You’re in Kinderjail
- Overheard in New York | For Bonus Points, Answer the Question with Two Dicks in Your Mouth
- Overheard in New York | I’ve Got Mounds of Hatred Today
- Overheard in New York | Then Go With My Blessing, Caped Crusader
- Overheard in New York | Tonight’s Lifetime Movie: Dakota– Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Overheard Everywhere | The Thin Line Between Wine Appreciation and Drunken Debauchery
- Overheard Everywhere | …The Fifth Being My Blackberry.
- Overheard Everywhere | The Bambi Theme Party Was a Better Idea in Theory Than in Practice
- Overheard Everywhere | Interestingly, Gay Recruiters Use the Same Argument
- Overheard in the Office | Betty: Yet Another Ingenious Excuse to Get Out of Working
- Overheard in the Office | Jeez, I Already Know How to Pass Out at Parties
Many, many geeky links to catch up on:
- Term::GentooFunctions
- Heroes: Man Tells Fax Spammers To Go Fax Themselves… And They Comply
- 8 CSS Techniques for Charting Data
- APOD: 2004 September 26 – Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth
- APOD: 2008 September 20 – A Darkened Sky
- APOD: 2008 June 23 – The International Space Station Expands Again
- APOD: 2008 May 17 – Logarithmic Spirals
- Logarithmic Spiral — from Wolfram MathWorld
- FreeScience.info
- TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: 10 Best Hacking and Security Software Tools for Linux
- SPACE.com — Mysterious New ‘Dark Flow’ Discovered in Space
- 13 WordPress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- Pick a lock. For fun. (It’s legal too) — chicagotribune.com
- Letterfu – Letter-writing without envelopes, cutting or glue
- 17 Online Free Web Based Applications That You Probably Love To Use! – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- TechEBlog » Math Clock – Photo
- Linux.com :: VLC goes to nine point two
- iTWire – Linux alternatives to Windows SBS part two
- How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch Part 1 » Themetation
- Tux Training » Blog Archive » How to make Ubuntu extremely fast
- 10 must-have Linux office applications | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
- 30+ (More) Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks and Hacks | WordPress
- 15 High Quality Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes
- Linux.com :: Clean up your filesystems with fslint
- 20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know – NETTUTS
- 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine – Make Tech Easier
- Slashdot | Spammer Perjury Is Worth Prosecuting
- 10 power-saving myths debunked | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-10-06 | By Logan G. Harbaugh
- Monitoring Asterisk 1.4 with SNMP and CACTI for pretty graphs!
- Experimental Firefox Extensions: Experimental Extensions We’d Like to Go Mainstream
- NASA – NASA TV
- 50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials | Tutorials | Smashing Magazine
- 25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users | News | TechRadar UK
- The State of Linux Docks | LinuxHaxor.net
- Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper – Gutsy – Hardy – Intrepid
- Use BitTorrent to Upgrade to Ubuntu ‘Intrepid Ibex’ | TorrentFreak
- Most Wanted Ajax Techniques: 50+ Examples and Tutorials | Noupe
- Lazy Linux: 11 secrets for lazy cluster admins
- IPMI – Community Ubuntu Documentation
- IPMI HOWTO for Debian GNU/Linux on the Intel SR2300 (Server Board SE7501WV2)
- Dell BIOS firmware updates on Debian | MDLog:/sysadmin
- Flashing a Dell Bios with Linux (en) – FelixSchwarz
- Dell BIOS Update on Linux PC / Laptops | Southend Linux Wiki Site
- How to: Flashing your system BIOS under Linux
- Curved AWN dock. « Linux Owns
- neuron-galaxy.jpg (image)
- Annoying Body Glitches: Can We Prevent Them?
Family/golf things:
- USGS Release: Beach Sand Often More Contaminated than Water (9/12/2008 1:50:30 PM)
- Urban Dictionary: gaybie
- The glossy, sanitized new versions of fairy tales leave out what matters: the scary parts – The Boston Globe
- Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts
- 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography
- Seton Free Wireless
- Golf and lawyers
- BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Golf secret not all in the wrists
Political links (yes, overdue):
- ABC News: Why Do We Believe Impossible Things?
- Voter Registration information for all 50 states
- 6 Brainwashing Techniques They’re Using On You Right Now | Cracked.com
- Presidential Elections
- Without God – The New York Review of Books
- Tsa: TSA Airport Screener Steals Over $200,000 in Gadgets, Almost Gets Away With It
- The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (November 04, 2008) – So Many Volunteers, So Few Voters
Purely entertaining:
- Abstruse Goose » say what you mean
- Shut Up… No, YOU Shut Up! – Features – The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
- xkcd – A Webcomic – Height
- The Best of NC-17 Movies: 10 Films Somewhere Between R & X
- Why is everyone saying “fail” all of a sudden? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine
- Periodic table of vulgarity
- xkcd – A Webcomic – Election
- hatejobhunting.jpg (JPEG Image, 500×338 pixels)
A corny neologism…
So, I’m watching Grace at recess before computer lab, and the trees are dropping acorns. I was about to point out to her that the acorns are baby trees, but that’s not entirely accurate. The are more tree fetuses. Treetuses, if you will.
