funny thing about owning a macintosh powerbook is that no matter what type of pc notebook a proud new owner shows up with you can’t help but feel sorry for them.

yet another quote i wish were mine: “all conclusions in the social sciences fall in to one of three categories: obvious, trivial and wrong.”

now that we have a child i’ve become a fan of those bouncing “baby on board” window signs. not because i think having one of those signs on board will exert a magical zone of protection around the car, but rather it lets me know the pretentious cuss driving a car with one is paying at most 50% attention to the road and the balance to their precious little progeny.

an ice cream truck drove by the house today and you may not think that odd, but after five years in cleveland ice cream trucks in may seem silly good.

that registry i mentioned last week – its going to help us on both sides of the equation…

there should be a registry somewhere where families have to go to document the cause for writing off any of their kin, that way the rest of us get a clue to beware.

one of my favorite childhood memories was escaping a family reunion when a friend of my mother’s husband, an avid out-doorsman, offered to take me fishing. on the way to the river we almost went off the road when the adult role model’s head nearly came off gawking at a woman in short shorts, bent over gardening. i knew at my advanced ten years that this was questionable behavior but i was quickly put to ease by his wise words “son, it doesn’t matter where you get your appetite as long as you eat at home”.

i’m as fat and out of shape as ever but somehow my pants size is one smaller – thanks levi’s for attempting to delude me.

getting other people’s email can be no fun. i read this: “just thought i’d tell you that if you wrote a book… i’d buy it” before realizing it was sent to a buddy of mine who created the everyman photo contest and not me… eh, oh well – i did get to feel good about myself for about three seconds.

i think i’m going to create a bright yellow ribbon with a day-glo pink border that reads – “jesus wants you to care about the same things i do”.