Isn’t it frustrating when a major scandal erupts, like oh say, the collapse of our economy, and immediately everyone involved starts pointing fingers at everyone else and trying to escape blame despite the fact that everyone else on the planet can plainly see the truth? Wouldn’t it work more to their favor to own up and say something really witty and unexpected? Wouldn’t that make us all smile and think, “Hey, they’re not so bad!”?

Take this example as expounded by the children of our CTR 5 primary class (that’s sunday pre-school for you heathens):

My wife was teaching a lesson on honesty, which 5 year olds understand intrinsically of course. She was reading to the kids a story about a little boy whose Mom had made a fresh batch of cookies. The Mother left the cookies out to cool on the counter, instructing the boy not to eat them, and left to do whatever Moms do when they’re not baking cookies or leaving pies on the sill (must have been laundry day… *SLAP*). Well, as you can guess, the boy ate all of the cookies (he was a very fat boy). When the Mother returned, she saw the cookies were gone and, rather naively if you ask me, said to the boy, “what happened to the cookies?”

At this point my wife, who had the kids at rapt attention, turned to them and said, “What do you think the boy should say to his Mom?”

There was a very split-second moment of silence as the kids processed the question and then Evan, who has a condition similar to mild autism and is thus very wise, threw his hands up in the air and shouted, “SURPRISE!”

We did not correct his answer.

For those of you who have designs on raising the next crop of nerds, here’s a great little Christmas gift to get your kids off on the right formative track.

Though this little fable is relatively obvious and unimaginative, it does at least have an entertaining and all-too-true moral pay-off.  The geeks in the room will appreciate it more than others, but the moral is generally applicable.

Enjoy.

When a video leaves me speechless, I guess the only thing I can do is post it and let it…uh…scream for itself.

I guess I could mourn the absence of witty commentary in this post with deeply-rooted primal screams.  Or at least Motley Crue’s totally awesome rock anthem Primal Scream.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

(Don’t ferget t’ set yer likes an’ dislikes)

I stand by my initial review.

I decided to give Fringe one more chance to catch my interest.

I have only one thing to say: Boring.

And annoying.  And stupid.  And predictable.

(Ok, so that’s four things.)

Suffice it to say that Fringe is permanently off my list.  So far the press on the show claims it’s a hit, invoking such designation as “the best new show.”  That’s really not saying much since there really aren’t many new shows that have actually started yet, but I’m still betting this show doesn’t make it past the first season.  If I’m wrong…well, that will just prove that I’m right: the general public can’t be trusted on issues of judgment.

If you can’t trust SitComs and commercials to provide the much needed sense of stability and consistency that is an innate human need, who can you trust?

Granted, these commercials are pretty funny, and show that a sense of humor can go a long way toward building a better image for yourself.  And this is a pretty good “fight fire with fire” approach to facing your competition.

However, the credibility of this new campaign by Microsoft begins to break down when you consider one very important fact: Have you ever noticed what kind of computer is a subtle but consistent fixture in Jerry’s apartment on Seinfeld?  Have a look (about :45, look close in the background).

File this one under “best use of garden hose and area rug“

Look who was featured on page 39 of the Fall edition of Utah Valley BusinessQ magazine: http://www.uvmag.com/fallbiz08/38_39.htm

I expect all sorts of grand, high-rolling offers to come my way any moment now.  All I needed was my big break.  I’m gonna be a man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels…or wings…er…uh…I’m gonna live forever! I’m gonna learn how to fly!

Bromance (n): (Contributed by Krista)
There’s nothing gay about it in our eyes…it’s guy love between two guys.

Example Usage:
Mrs. MightyThor: “Is that because you have a bromance going with Donjuanica?”
Mightythor: “No, Donjuanica has a bromance going with The Rock.”

Related Words:
Man-crush

Related Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4L4Uv5rf0