Special Agent Oso

You know, it's hard enough teaching my kids the concept of telling time without Special Agent Oso and the "We have to leave in exactly eight seconds" garbage. Those eight seconds take half a minute or more to elapse, and I would like to know who says "We are leaving for the party in twelve seconds, so you have just enough time to wrap a present."

$%*&$%(* CafeMom site

Dichotomy of the day - "We want men to be more active, involved parents" proclaim the women of CafeMom - who then deny men access to the site. Yay. Another reminder that, as a SAHD, I am neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring.

Magnificent Desolation

Watched "When We Left the Earth" last night. Could have sworn that Gary Sinise claimed that "It's a journey we can't repeat with today's technology." Apparently we've forgotten how to build Saturn V rockets or primitive computers.

Random thought #2

Why is it that the green beans on their plate were horrible, but the green beans on my plate were irresistibly delicious?

Random thought #1

Does the existence of "Thriller" make a zombie Michael Jackson inevitable, or merely more probable?

Facebook

Yeah, I'm on it. If you really want to friend me, contact me or something. I may not have a high readership, but just in case. . .

Heh

DS just made some randomly correct science statement out of the blue. When I heard it, I asked "Where did you learn that?" expecting to hear Bill Nye, I Love Toy Trains, or something like that. He looked at me and said "Phineas and Ferb."

All-righty then.

KGB

So, I found myself wondering - who decided that a good name for an info service would be "kgb"? I mean, my first thought when I hear "KGB" is not 542542, but rather, Комитет государственной безопасност.


(Yes, I copy/pasted it. Blame the original if there is a typo.)

Lunacy

Last night, I bit the bullet and registered for an event that I have considered for the past couple of years - the Howl at the Moon ultra. A timed, 8-hour run in the middle of August in Illinois. How bad could it be, right?

Running streak update

Some time ago, I mentioned that I was trying to run on a daily basis. So far, I have maintained that streak for more than 260 days. Yay me.

Platypus omelet

The other day, I was talking religion with my sister (in which I was maintaining the Almighty must have a profound sense of humor, with the noble platypus being Exhibit A), and I suddenly wondered:

Is the platypus a protected species?

If not, is it possible to obtain platypus eggs?

And, if you could obtain said eggs, how many eggs would it take to make a decent omelet, and what would said omelet taste like?