So, some lucky guy takes a crowbar to a self-checkout (he's a Higglytown hero to me - most of us have wanted to physically harm a computer at some point - I just wouldn't want to be in a room with him, maybe - best appreciated from afar, with a dash of fear and a pinch of humor at the expense of a chain store), and gets away with it. I wish I was the crowbar sort of guy. Using these things is like taking an exit I don’t know during a traffic jam because "it might be quicker". Every time I tell myself “never again”. I feel like Smeagol / Gollum arguing with himself. “We mussstn’t be foolish, we mussstn’t trusssst the nasssty... little... machinesesssess.” “But maybe THISSSS time, it SAVESSS usss time.” “No. No! We ssssayss thisss EVERY time.” “Yessss, but sssstill... maybe the computersesss ARE sssmarter than the peopleses now.” (5 minutes and three “Please wait for assistance” messages later) “Ahhhh! It BURRRRRNSSSS usss! We hatesss it... FOREVER!”
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(Photo - Nora and Abby with Great Uncle Ed, Kayla, and Gideon)
The kids have done a bunch of stuff lately that I wanted to write down.
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Nora, first thing in the morning, referring to a story she overheard about me and my sister setting up mattresses and couch cushions down our basement stairs and rolling down the stairway, when we were "young and stupid": "Now can I roll down the stairs like you did and be a little stupider?"
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Something prompted Nora to ask my Mom how she met my Dad. My Mom was telling Nora about people getting married when they love each other. She asked Nora whether she thought she would get married some day. Nora said "I'm going to marry Daddy - we really really love each other."
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We've done fireworks for Nora and Abby the last 2 nights. Abby runs away, peeks around corners, and is generally unhappy unless we're doing sparklers, in which case she reluctantly shares the vicinity with us. Nora hyperventilates, jumps around, and pretty much short-circuits, simultaneously excited and scared.
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PA laws (and the loopholes that they allow) are so weird. There are big fireworks factories on the PA/NJ border, presumably built to sell fireworks to NJ and NY residents who can't legally own them in-state anyway. As a PA resident, I can't enter these stores, even though SOME fireworks are legal in PA. Instead, they set up little tents outside the stores that sell PA-safe "sparky" fireworks to residents. Even better, out-of-state residents can buy the same fireworks in the store for 50% cheaper than PA residents pay in the tents. If I go to the site of a major fireworks company and do a search for stores near me, by zip code, it tells me that the closest store where I can buy fireworks is in Ohio, 5 hours away, even though there's one 10 minutes from here. Makes me miss being a kid.
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Nora was on a special diet for 24 hours today. She was trying very hard (and in vain) to get hot chocolate milk, in a bottle no less (she's occasionally jealous of Abby's bottle) before her nap. He lied down on the living room floor, sighed deeply, slumped her hand over her face, and said, "Oh, I'm really tired... I think I'm out of gas." When she knew she had my attention, she added "But my robot charger only takes hot chocolate milk botsies." I didn't break down, but I wanted to. I mean, I have a daughter with a robot charger. That's cool.
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An older one - probably a year ago. Nora - "Mommy, can you help me get pizza? Cuz I can't drive."
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Nora, when lying down for a nap, after we said "sweet dreams":
"I'll dream about big, big paci(fier)s walking around and hugging me. They're boys!"
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Abby, at 18 months, in response to anything she doesn't want to do: "No say!"
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Mike - "Grownups have so much boring stuff to do."
Nora: "And they can't play with their children, and that's SOO sad, and the children have to play with their selves (sic)."
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Abby, at 2 & 1/2 - "Video killed the radio star... Bad video! You get a time out!"
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Abby, at 2 - "I'm not real, I'm a vegetarian."
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"I was the big cheese. I went in the water table and I played with the cars and I played with the people, and I played with the plastic food, and then I played in the gym. We cleaned up our cars. We had circle time, and we sang songs, and we put coats on. "Dino had some seltzer. Dino took his shoes off. Dino looked at the crocuses that were white, and he looked at the white ones too, and he looked at the purple ones, and he looked at the weeds. We took Dino on the swing, and we played with Dino with a ball. We took Dino on a wagon ride. Dino saw a couple spider webs. He thinked they were scary. Dino took a nap with me. He sleeped 20 hours and a half. I played with Dinosaurs. He played hockey. Dino played with dinosaurs. He played with toys. He played with eyes and helicopters and noses and beds and dolls, that's all. "He ate mac and cheese. I ate beans and I ate olives. I did chips. We brushed teeth. I'm going to do something that's really cool called hopscotch. Dino likes to wake up in the middle of the night. Dino likes to have his paci and bear-bear. Dino likes to go outsiude and eat grass. Dino likes to try mud in his mouth. He does lots of reading. "I can't tell any more because I have no more breath." (Nora's first homework assignment, dictating to us about her day as the "big cheese", for which she got to bring home Dino the dinosaur. Transcribed as close to verbatim as possible. Sorry I didn't have the recorder going.)
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Hi! It's easy being green - we just added a new shamrocks design for your channel player, and a plain green design in case you're spiritually offended by shamrocks!
You can use either player on your WildVoice site, your MySpace profile, your blog, or any other site that lets you embed Flash stuff. Here's what they look like:How can you put your recordings on another Web site like MySpace or your blog? Just see the FAQ article: How can I put my recordings on another Web site like MySpace or my blog?:)
When you're picking a player style, just choose Full Player - Hot Rod - Seasonal.
Each time we do another player design for a holiday, all of your players using the seasonal skin will change automatically! If for some reason you want to use the shamrocks or emerald players at other times of the year, you can choose these designs any time by choosing Full Player - Hot Rod - Seasonal - Shamrocks or Full Player - Hot Rod - Emerald.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Mike
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Just a few things Nora and Abby said today that we don't want to forget. --- Nora: "Maybe when I grow up, I'll get a new head." --- Nora (when we were pulling out of our driveway): "Daddy, we should really have a car accident." Me: "No, Nora, we really, really shouldn't. Car accidents are very bad - people get hurt in car accidents." Nora (after thoughtfully picking at a little peeling skin on her finger): "If we have a car accident, all of our skin will peel off." --- Abby: 'This!" --- Abby: "That!" --- Abby: "T-T-T-T-T"
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