not only is the ipod shuffle smaller than a pack of gum and much more fun – its also helped me to realize that i have two distinct versions of the itsy bitsy spider song in my music library…

i was ok when people got uncomfortable with a certain teletubby because i was always kinda weirded out by them in the first place but now they’re taking issue with spongebob?

natalie feels fortunate by comparing our circumstances with those of others on the world stage – such as being grateful we weren’t hit by a tsunami. i get my perspective adjusted much closer to home – for example visiting the federal social security office at lunch time.

i was talking with someone this weekend who believes exposing children to talking ten foot tall birds and purple dinosaurs will mess them up. i might have stuck with his argument a bit longer if he hadn’t then included my childhood idols winnie the pooh and the road runner…

p’s passport showed up in the mail yesterday so we’re now free to travel the world. except for this “not valid until signed”. hmmm…

we ran in to a cantankerous old man this weekend who went on a rant about the evils of large corporations and cited a hardware store example specifically. it was hauntingly familiar and even worse when natalie said after the encounter – “that’s you in forty years”

this self proclaimed “war time” president gives an inauguration address and doesn’t even mention iraq? must be a raging success… only good news i can think of – we’re twenty-fours closer to a village in texas getting its idiot back.

in my experience karma always catches up with evil people. but, its also my experience that karma is much more patient than i am.

many years ago a former employee of mine requested the job title ‘technology evangelist’ and at the time i recommended against it. if it were to happen again today, i wouldn’t offer the same opinion…

you know you’ve been in cleveland too long when you start saying stupid things like “we only got four inches of snow”

the hampsters in the wheels behind feldt.com have been replaced with new, improved critters and all the html tables are being removed in favor of css style sheets, so please pardon any inconsistencies (and maybe even point out any you discover in case i missed them) during the transition…

the movie sneakers entirely changed the type and quality of shoes i buy.