Let's get it out in the air first - Crocs are ugly.  Some would use the term "fugly" to describe them and they'd be right.  While they are perfect for jobs like surgeon or maybe lifeguard, where it doesn't matter if you get them wet, I can see the allure in wearing them even though it looks as though someone wrapped technicolor Swiss cheese around your feet.  They are amazingly light but that doesn't hide the overlying fact that they are hideous to look at.

My 4 year old daughter tends to be very "un-James-like" in ter ...

Dear BellSouth and AT&T,

Back in those “pre internet tubes” days, people relied on the phone book to get addresses and numbers.  Perhaps the 200 people in the country with no internet access (the ones writing manifestos in the Montana wilderness), combined with a good chunk of the seni ...

I hate it when I’m forced to break my blog rule about no politics but this week’s events have left me no choice.

Remember when the presidency of the United States used to be held in high esteem?  I know that ever since Kennedy was exploring Marilyn’s every orifice and Nixon d ...

I’ve got meetings all day today so no time to compose anything.  In the meantime, enjoy the first two clips I’ve uploaded to youtube involving my loco daughters.

This first one is Ally in February 2007.  The radio sidetracked her from brushing her teeth.  She was also just learning to use headbands at the time.

[begin Proud Husband Moment]

After 2 ½+ years, Megan officially earned her Master’s degree yesterday.  Once she passes her board exams, she will officially become a Nurse Practitioner.  So while my brain is filled with far-too-much useless info like the 1984 Detroit Tigers starting lineup and every Guns N Roses song ever made, she’s actually putting her brain to use with information that can actually do stuff like, you kno ...

As a general rule, when rock songs are used in commercials it devalues the whole reason those songs were made.  Far be in from me to stop anyone from making a buck, as if you own the rights to a song you can do what you want with it.  I do think that established rock bands, ones with a huge catalog from which they receive tremendous royalties from, debase the initial reasons behind the making of those songs when they do this. 

Does peer pressure ever really end for guys?  My guess is 'No' based on an experience at work yesterday.  One of the guys bought us all pints of Ben & Jerry’s (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough for yours truly) and passed them around yesterday afternoon.  It was a very thoughtful gesture while we’re knee-deep in the middle of a software testing iteration.  Now normally I’ll show some self-restraint and eat my Ben & Jerry’s pints, on the rare occasions that I do have them, in either 3 or 4 days.

For those not familiar with the free schwag the doctor’s office where my wife works, read these two posts.  The latest attention grabber though didn’t come from her work, rather her school.  She is wrapping up her Master’s degree next month to become a Nurse Practitioner.  One of her instructors was cleaning out a box and found an unopened bag containing an orchidometer.

This week has been quite the visual medium on the blog and today is no exception (tomorrow too).  First, I got my oil changed at a Jiffy Lube last Sunday, a place I’ve never gone to before.  I had noticed some new drops of oil on my garage floor but wasn’t sure if they were from before or after my visit there.  Just to put my mind at ease, I popped the hood yesterday morning to make sure I wasn’t low on oil from a leak or something.  To my surprise, I found a little present inside.  Whoever changed my oil filter left the ratchet wrench/filter remover device ...

As my youngest daughter is just getting her baby teeth in this week, it got me to thinking about our soon-to-be-eligible-for-free-money elder daughter.  I’m assuming that the tooth fairy will be visiting our house within a year or so and was wondering what exactly is the going rate on teeth these days?  Is it still a quarter since kids that age don’t have a grasp of what the actual value of money is?  Or has the price of a tooth gone up to a crisp dollar bill?  Has the rising cost of oil bumped up the price to an insane five dollars per tooth?  Is the preferred placement of ...