My Fish are Just Lazy

Man my fish just swim around in circles and eat pellets.

Chore Wars

Do you ever get into those "discussions" with your family members about who has done what around the house and who feels they have been working overtime on the chores while the other has just put off taking out the garbage for too long? Well now you can settle these disputes with Chore Wars. It's a nice little role playing game where you are rewarded points and other things for completing household tasks or any tasks you choose to create. Ben and I have joined the Clang clan and began checking off our completed chores for the last week. I am Ms. Sparkles and he is Elkton. Since I am busy with homework today I think Ben will far surpass my current Level 2 Cleric with 320 experience points (and a DSW certificate treasure).

http://www.chorewars.com/index.php

The children sensed his weakness once Kirsten mummified him...

Bug Cakelets for Johnny and Kirsten's Birthday

Johnny & Kirsten's Birthday Party

Johnny and Mitch rocking out on Guitar Hero.

Papa seems to be enjoying himself.

Lighting candles on each bug cakelet.

So did they plan their hair to match?

Grandma and Kirsten

iPhone

06/29/2007 - Well I'm in line for the iPhone. About 70 people in front of me and about 20 behind. We've been told that we shouldn't have a problem getting one so that's great. It's actually a nice day to wait out. Got a nice chair and wireless. Unfortunatly only about a 10% battery charge.

So you wanna talk to a live person ay?

Have you ever sat on hold or tried to navigate a complicated phone system when all you want to do is get a person. I've been through some systems that are so complicated and the option I need isn't there that I get kicked out. Well here is a website that lists the customer service number, offers a cheat code to get a live person, and gives you the opportunity to grade the company on their service.

http://gethuman.com/

Let us know if you try it.

Interesting article on how illegal immigration came to be...

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20070507-chinese-exclusion-act-california-chester-a-arthur-immigration-san-francisco-earthquake-of-1906-paper-sons.shtml

I bet I know this kid's father, friend, or relative...

While driving home tonight I was listening to NPR. Not an unusual situation. On "The World" they featured a kid from Novosibirsk, Russia that creates 80's-ish pop electronica songs. Also not an unusual topic for NPR. The crazy part is that a LARGE majority of our Russians at work are physicists or summer kids (kids of the physicists at work) from Novosibirsk. This kid's father is a physicists at one of the local universities in Novosibirsk. I bet someone I know knows this kid personally or at least his father.

With that said, I'm a sucker for 80's electronica. Some of my favorite all time bands include Depeche Mode and New Order. This kid's music was an instant hit with me. Check out his MySpace page.

http://myspace.com/romanrevutsky