It Was All Fun And Games...
16 December 2015 • by bob • Humor
Yup, it was all fun and games until this happened...
Christmas in the UK
02 December 2015 • by bob • Humor, Travel
OK, I will admit - we followed a few of these traditions at our house... I'm not saying which ones, though. 
How to Have a British Christmas
Anglophenia Ep 20
Anglophenia Ep 20
Thought for the Day (2015-11-30)
30 November 2015 • by bob • Humor
From Coleman Cox (in 1922):
"Never dispute the woman who says she has a model husband. Webster's Dictionary says a model is a small imitation of the real thing."
The Power of Positive Thinking
25 November 2015 • by Bob • Ponderings
I saw a would-be motivational poster today with the following quote from Norman Vincent Peale: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
I don't mean to be nitpicky, but if you fall short of the moon, you're still going to be light years away from the stars, although you can ardently admire them as you burn up on re-entry.
But if you really miss the moon, and by that I mean hideously overshooting your intended target to an exponential degree, your long-dead corpse might one day make it to the stars, although that will still be thousands of years after you choked to death due to lack of oxygen.
UPDATE 01/20/22:
I recently had the opportunity to weigh in once again on this failed attempt at motivational thought, and the following text was my updated version.
I have often seen the statement that you should shoot for the moon, and if you miss, you'll land among the stars. However, have you ever considered what that actually means? If by some quirk of poor navigational skills you manage to miss the relative safety of the moon, then you're doomed to a miserable existence; drifting terrified and helpless through the cold expanse of empty space as you journey across millions of light years on your way to the nearest star, at which point your lifeless corpse will be incinerated as it descends into a chaotic maelstrom of burning gases and thermonuclear radiation.
Cool Towns Around The World
12 November 2015 • by bob • Travel, Humor
I'm not sure what it is, but there's something cool about the street names in this tiny town outside of Eindhoven in the Netherlands... I can't quite put my finger on it...
Work/Life Balance
03 November 2015 • by bob • Humor, Work
Some people I know should read this... not that I'm naming any names, of course. 
Political Changes
03 November 2015 • by bob • Politics, Humor
Here's your election thought of the day from the good folks at www.despair.com...
The Italian Job VIII
02 November 2015 • by bob • Humor, Bicycling
My friend and fellow cycling enthusiast Keith shared the following security camera footage from the good folks at Woodinville Bicycle which captures the hilarious antics of a would-be thief attempting to steal a bicycle... I think we have a future Darwin Award recipient in the making.
Living with Adult Children
13 February 2015 • by Bob • Family, Humor
There was a brief period when all three of our adult children were living with my wife and me in Seattle. Our youngest was starting college, our middlest had just returned from a year living in Peru, and our oldest had relocated from Texas to Washington following her graduation from college.
Things are different now; our children have all left home, married, and started lives of their own.
However, when I was recently going through several folders on my computer with collections of old files, I discovered a Word document with a note that I had typed up for my children during that short boomerang season when they were living with my wife and me as adults.
Notice to Everyone in this Household:
- You will wash your own dishes immediately after you are done with them.
- If you have friends over, you will wash their dishes immediately after they are done with them.
- You will carry any dishes from your room (or your car, or wherever) back to the kitchen immediately after you are done with them.
- If the dishes in the dishwasher have not been run, you will put your own dishes in the dishwasher.
Contrary to Popular Belief:
- It will not hurt you to periodically empty the dishwasher as a favor for the dish person.
- It will not hurt you to periodically cook dinner.
Do you think this note this made any difference in their behavior?
