Last Christmas, through a series of unlikely events, we got a Wii. The house rejoiced over a new gaming system.
Over the past year, we’ve played Mario Kart, Lego Indiana Jones and about a million games of bowling and tennis. We weren’t letting it collect dust by any means but I had no idea we [...]
Thom, Erik and Tree have a problem: they have a couch they literally can’t get rid of. After their upstairs neighbor’s waterbed accident floods their Portland apartment and leaves them homeless, the three decide to take a trip. Thom’s an unemployed computer guy, Erik’s a low-rent grifter, and Tree is a commune refugee who doesn’t [...]
“We have to redefine who we [as trial lawyers] are: We are the most important people in America,” Spence said. “There is no other profession in America that fights for freedom, that fights for what America is about, that fights for justice for ordinary people.”
To make his point, Spence — founder of the Trial Lawyers [...]
1. Liza’s shifted from brain-liquefying screeches to words, or at least word-like sounds. She still believes that volume and repetition are key to convincing arguments, much like the recent US Presidential election, so she will walk over to a bed she wants to be on, point at it, and repeat “Up peeese! Up peeese! Up [...]
A while back I read a great tip on Parent Hacks. They suggested to let your kids fingerpaint in the bathtub and then just take a bath. You contain the mess and the kids. The kids get to have a great time, first painting and then a bonus bath. I decided that we’d try it [...]
We’d been talking for a while that we needed to do some cleaning before Christmas. Specifically in Eli’s room so there’s actually room to bring in some new stuff.
So to show him how Mom and Dad can clean up their stuff too, Stephen started pulling books off of bookshelves and chunking them in a [...]
I have moved beyond the bike portion of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and have learned that the Los Santos police are awfully cavalier about any carjacking I might do. At first I was very careful about what cars I’d boost, and I’d try to take care of them. Now I realize that cars are [...]
I’ve never played a sandbox game before, where you have a giant virtual environment that you can drive around mugging grandmothers and running red lights, so last night I started Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I wanted to experience its mix of non-linear gameplay and vehicular mayhem.
In the first hour of play, I’ve watched a [...]
I’ve got six graphic design projects going right now and most of them are paid work. I’m working on making way too many Christmas and birthday presents.
It is possible that in October I got a little overly ambitious about Christmas. I’ve made it so I’ll be working every night on hand crafts from now [...]
Ever seen inside a prepared piano? I hadn’t either. Here’s what it looks like when you’re doing the preparing:
There’s a table in Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes that lists what strings you’re supposed to shove stuff in and how far from the bridge the stuff goes. Insert a screwdriver, twist to spread the strings, and in [...]
