Monday, April 19, 2010

It's a Sure Thing

How do you know you will have unexpected company?

Your four year old has been begging to take a bath for the past hour.  But it's dinnertime and you don't have the time to get him in the tub.  Refusing to be discouraged he decides he will help things along.  He dances into the living room completely buck naked and ready to go.

What do you think the next moment will bring?  That's right.  The doorbell rings.  And he runs off to see who's there.

Is anybody else's life like this?

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Danger! We have just entered a parallel universe.

Christina Romer, who chairs the Council of Economic Advisers, lauded the stimulus law's impact. "If Republicans want to debate me on whether tax cuts have an impact, I'd be very happy to have that debate," she said. "We think they absolutely have been effective."
(White House: Stimulus showered billions on taxpayers By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY)

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Amazing Human Mind – Example 2

An oldie but a goodie. It still fascinates me.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Washington, D.C.

The Kids at the Jefferson Memorial

My sister is the most annoying person in the world.  That is an actual fact. You can look it up.  Her most annoying characteristic (and actually her only one) is her inability to take no for an answer.  So when she started bugging me and my family, with a persistence that would make a bill collecter blush, for a visit to her house - eventually we had to give in.  C'mon Cristy, you've only lived in Virginia for two years now.  Give us a chance. 

So the cream puffs that make up this branch of the tribe, gave in and went to Stafford for spring break.  Most of them did.  I had to stay home and deal with AH/AJ modifiers and make recissions to expired MCMs because of an upcoming OIG visit.  If you don't understand that, don't fret, neither do I.  And if you do, well, I feel for you.  Josh didn't go either.  He had an intimate evening planned with Carrie Underwood;  just him, her, and about 6000 other adoring fans down in Pittsburgh. 

So Mama Creampuff loaded up the little pastries and headed south for the land of the tidewater.  They left late.  Which scared me because I know that Mama C has a tendency to fall asleep as soon as a.) we start the movie, b.) I start to talk about something important to me, or c.) if she is behind the wheel of a vehicle after 8 PM.  But they made it in one piece - she let Stephanie drive.  Personally, I think she just had to see the Cherry Blossoms.  And Jessica wanted to see the High School that Remember the Titans was based on.

Peaceful on the road...
...chaos rules within, AKA, Jessica.

Arlington Cemetery


Michael plays it cool (he says he was being like Steven).