February 2008
8 posts
Hello Kitty the New Che Guevara
On our last visit to Singapore* I wanted to get myself a Hello Kitty cell phone charm, but the Peanut (a.k.a. Fareen, the P. Kitty, Puwee-wee, my sweet and loving wife), talked me out of it. She was concerned it might come across too feminine.
I appreciate her concern, but I have often wondered why it seems okay for women to be “tom-boys” or have great enthusiasm for more...
Articulation Points
I am told, that as a child, I used to play with dolls. Good for me—getting in touch with the divine feminine in early childhood.
Okay. You can make fun of me now. For both of those opening statements. But I was serious about them.
Anyway, I think I was just getting warmed up for the heyday of the emergence of action figures. The term “action figure” was coined by Hasbro in 1964. That started...
20:20
I think I work in one of the coolest offices anywhere.
First off, the people I work with are insanely amazing. Secondly, the space is just so cool.
Sometimes, in the flow of our work week, we need to boost the people’s morale. So this week we’re all trying to qualify for a high-stakes event. And, the winner gets a prize.
The qualifying round is called 20:20 and it started today,...
What Part of “No” Don’t You Understand?
One of the great laments of my life is that I only speak English (and more like a version of gibberish at that).
It’s not for a lack of effort. Sort of. I mean, I’ve embarked on many failed attempts at learning a 2nd language.
1) In high school I took 2 years of honors French. I was the only guy in the class with 14 or 15 girls. I don’t remember hardly any French, but I remember some of my...
Things That are Good... But NOT by Themselves
Today in staff meeting, Marcia was eating a bowl of oatmeal. I think she poured some maple syrup in it.
Oh man, I LOVE maple syrup.
Sometimes when I love something I just want to pour it all over my body OR take shots of it. But shots of maple syrup probably wouldn’t go down so easy.
In my enthusiasm of celebrating the heavenly attributes of maple syrup and the possibility of doing maple...
Looney Tunes, Prime Numbers, and Sleeplessness
There’s usually 2 or 3 nights a month when I’ll wake up at like 3:00 a.m. and can’t get back to sleep.
It sucks.
I’m used to it. I don’t sleep well anyway. I mean, every night I pop awake around a half a dozen times, usually to see what time it is or to locate where I’m at, then back to sleep right away. But those random nights when I can’t get back to sleep are pretty tough on me.
You ever...
Seven Fish & Seven Blogs
I’m not so great with plants. Phileena takes care of what’s green in our living space.
I’ve not had the best luck with fish either.
February 12 is Adina and Annie’s birthday, a real fun day to celebrate two great ladies. But for me it’s also a day of mourning. It was the day that Phileena and I adopted w.nelson.mandela.
That was 2005. w.nelson.mandela was a red beta. He was the 3rd fish I had...
If I Blogged...
Well, a few years ago I thought I’d catch up to the 21st century and start a blog. It got out of control. Quickly out of control. Before I knew what I had done, there were 6 blogs all loosely connected to the original blogspot I had created. As one friend put it, a “virtual blogdom.”
It didn’t take long to figure out that maintaining a blog is sort of like having a plant or a pet. Suddenly,...