Archive for January, 2008

Drinks Kill the Food in Your Tummy

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

I apologize in advance for the subject matter. :-) According to my son, drinks kill the food in your tummy. He announces this during dinner last night when I asked him to finish his milk. Here's how the conversation went: Me: Please finish your milk. Him: Daddy, drinks kill the food in ...

I Snore

Monday, January 28th, 2008

For the last several weeks, my wife has been complaining that I snore like a buzzsaw and it's been making it difficult for her to sleep. Sometimes she'll wake me up and tell me I'm snoring or she'll shake the bed enough so that I turn over. I'm not sure what's ...

That’s Just Reeeeee-diculous!

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

For some reason, I commonly misspell "ridiculous" as "rediculous". Obviously, the root word is "ridicule". I know it's not "diculous" again. I think I misspell it so often because whenever I say it, I usually draw out the first syllable so that it sounds like I'm saying "reeediculous". ...

The Main Ingredient

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Tonight, my wife and I are going to a party and we have to bring an appetizer. My wife is making an appetizer called Gorgonzola Squares. On the way home from work, my wife called me and asked me to stop at the grocery store to save her a trip. ...

Re-resetting Expectations

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

After week 3, with the Redskins having just lost to the Giants to become 2 - 1, I predicted that they would finish 9 - 7. I was right. It was not a stunning prediction and I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything. Just an observation. I wondered ...

Turn the Page

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

On New Year's Eve, we gave our kids strict instructions not to wake us up in the morning (we actually give them this instruction every night...I think it's finally starting to sink in). If they wake up before my wife and me, they are supposed to close their doors and ...

New Year’s Eve

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

My kids were highly anticipating the new year. Leading up to New Year's Eve, everyday came another excited pronouncement of "[X] more days until 2008". Our New Year's Eve celebration was very family-centric. We had game night and played Cranium Family Fun. It's intended for kids 8 and up, so ...

Escaped Prisoner Deja Vu

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

You may have heard on national news that a prisoner escaped from a hospital and was armed and dangerous. That hospital is only a mile or so from my work. Our facilities manager sent out an e-mail yesterday morning to warn us. Here's the first sentence: With the news of shots ...