3.17.2012
12.11.2011
10.21.2011
Great Success!
Thank you to all who have helped Lilac Family Child Care become so successful!
We are doing so well in fact,
now we are offering only Part-Time and Same Day drop off care!
We are there if you need us when your usual childcare provider is on vacation, is sick or needs a day off!
Please call and set up an interview so I can meet your kids AND be your emergency back up!
10.18.2011
Annual Update
Yes he still wants to be a circus clown when he grows up. Other boy is almost three months old, JP is in his second year of preschool. Mumma's new business is gaining traction and I have switched jobs to a more community focused bank and my job is also much closer to home.
7.30.2011
Monster Bass
On the day our second son was born I put in 18 hours of errands and surgery and recovery and you get the idea. The when I went home to let the dog out and go to bed I decided to stop off and go fishing for an hour. Then I caught the biggest fish of my short fishing career. Truly a big fish for any bass fisherman. The difference is the great fisherman can catch 8-10 of these a day under all kinds of conditions.
4.03.2011
2010 Final Fishing Stats
Days Fishing: 50 / Kept: 4 / Fish Caught: 29 / Best Fish: 17" 3 lb smallmouth bass / Highlights: caught first fish 6/6, broken reel 6/7, caught 3 little junkers the first cool day after heat wave (60 degrees).
1.22.2011
Published Author?
Well not exactly but, my first published user content with Yahoo, see link below.
1.06.2011
12.26.2010
Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas to all but I have to tell you it's a lot more merry, and exhausting, when one has a three-year old. We had a super hero Christmas, super hero sheets, toys, adventures, and trailers to upcoming movies. Jackie P is definitely down for Thor next summer, let the record reflect that the first word which my son can spell and "read" on sight is THOR.
Exhausting again, but the most fun I have had for the holidays in a long time. We adopted a child for Christmas buying them a slate of toys and we rolled over the Kiva money to new budding entrepreneurs. We went crazy on the boy and spent very modestly on ourselves. My parents got my a gift card to Wal-mart and I was delighted to get about 20 MP3 that I could update my music collections and download to my computer.
11.24.2010
11.21.2010
Five greatest basketball players of all time?
The ever entertaining Charles Barkley had this to say about the top five of all time. Let the record reflect that Charles was a pretty damn good player, and an entertaining analyst in his own right, and he freely admits on national television that fans basically know nothing. So I give him credit for that and the courage to say that.
And for the record as an idiot fan myself I do not have Kobe in the top five players of all time. Basketball is deceptively funny in comparing players. To the casual observer they all seem to be doing the same thing, catch, pass, shoot, what else is there really? But to compare a center to a point guard, or even a point guard to a shooting guard does a horrible injustice to both. A nice starting point might be who did comparatively better at their position during their era than any one else in history.
1. Michael Jordan-In a game that's all about points he scored more per game than any one in history. Jordan also won six titles and arguably left to on the table while trying to hit a curve ball.
2. Wilt Chamberlain-Second all time to Michael in points per game he played in an era where they were harder to come by (at least for everyone else). Wilt also averaged 22.9 rebounds per game (first all time). A big man's job is to grab rebounds and score points, and there you have it.
3. Magic Johnson-god love you Larry, but Magic was better. The best per game assist man was also a quality rebounder and scorer. Incredibly versatile Magic was also the undeniable leader of one of the greatest dynasties in basketball history.
4. Oscar Robertson-Blah, blah, blah averaged a triple double over an entire season blah, blah, blah.
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabar-Not quite Wilt, but along with Bill Russell easily the best three big men in history.
6-10. Not as easy to sort out but I feel like John Stockton as a pure passer needs to be included here, Bill Russell as a big man, Larry Bird for outside prowess and leader of a great team, Jerry West top five in steals and points per game and I gotta' tell you I am saving a spot here for LeBron. The trouble with Kobe is that he is basically a pure scorer so it's hard to argue he is in the top five players of all-time when he is 11th all-time in points per game behind both Dwayne Wade and LeBron.
