I have done nothing for the past week but sit around. This means that I have the urge to blog about stuff other people have done. One thing other people did this week was win the Apple Cup. I should say the RIGHT people won the Apple Cup. The game felt almost exactly like the 2005 one to me, although it was probably more entertaining, given the 6 TDs scored by the Cougs.
I have uploaded some recent pictures of the kid. When Mom came down here to help after the birth, I talked to her about having 9 kids. I'm not even the one that does all the work for having kids, and still it's mind-boggling that she spent almost 18 years either pregnant or breast feeding. I feel this uniquely qualifies her to write a book: Lean Manufacturing Applications in Çhild-Bearing. The 4th child also gave me some other ideas. For example, I feel that newborn diapers are an untapped source of renewable energy, especially with oil at $100/barrel. One thing that consitently annoys me is the magazines targeted at insecure parents that the hospital always gives away. These publications prey on a parents desire to know that their kid is gifted or at least normal, despite the fact that all children are above average. I half expected to see an article entitled "Early Warning Signs Your Newborn will be Lousy at Standardized Tests".
4 comments:
I hate those magazines. What kind of low-life bozos try to sell magazines by putting "IS YOUR CHILD ON TRACK" on the covers?
Quinn has already grown and changed so much
that I wouldn't have recognized him. As for lean manufacturing, er
childrearing, I really could write such a book. It would include lots of
organization, firmness, and wheat mush--and a fully engaged husband, of
course. Otherwise, how would you get the mush? Love, Mom
Hmmmm... I used to read those magazines when I was little, and they scared me so much that I used to have nightmares about how I(I was very self- centered back then) had some terrible disease at age 3, which is sort of funny, since I started reading at age 6.
Adorable baby! What is he? two weeks? Shouldn't he be sitting up by now? You better get that magazine back out of the trash...
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