July 04, 2008
Sports Media Saturation
A study of the overcovered Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees rivalry as reflected in things my 3 year old son said today:
"Are the Red Sox playing the YankEEES?"
(I had no idea -- turns out they are)
"Is David Ortiz playing? Or is he still not feeling good?"
"Is Derek JEEter playing? Will he wear his home jersey or his road jersey?"
(singing) "Old gray mare just ain't what she used to be, Manny Ramirez ago."
"Daddy -- What are your thoughts on the love rectangle between A-Rod, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, and Cynthia Rodriguez?"
Ok, I made that last one up.
Filed under Sports by Mike @ 03:02 PM | Comments (0)
June 24, 2008
Volvo/BMW 450 HP Concept
Dear friends,
I apologize for the misleading title, but I had to get your attention.
I share this with you with the best of intentions. Your normally great google reader shared items feeds have become watered down recently by a bevy of auto posts. I can appreciate the occasional gallery of a carbon fiber skinned car or fascinating stuff like SUV plants being closed down in middle America, but at a certain point it's too much of a good thing.
I've seen more concept rumors and galleries of 2009 models in the past month than I can shake a stick at (and I shake a mighty fast stick). Please dial back the 'sharing'.
If you don't relent, I will be forced to double my Obama related Wonkette and Huff Post share rate.
Thank you. That is all.
Filed under Miscellaneous by Mike @ 07:36 PM | Comments (0)
June 05, 2008
Bitter Sonics Fan Post
Sam: "What team is THAT?"
Mike: "That's the Celtics"
Sam: "Well, what team is THAT?"
Mike: "The Lakers"
Sam: "What team is the GREEN team?"
Mike: "The Celtics"
Sam: "The BOSTON CELTICS?"
Mike: "Yep"
Sam: (Sees this picture)
Sam: "Daddy! A girl plays for the BOSTON CELTICS!"
Filed under Sports by Mike @ 09:18 PM | Comments (0)
May 27, 2008
(Shakes Head) Those Crazy Bloggers...
Has anyone noticed that "internet meme" is quickly becoming the new internet meme? Among name-checkers, gossipers, and cross-posters alike, eveyone is dialing down their affection for the latest digital fad by calling it an "internet meme".
For example, a post by a fully l33t member of the blogosphere might say:
Since the prank came out 2 weeks ago, we've all been Rickrolled, but check out the latest in internet memes [insert link to hipster site who's author has already sold out to a book deal]
META.
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March 08, 2008
Video Learning
Sam turned 3 recently, and got the requisite birthday card with cash in it from his Great Grandma. It led to this little exchange:
S: "Daddy, there's 2 DOLLARS in here!"
M: "Really?" (Looks over) "Actually, Sam, that's 10 dollars. Those are 2 5 dollar bills."
S: (Wide eyed) "Hey, who's that GUY ON THERE?!?"
M: "That's Abraham Lincoln."
S: (Almost as if in a trance) "Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president..." (trails off)
That one puzzled me and Beck for a few days until we popped in one of his Hard Hat Harry videos and heard him talking about how "Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, lived in a log cabin."
So chalk this one up to TV babysitting, not childhood genius. Also, Sam (embarrassingly) can and will identify HANNAH MONTANA! every time we see a poster/t shirt/video/mug/candy/lip gloss with her on it. So it's not like we're only exposing him to useful stuff.
For the pathetic/curious, I leave you with a Hard Hat Harry link. Pretty rad.
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