After having a pretty substantial bowel movement Abby said the the poop as it was flushing, “Bye-bye poo-poos. See you later!”
I hope we don’t see them later.
Gospel Music Riverdance
My neighbors upstairs have had the following events take place above us:
- Running around like a herd of Hippos
- Having a Jerry Springer type fight
- Loud banging sounds for sustained periods of time during the day
- Loud rap music for parts of the day
They have now added Gospel Music Riverdancing to their resume. The (presumably) woman has turned the music up super loud (which is how I know it’s Gospel music, I can hear the words). And the “Spirit must be movin'” since she is stomping her feat in place above our bathroom. I have to laugh because after the Jerry Springer “Don’t you hit me!” scream and the rest of the events, the Gospel music puts things into greater perspective: They must be Black, Irish, Trailer trash Pentecostals 🙂
NOTE:this of course plays the stereotype card for humor only. I count myself in the good company of Bill Cosby.
State of the Urine Address
Abby went potty this morning – in the toilette two out of three times. This is incredible progress and as the Resident of the United States, I’d like to thank the Secretary of the Interior for her incredible job these last two weeks.
Thank you.
Good Morning.
The Resident
Please Consider Firefox
If you use AOL, Microsoft Internet Explorer or MSN, please consider switching to Firefox or Opera. I don’t hate Microsoft, they are how I make part of my income as a programmer, but they have been actively ignoring their web browser, Internet Explorer for over two years. Other than fixing (some) security holes they have said that a new version of Internet Explorer is being postponed until the release of Windows Longhorn (the next version of the Windows Operating System). This means that as new technologies come out, you’re hosed. You can do nothing about this except move to another browser as Microsoft management has basically ignored their responsibility to standards.
I read an article recently about how management at Microsoft was feeling a real pinch because so many people (and Microsoft applications) were not standards compliant, and to convert their engine to render things in a standards compliant way would break things. I see several things wrong with that logic:
1) What did Microsoft do when they prepared for Windows XP Service Pack 2? The posted this announcement stating that web developers may have to change their code for the web pages and applications to work with Internet Explorer after this service pack (due to fixing a plethora of security holes and adding a popup blocker).
2) Web Developers are used to having to change things when a new site comes out.
3) If you’ve been developing your site to work with any other browsers (like any good developer should) then this probably won’t break anything, but instead will make development faster AND easier.
4) Microsoft has a big role in the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), why be involved in setting standards if you don’t actively promote them and instead actively ignore them?
So, in short, if you’re my reader and you want to make my life just a little easier consider using Mozilla or Opera – they’re actively developed so that when you need a fix or a technology update – you’ll get one relatively soon.
Nigritude Ultramarine
Nigritude Ultramarine is a phrase that a search engine optimization contest is running on. Since it is clearly a goofy, jokester sort of a phrase I think it’s interesting that Anil Dash is trying to win the contest by getting as many bloggers to link to it as possible. So, Anil, if you win an iPod I hope that MovableType lets you use it at work. Nigritude Ultramarine. Kottke.org also blogged about Nigritude Ultramarine.
A Message from the Resident
I’m certain that potty training is not for me. Abby has not gotten it after two weeks, so we may try for a third week, or we may put things off until after Becky’s wedding. I’m going to have to have a meeting with the secretary of the interior, Jessica, who is in charge of determining if the interior of our house can handle being peed on all over (I am so glad poop rolls down hill, but not down Abby’s legs). However, this post may be somewhat premature as I haven’t talked with the secretary of motherhood, Jessica, who will tell me all of the intelligence she’s collected from her sources. We’re certain that Abby-Quaeda does not have weapons of mass destruction, but that she is capable of terrorizing whole houses with WMD (Weapons of Mass Defecation).
We’re waiting for Abby’s bowels (AKA Ibaqi’s [get it, baqi = backy = back side?]) to come under self-rule where members of her own body will be able to vote when it is potty time. Where citizens of the free world (Us, Mom and Dad) will be able to travel freely without an entourage (a diaper bag with more stuff than I care to admit to). If you know of the whereabouts of Usami-bin-Pottyin, please report it to us so that we may stop this evil deed.
Thank you citizens of America,
The Resident
God
This morning I had to explain God to Abby. Well, actually I had to try to explain on very basic levels that I was not God, nor was Jessica.
She said, “Daddy God.”
To which I replied, “No.”
“Mommy God?”
“No. God is in charge of the whole world. The bunnies, the flowers, people, everything.”
That was apparently all she needed because she then moved onto playing with the blocks. Being a parent is incredibly humbling. I am responsible for the care and education of this little girl while she’s in my household and that’s a mighty big responsibility. I’m sure in her lifetime she’ll wrestle with many of the things I have and do wrestle with, but I hope that by the grace of God we’ll do an incredibly good job so that some blessed guy will marry a well educated, wonderful cooking, godly woman [Cooking is a pretty high priority for me ;)].
Another Reason to be Monogamous
Delivery or protection with a well marked van. If you were a Swedish teenager and you had a choice between unprotected activities and protected activities, I think you’d skip the van and get a disease.
Try to explain the ‘ambulance’ out front to your parents and neighbors. [Link passed on from Dave Barry]
When reality television goes bad – er, worse
I’m not surprised, but I am disgusted: Apropos of Something When reality television goes bad – er, worse
The Count of Monte Cristo
This classic book (originally three volumes) rocks. If you have not read it you should do so (secondarily to the Bible). Jessica and I are reading through it and just love the wonderful story that weaves through the chapters. If you’ve seen the movie then you have no idea what the book is like. As is typical movies and books are different, but this book is so rich and complex it draws you in.
I’m now waiting to read chapter 18 and can’t wait to finish the book. Just had to share!