11.07.2010
On infrequent blogulations
Can a photo album serve as one's primary news source? Are you tired of looking at a map of the world as a background? Should I get my sports news from anyone other than ESPN or Yahoo? Does anyone other than me care?
I have used the best of the web directory (just Google "Best of the Web") to locate a couple of neat new toys. I am actually going to see how informed I can be using 10x10 as a news source and I am interested in how well informed Yard Barker is on sports.
10.19.2010
Fishing Retrospective
Fifty days fishing, 29 fish caught, one three-pounder, one broken fishing pole, and one purchased kayak. All and all a pretty enjoyable first fishing season. It has been a refreshing experience because everything is so new to me. Learning to tie knots, then learning to tie better knots as the first ones broke. Trying new spots and styles, a slow retrieve versus fast, etc. Needless to say I am probably hooked for life, and quite frankly I really don't mind that I am not all that good at the sport. It's tranquil and fishing gives me a chance to unwind mentally from all of the other challenges that life presents.
10.16.2010
Vacation
The only disheartening thing about vacation is that I sometimes end up spending half of it worried that it's almost over. It isn't even that I don't like my job, I have worked very hard to get to the seat I have, unfortunately, all things being equal work is still work and I kind of enjoy not working. I guess that's why they call it vacation.
10.14.2010
10.10.2010
Fox News?
So what did I do to deserve an appearance on Fox news? In the last year I have appeared on Fox News (once) more often than I have watched it. Apparently, amid the latest hullabaloo over whether Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are destined to switch seats for the 2012 election the network showed an old clip from Biden's speech in Nashua when I introduced him. I show up at screen right at about 1:02 and cough. If your curious about my thoughts on Hillary I clap a little too softly on Biden's comments that she's qualified and laugh a little too loudly at the notion that the one-term celebrity senator is more qualified than Biden. I wonder if I can sue for using my image without permission? If Joe Biden reads this blog he would know, as a former constitutional law professor.
On edit: I am aware it is not World Wide Wednesday, I just thought that the Fox News thing was too funny to wait three days.
10.09.2010
Day 17 on No Cable Island
So we have made it to day 17 of no cable without any real signs of mental breakdown. We did sign up for the Netflix 1-at-a-time unlimited plan with unlimited online viewing ($9.95 per month). This gives us a decent stream of online TV and movie content and we still appreciate a savings of $110 per month. I still miss my sports a little but I am adjusting to the concept of listening to games on streaming radio and watching GameCast style content online. All in all we are watching less TV as there is a lot less to loss but we are spending more time together as a family and being a little more selective in what we watch. I for one was someone who put the TV on by default and next thing you know six hours of my life is gone.
As an aside I have basically been sick for two weeks so going to bed a little earlier sans TV has probably helped a little. Right now I am typing this obviously but I am listening to Air Force football free online and I have Yahoo's GameChannel on so I can check up on the stats.
10.04.2010
Things I missed while fiddling with my Netflix
So the trouble with NASCAR isn't that the sport is unexciting. The trouble is that the the excitement is spread out over three days of pageantry and buildup followed by four to six hours of somewhat redundant racing. For the love of god, shorten the races. I know the advertisers pay the bills but would you rather pay for six hours worth of ads on an event no one watches or three hours worth of ads with a nice consistent Nielson rating. As a matter of fact here's three tips to improve your sport;
shorten the races, I swear I've turned off races after five hours, who watches anything for five hours.
single elimination chase (12 in the first race, 11 in the second, etc. down to three drives in the chase for the final race),and finally
work on your scheduling in two ways: start all of the races at two times (Saturday night at 8 or Sunday afternoon at 3). Everyone in the English speaking world knows when NFL games are on. The second way that you can fix your scheduling is to dust off the wipers and rain tires, I'll bet the ratings were just fine for that race in Montreal a couple of years back. Racing at 70 instead of 170 is still racing. Does anyone ever watch the race on Monday afternoon?
But whatever you do make sure you let guys keep doing idiotic stuff like this, it's funny and it's ratings gold.
9.30.2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)