My son, Ian, is just a day over 9 months old. Like his big sister, Ian will be taught some sign language as he grows up. No, he’s not deaf; he’s not hearing impaired in the least. Signing with infants in the months before they can talk is awesome. Sign language is wonderful for relieving [...]
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Random Ramblings
Dear Albertson’s checkout lady, The store’s current promotion is a fine deal: customers receive one stamp for every ten dollars they spend, and when they collect enough stamps they may trade them in for a piece of cookware. I’ve participated in a few Albertson’s promotions in the past. I own a nice chef’s knife and [...]
There’s nothing on this list that we shouldn’t be amazed by, but honestly, most of us—myself included—take many of them for granted. Inspirational credit goes to Patton Oswalt, who does a bit about how amazing portable MP3 devices are on his new My Weakness is Strong album (“Wow, how many songs does it hold?” “Every [...]
Last September, I wrote a bit about a travel reservation mix-up that I had with Southwest Airlines and how they were super cool about fixing it for me. I wrote that they had earned my respect after the way I was treated by the customer service representatives that I spoke to. Well, they just did [...]
Continuity is an aspect of the comic book industry that is really only of concern to collectors and fanboys. To the casual reader that only picks up the odd issue of Superman or Uncanny X-Men, breezes through it and moves on, continuity just isn’t that important. Being a collector and a fanboy – though not [...]
I am aware that Jen was probably kidding when she wrote, “just make a point to at least intend to participate” in the Facebook group, but… I really did intend to write something four days ago for this week’s Tuesday’s Topic. Honest. This counts, right?
When it comes to government and society, the idea of fairness takes on whole new meanings. What might seem unfair in a small group or between two people becomes very fair (and necessary) when applied on a national scale. My friend Jen Goode has been putting together a project called Tuesday’s Topic for over two [...]
I have some real problems with the state of the comic book industry right now. If it were up to me, I would force these rules upon every creator, publisher, shop and reader, Thanos-style. I was considering posting this list over at my comic book site, Kids and Comics. The more I thought about it, [...]
Many are the days and nights when I have looked at a clock after using Wikipedia and realized that multiple hours have passed. Wikipedia is the greatest time suck ever devised by man. Earlier today I remembered a conversation about music that I had with my chiropractic provider. We had talked about music, and he [...]
