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Hopeless

Two teenage boys across the street doing yard work. They are listening to all sorts of shit kicking music. Now, am I legally obligated to go over there and confiscate their Man Cards? Or, should I just give them each a copy of Led Zeppelin II and Deep Purple Made in Japan in the hopes of rehabilitating them?

Morning Movie

As we head off to a morning movie I can’t help but think…

I sincerely hope that a bus will be picked up and thrown back down while wading through buildings in the center of town and that helpless people on subway trains will scream, “my god!” as they are looked in at.

There goes Tokyo!

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms out there, everywhere.

Most importantly, happy Mother’s Day to my mom who is a Saint for putting up with my goofiness for 43 years. Also to my mother in law, my sister, and my sister in law. Happy Mother’s Day to you all.

Most most importantly, happy Mother’s Day to my lovely bride Jennifer. No mother works harder or does more for their kids than you. You never cease to amaze me.

Tablets

Since the release of the first iPad my family has lived in a tablet crazy house.  My beloved wife Jennifer has spent the last two days coming to grips with the fact that she’s not a big fan of the iPad Air.  Last night she bought a Microsoft Surface Pro.  Today she returned it.  She also traded in two old iPads and an old iPhone.  She tried to trade in her old Nexus 7 too, but Best Buy would only give her $12 for it.

That seemed too small an offer to bother with, so I once again put in a claim for it.  I am typing this post using the Android version of the WordPress app.

I want to like Android systems.  I just… Don’t.  That doesn’t make me a bad guy, does it?  Does it?

Forty-Three

Birthdays suck.

Let me rephrase that… once you reach a certain age, let’s say 28 or so, birthdays stop being fun things to look forward to. Birthdays start to suck.

Yesterday was my 43rd birthday. For the most part yesterday sucked. All day at work, every time I looked at my desk I saw my little Bruins calendar with the date May 8 staring up at me. When I looked at my phone the big 8 on the calendar app mocked me. Man, I was depressed. Birthdays suck.

After work, I picked my step daughter up at softball while my beloved wife picked up my step son at karate. Once we were all home for the night they brought out a birthday cake and the each gave me a birthday card. Okay… birthday’s don’t always suck. Maybe they suck in general, but when the people you love are showing that they love you back it stops sucking for a while.

I also got phone calls from my sister and brother. I was dealing with heavy traffic and trying to find a softball field I’d never been to before so I didn’t notice the phone ringing. Sorry about that. I had two voicemails. One was my nephew and niece singing happy birthday. They wished me a happy birthday, and they hoped I had a lot of cake. I did! The other was my two nephews singing happy birthday. They wanted to know if we went out for a birthday dinner. We did not, but maybe the Missus and I can sneak one in over the weekend? They also wanted to know if I had any balloons. Again, I did not, but if I did it would have made my birthday even better!

Thanks to everyone for making my suck of a birthday less sucky.

Trash Barrel Success

I did it. I faked out the residents of back yard wild kingdom.

A couple of months ago I bought two new outside garbage barrels. Big suckers with lids and everything. While cleaning the garage I moved them from their winter home, the garage, to their summer home, outside next to the garage. We went a whole week with trash in the new barrels and not a single animal made it through the lids.

Success!

At least until the squirrels decide to gnaw their way though, of course. Until then… Success!