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Make My Logo Bigger! May 10th, 2008 8:05 AM

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Is your designer an idiot? Does he or she not know that your logo needs to be BIG for people to remember it? Or that people remember BRIGHT COLORS better?

You need "Make My Logo Bigger" cream!


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Almost there. May 6th, 2008 6:41 AM

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Last evening my dad found my mom cold, pale, and un-breathing. He said her name loudly and she opened her eyes and looked at him. She's breathing about 6 times per minute now, and her blood-oxygen level is very low. Ironically her blood pressure is perfectly normal.

I expected her to go last night, but this morning she told him Good Morning. I still don't expect her to be around for more than a few days though. Except for some joint pain handled by medication, she's pretty peaceful. She sleeps quietly 95% of the time.

When this all started, Molly took it pretty hard but Sophi didn't seem to be affected at all. Molly has come to terms with it quite well, but last night for the first time Sophi realized Grandma's not coming back. Sophi was really looking forward to swinging with her again. So I held her for a while and told her it was ok to cry, and be happy about it at the same time.

When my wife's grandma died the girls went and stayed with my in-laws for a week, and took quite seriously the role of comforters. They did a wonderful job too, asking questions gently etc. Last night I told Sophi that my dad would need some comforting as well, and Molly said "That's RIGHT Sophi! The Little Girl Brigade to the rescue again!". They probably won't go stay with him, but there'll be some serious cuddling going on while we're there.


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What will you do with your money? May 5th, 2008 8:16 AM

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What are you going to do with your economic stimulus check?

We're going to pay down our car loan, we're close enough to the end of it that it'll knock out a high percentage of the principle.

Leave a comment if you don't care about everyone knowing, even if you don't know yet what you'll do with it.


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Glum people May 5th, 2008 5:33 AM

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The other day we were listening to Mr. Heartache by The Dixie Chicks. I paused it for a moment, and asked the girls "Who do you think Mr. Heartache is?". Sophi had no idea, but Molly said

"Well, I think she's actually talking about real heartache, because no-one wants heartache ever. People with heartache are very glum."

Moving on, Sophi's been afraid of thunder and lightning in the night lately. Molly never was, and Sophi never was before a couple weeks ago, but we're dealing. She's been praying about it before bed, and the other night she prayed

"Dear God, please make it so that if I hear thunder it's actually someone's tummy rumbling, except really loud."


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Messier Marathon April 24th, 2008 8:22 AM

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The other day theAstronomy Picture Of The Day was about doing a Messier Marathon. Others have written much better than I can, so I'll be brief.

Charles Messier cataloged 110 things in the sky in the 18th century. A Messier Marathon involves trying to see all 110 of them in the sky in one night. That's pretty neato. I doubt I'll ever do it, but it sounds like an adventure.

And now you know what a Messier Marathon is.


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Anti-dyslexic April 24th, 2008 6:10 AM

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It occurred to me today that CAPTCHAs must be awful for dyslexics to deal with. Can we ban them on the grounds that they hamper accessibility?

Anyone badly dyslexic, or know anyone that way who can speak for this? It also occurred to me that it might make it EASIER for them, since the letters are usually twisted etc.


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