thane January 14th, 2010
My Mom’s laptop died, so she asks me if it is time for her to switch to a Mac. Nope. Past time. Anyway, I am going to be down there at the end of the month, so if I order her stuff here, I can set it up and take it with me. Full week for her to get used to it and then she goes back home. I had her go and look at the systems and she decided on a MacBook Pro 13″. I am talking to her about this, making sure I understand what she wants, and Joh starts chucking in comments from the peanut gallery while working on her 15″ MacBook Pro. “That one is too small. You want one just like mine. It is so big and beautiful.” Etc. So I tell my Mom “Joh says that 13 inches isn’t enough for most women.” Much laughter ensues.
thane January 3rd, 2010
Today is Epiphany Sunday. At our church we have a special service where we recieve paper stars that have a word that we are supposed to contemplate over the year. This year, our family got:
Thane: holiness
Johanna: beginning
Tory: observe
Stuart: mystery
Should be an interesting year.
thane July 11th, 2009
Tory was addressing a letter today, and I was reading her the zip code.
Dad: One!
Tory: One.
D: Five!
T: Five.
D: Two!
T: Two.
D: Two!
Stuart: Six.
T: Two.
D: Nine!
S: Six.
T: Nine.
Joh: Eighteen!
He comes by it naturally.
thane May 19th, 2009
I happened to catch the 3rd period of the Wings game Tuesday. It being the Wings and the Stanley Cup, I was sure my Mom was watching. As it got to the end of the 3rd, I texted Mom.
Me: Some game, eh?
Mom: Yeah. Jerry and I are watching the 2nd period.
Me: Oh. Wanna know how it ends?
(long pause)
Mom: No
I laughed so hard I almost fell off my chair.
thane November 15th, 2008
Tory’s school, Trillium Charter School, recently banned all handheld games. While this, in and of itself, is in no way unusual, how it came about is. Durring a recent all-school meeting, one of the second graders proposed the banning of these toys. The student body debated this proposal, with impassioned speaches for and against the ban. The body then voted and, by a narrow margin, banned them. Color me impressed.
thane November 2nd, 2008
We get a lot of stuff delivered. There’s the stuff we order online, the volume of which is probably significantly above average. Then there is the stuff from Apple for work. Lastly, there are the third parties who loan me things for testing. Anyway, Joh was joking the other day with the UPS guy that if we saw much more of him, she was going to have to invite him to Thanksgiving dinner. Last week, she goes to answer the door, and there is the UPS guy, laughing his fool head off. It seems that he had a package for the neighbors and had thought it was for our house at first glance.
thane November 1st, 2008
My office is nearing completion. Yesterday I bought flooring. Cork snap together with a wool pad. Mmmmmm. Today was paint. Tonight I hope to put two coats on the ceiling. Once that is done, Tory and I will paint the walls. Then Joh and I do the trim. Some collection of people will then put down the floor. Unfortunately, I am off to Cupertino for the 10th thru the 14th, so I may not get to move in till the 15th or so. I am still hopefull that we can get it all done and I can start moving in by Thursday or Friday. Keep your fingers crossed.
thane October 26th, 2008
Tony didn’t quite get done on Saturday. Maybe Tuesday. Maybe not.
thane October 23rd, 2008
Got the word from Tony that he will finish up my office Saturday. Wool hooo!
Now we just have to find time to paint and set it up. It will be nice to finally be able to spread out.
thane October 22nd, 2008
Today Tory informed us that she has a boyfriend. More amusing than anything. Regardless, she pointed out that maybe someday he would marry this boy, Kai. Previously the had asserted thatnshe would marry her cousin Thallia, so I asked about that plan. “Maybe I will marry one of them, get a divorce, and marry the other.” I guess it is nice she has a plan.