Allergies have been a thorn in my flesh since I turned 30. They may have been before that, but they didn’t bother me enough to make the radar. Now I cut the grass and I’m sick for two days. Yes, I’m still miserable. Next time I’ll remember I’ve got three sons that could do it for me.
Toss this into the pile: the van is on the fritz again. A few weeks ago both the van and the truck went down. The truck was easily fixed with a replacement hose. The van required a mechanic soldering a tube on top of the motor, certainly something outside of my realm of knowledge. My wife’s nose discovered our latest van issue: she smelled coolant. We discovered today that a seal or gasket thing on top of our motor needs to be replaced. It also needs a belt replacement. So I’m taking the money I was using to replace the brakes on the van to fix all the other broken stuff.
I’m whining. Deal.
My oldest child decided to treat his parents and siblings to a movie, Prince Caspian. So Sunday afternoon we spent some time sitting together enjoying a good movie. True to what I had heard, the movie is darker than The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. My wife has written about her inspiration from the movie here.
I didn’t watch much Saturday Night Live growing up, and not even now, even though I’m not sure I’ve grown up yet. Most recently I saw Mike Huckabee on SNL, which was really great. And I loved Lazy Sunday from a couple of years ago. Anyway, I heard about the cowbell skit on SNL but never saw it until I followed the link over at Hube’s site. I’ve watched it more times than I remember. Well, one of my sons found a new video game in the tradition of Guitar Hero and inspired by SNL that would be sure to drive my wife crazy (and maybe me too):
My mother said that some of my early educational experiences were from Sesame Street. I don’t remember much except that I liked Ernie and the Cookie Monster. Did you ever try to laugh like Ernie or eat cookies like Cookie Monster? When I woke up politically I did wonder how much of the Socialist Kool Aid I may have ingested. I don’t remember that show being so bad that it wouldn’t be appropriate for my kids or my far-in-the-future grandkids to see. It was a mix of entertainment and education. Harmless, unless you’re today’s hypersensitive liberal.
I saw this on Slashdot Sunday. Sesame Street: Old School volumes 1 and 2 are now available on DVD. The disks come with a warning (?): “These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.” Adults only?? This is SOOOOO stupid.
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