And, the kids over there stomping on acorns? They are performing acortions.
Work has been busy, lots of 2blog folder catching up to do…
As usual, starting with things overheard:
- Overheard in the Office | You’re Not Properly Formatted
- Overheard in the Office | And They Keep Slipping Out Of the Child Seats
- Overheard in New York | The Day New York Stood Still
- Overheard in New York | Jeez, Even They Can’t Understand Each Other
- Overheard in New York | Can’t We Just Have Anonymous Anal at the Gym Like Normal People?
- Overheard in New York | Yuppie Child Enters Lifelong Apprenticeship
Plenty of geeky things (lots of these also fit into other categories):
- Binary Codes: New to Linux? Make sure you bookmark these
- 10 Best Science Fiction Planets | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
- You’ve got jail! AOL spammer sentenced to seven years
- Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques
- How To Block Porn Pictures And Images With SafeSquid Proxy Server | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials
- zlatanova: The Disney Goatse Collection
- UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
- 30 Free High Quality WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
- 10 Principles of the CSS Masters – NETTUTS
- PEAR :: Package :: Calendar
- Slashdot | Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band?
- 9 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons That Will Save Your Time! – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- BBC – Science & Nature – Sex ID
- UNIX tips: Learn 10 more good UNIX usage habits
- Pimp your Ubuntu desktop in 7 easy steps! :: The Tux Geek
- Technology Review: Flawless Vote Counts
- xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe
- 10 Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids | Geekdad from Wired.com
- Abstruse Goose » A Wise Man Once Said…
Parenting things:
- Coney Island Owner Confirms Closure – TIME
- 12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today | Zen Habits
- Fat into muscle – how to turn a beer gut into a six-pack – Telegraph
- 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits
- Is your kid really gifted? Probably not – CNN.com
- The Disturbing Origins of 5 Common Nursery Rhymes | Cracked.com
- ‘Peanuts’ animator Bill Melendez dies at 91 – MORE NEWS AND FEATURES- msnbc.com
- Platypus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Science Blog: Top Eight (8) Most Poisonous Animals
- The 9 most eerily cultlike kids shows | Blog of Hilarity
- The Geophysical Institute Auroral Forecast Page
- 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits
- 10 Things Millionaires Won’t Tell You (new-new-new) at SmartMoney.com
- Interstate Highway System – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Port Aransas, Texas – TX beach lodging, accomodations,vistor info
Golf things:
Politics/Secularism:
- 101 Atheist Quotes – The Atheist Blogger
- ImageShack – Hosting :: ichatimage891131384xf6.jpg
- Why the media should apologize – Roger Simon – Politico.com
- Words They Used – 2008 Political Conventions – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
- Take A Drink …
Just funny:
- Joe. My. God.: Working In
- Welcome to the ICBE — The International Center for Bathroom Etiquette
- Easier To Just Walk Picture
And one film link:
Catching up more often…
Fewer overheard links (I’ve been busy!):
Lots of geeky things, however:
- Linux.com :: ssh-xfer: Quickly grabbing files over an existing SSH connection
- DNSSEC HOWTO
- nagios2cacti – Google Code
- Iyov: Notes to myself: Firefox 3 features — allow right click, always save password
- Linux.com :: Quickly put data from MySQL to the Web with DrasticGrid
- Linux.com :: Using free software for HTTP load testing
Political things:
- Candidates for Sale : Rolling Stone
- Morton’s Fork – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Berkeley Breathed – Salon.com
A few things about being gay and parenting:
- More gay men now ‘married with children’ – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
- » Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against The Gay Menace) | Cracked.com
And some just about being Grace’s daddy:
- Grocery Suck Ray: Hershey’s “Kissables” No Longer Legally Considered “Milk Chocolate”?
- Aargh — buried facts about pirates – CNN.com
- The World’s Strangest Theme Restaurants | WebUrbanist
And some generally funny or interesting things:
Time to make the 2blog folder catchup post…
As usual, starting with all things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | What’s That on Your Shirt? A Maple Leaf?
