And it has hit an ear-piercing tone and decibel level! Not bad for a 10 month old.
It’s cute for about two seconds until it sinks in that it’s a continuous high-pitched scream. For no reason in particular. I really think she likes the sound of her voice. Which is fine. Not much fun when we’re out in public though. It’s more of an “I’m happy but a little bored and want attention” kind of scream than a “ouch” kind of scream.
She was very well behaved at dinner last night (our annual treat to ourselves, this year at The Capital Grille).
Also today, she tore a page out of one of her books for the first time. I would have liked to have read it to her first, but Karen beat me to it.
Archive for 2008
Caroline has found her voice
Sunday, December 28th, 2008Did you get a new car for Christmas?
Sunday, December 28th, 2008I did not, nor was I expecting to or planning to. (Mine’s two years old and in great shape, thanks for asking.)
Based on all those car commercials on TV towards the end of every year, I was wondering if anyone anywhere actually got a new car for Christmas. You know, to truly make it a “December to Remember.”
Your own, personal, bailout
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008(Think Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus 
when you read the title and it might be funny.)
That aside, I cam across an entertaining article on Yahoo! Finance last week, titled “Why I Deserve a Bailout“. A little light-hearted reading for your enjoyment.
Santa Claus is a Yankees fan!
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008Dear Santa,
Thank you for the early Christmas presents. CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira are wonderful! I guess the Yankees have been very good this year. (nudge, wink)
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Dear CC, A.J., and Mark,
Don’t screw it up.
Checking out WordPress 2.7
Thursday, December 11th, 2008After doing a little last-minute online holiday shopping (It’s considered last-minute now, if you want it delivered in time without doing the expensive express shipping. Besides, who wants to pay for shipping? Plus, you can take that savings and use it to buy more stuff.), I decided to install the new version of WordPress, the wonderful software that runs this pretend blog (if this were a real blog, there would be more posts). And no, I don’t get paid to say nice things about WordPress. It’s just that good. If you don’t use it, you should.
Super Deluxe Waffle Pants
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Oh, the things that children say. I was carrying Caroline around the house after dinner, just talking and goofing around (it’s fun to do since she’s only 9 1/2 months). We went into Victoria’s room and I held Caroline up. Victoria started calling me “Super Deluxe Waffle Pants” and I was transmogrified into a super-villain with no discernable powers. The super baby was unable to do anything but giggle and look at us like we were nuts. A fun little diversion.
Ack! It’s a recession!
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008As if my being “away” from blogging for over two months wasn’t enough torture on the world, the U.S. is officially in a recession. Has been since December 2007. See this article from the LA Times if you don’t believe me. It’s nice to know that it takes this long for an “official” pronouncement of something that the average Joe (heck, even Joe the (not a licensed) plumber) could figure out for themselves months ago. And your Masters of the Obvious degree is from where exactly?
Where’s my handout?
Saturday, September 20th, 2008The government’s proposed plan to bail out the financial services industry, as of now, amounts to about $2000 for every person in the country (see the New York Times article). How about we just skip giving these morons more money and directly give it to the people instead? I know that we would put the $8000 we would get back into the economy, and probably quickly.
The thing that bugs me the most is that there do not yet appear to be any penalties that will be applied to the people who got us into this mess in the first place. I haven’t read every article and analysis, but I’ve read enough to know that the people in charge of these banks, etc. didn’t even know what their total exposures were. They also probably couldn’t explain what some of the derivative instruments were that they were selling. All they knew is that they were making money. Which is the killer for me: they didn’t care what it was they were selling as long as it made them money. Too many of them didn’t fully appreciate the risks involved because they were making so much money. I think you can sense my theme here. They were channeling Gordon Gecko again.
I’m waiting for the automobile and airline industries to come to Congress and ask for their handout. If I was unable to pay my debts, nobody would care and I’d have to file for bankruptcy. But some companies have been deemed “too big to fail.” Tough crap on them. So the broader economy takes one on the chin. I’d rather have that now than potentially worse fallout later.
Terminator terminated in my house
Monday, September 15th, 2008I tried liking the Terminator TV show. I really tried. I fought through Season 1, with each episode offering my just enough to keep watching. The Season 2 premiere killed it though. I can’t keep watching this formulaic crap. Save thing every week: blow shit up, question Cameron’s loyalty (will she kill John? will Sarah kill Cameron?), suffer through Brian Austin Green, advance the plot by millimeters. Too much time, not enough payoff. You’re done.
Oh, No! (Mercenaries 2 song)
Friday, September 12th, 2008If you watch any TV (and since I watch very little TV, you probably watch more than me), you’ve likely seen the commercial for the video game Mercenaries 2. It has a song with the catchy piano riff in it. I liked it enough to try to figure out if it was a whole song or just a commercial jingle. It is a whole song, and it’s available for free from the game developers’ (Pandemic Studios) Web site: see the Downloads page or get the song directly. When you listen to the whole thing, it’s pretty funny. The site doesn’t tell you who it’s by, but various other sites attribute it to the Wojahn Brothers, though I can’t find anything definitive. Enjoy!