- Overheard in the Office | Next Time Use the “Dying Fetus” Sound Effect
- Overheard in the Office | Well You Did Plan the Whole Funeral
- Overheard at the Beach | At the “That’s What She Said” Quarterfinals
For geeky things, I’m going to start off with some privacy links (to opt-out of tracking for advertising cookies):
And the rest of the geek links:
- polishlinux.org » Ext3, ReiserFS & XFS in Windows thanks to coLinux
- 10 icons sets to customize your GNU/Linux desktop
- How to Create The Ultimate Windows XP Installation CD/DVD | A New Morning
- 10 Excellent CSS Tips and Tutorials | Design Reviver
- Mike On Ads » Blog Archive » Using your browser URL history to estimate gender
- » 5 Scientific Theories That Will Make Your Head Explode | Cracked.com
- Pareto principle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Abstruse Goose » Veritas Vos Liberabit
- Abstruse Goose » Life Imitates Art
- Review: The Dark Knight || kuro5hin.org
Political things:
- Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
- Holy Controversy: Religulous Reviews Hit Web | /Film
- YouTube – What is a narcissist?
Some parenting links:
- Overly clean homes may up bowel disease risk – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
- ‘Gen X’ author tells how guys really view age – Men’s health- msnbc.com
- and, since Grace now likes the “cloud game”: 30 Creepiest Clouds On Earth | Environmental Graffiti
Some things just for Cy:
And just plain interesting:
catchup blogging, again
Things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Wednesdays Make You Want to Have One-Liners of Your Own
- Overheard in New York | Jesus Wept
- Overheard in New York | Then They Both Linked Arms and Skipped Off to Eternal Damnation
- Overheard Everywhere | But If Enough Rain Builds Up, You Can Watch Me Walk on Water
- Overheard in New York | Today It’s a Lolly. Tomorrow It’s a BMW
- Overheard in New York | Is Our Tourists Learning?
- Overheard in the Office | Now That Maggie Retired
- Overheard in the Office | Which Is When He Told Me About Overheardintheoffice.com!
- Overheard Everywhere | But Odds Are You Still Aren’t Paying Attention
- Overheard Everywhere | …Roll Videotape, Please
- Overheard Everywhere | It’s Easily Mistaken for a Leak in the Basement
- Overheard Everywhere | Where Are You Going with This?
- And vaguely related: CO-ED Magazine » How To Not Be A Douchebag Tourist In NYC
Geeky links:
- Generating Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates « UrbanSensor’s Weblog
- Chris Hall: The Perfect Margarita
- Linux.com :: Get to know Ubuntu’s Logical Volume Manager
- R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 – Columns by PC Magazine
- Schneier on Security: Why You Should Never Talk to the Police
- Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops
Political things:
- 8 salary-talk traps to avoid – CNN.com
- Crimes and Misdemeanors – By Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
- Wellington Grey — Miscellanea — The TSA Guide to Reading Faces for Security Workers
- Saudi religious police ban pet cats and dogs – Yahoo! News
Interesting/funny/parenting and golf things:
- mental_floss Blog » Pass the Knowledge: The Origins of Your Favorite Condiments
- House of lies: Is fibbing to your kids ever OK? – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
- How to Take Portraits – 19 Portrait Photography Tutorials
- 10 Skills You Need to Succeed at Almost Anything – Stepcase Lifehack
- YouTube – Swing Vision Tiger Woods
- 1069, Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, and other names so weird that judges forbade them. – By Eugene Volokh – Slate Magazine
That last one makes my first idea for Grace’s name (Entropy) seem positively mundane. Right?
Just a single post with my favorite poll-tracking links
Time for catchup blogging!
As is my custom, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard Everywhere | Not the First Time He’s Had to Clarify That Today
- Overheard Everywhere | Fine– Arby’s It Is
- Overheard in the Office | Let’s All Brush Up on Our Speakerphone Etiquette
- Overheard in the Office | I Haven’t Decided Which Half
And since we’ve been travelling waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much, here are some beach sites:
- Great American Beach Towns in Beach + Island on Concierge.com
- Great American Beach Towns in Beach + Island on Concierge.com
- Great American Beach Towns in Beach + Island on Concierge.com
- Great American Beach Towns in Beach + Island on Concierge.com
- Great American Beach Towns in Beach + Island on Concierge.com
Geeky things:
- Harvey Balls – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Shibboleth® 2.0 Available
- Blackberry vs. iPhone
- Why you want a Linux Live CD | Defensive Computing – CNET News.com
- Not a Guessing Game – Vixie on the DNS vulnerability
- 189 Funny UNIX Error Messages | fsckin w/ linux
- Linux.com :: Improve system performance by moving your log files to RAM
- Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins
- ‘Spam King’ escapes from federal prison | Zero Day | ZDNet.com
- Escaped spammer dies in murder-suicide – Crime & courts- msnbc.com
Political things:
- Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily
- FSM in fireworks2.jpg (JPEG Image, 450×347 pixels)
- Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner
Funny things:
- This cartoon wrote a sweary word on your toilet wall. « the rut.
- » Highlights Magazine: The Evil Version
- Which Cocktails Pack Most Calories? – Photos – KNTV | San Francisco
- mental_floss Blog » Pass the Knowledge: The Origins of Your Favorite Condiments
And finally, parenting:
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