Technology Divides

I remember when my eldest child was 2 yrs old and I had to chase her away from the vhs tapes on our shelves.

By the time my youngest came about, now ten yrs old, I had to chase her away from our growing collection of dvds.

I did a double take as I chased my 2 yr old niece around the house yesterday though.  In her hands was the portable dvd PLAYER!

Wow, technology sure is changing fast but those little ones still know what they want.

Fun Friday Favorites

And here it is, another Friday but I still haven't installed a trackback program.  I did look it up and since Blogger doesn't make it easy, I have to add a second comments feature to the program specifically for trackback.  Oh bleh, I really don't want to!

Boots and Sabers:  How far would you go for a pack of cigarettes? Is the recession really that bad?

Clayton Cramer:  How to start the day on a positive note.

FinestKind Clinic and Fish Market:  Twinkies and more Twinkies!

Michelle Malkin:  This is exactly why I read the SOTU speech the next morning.

Hot Air:  A Video on "How to Report the News"

Maggie Farm:  Failing as a Father

Why Women Can't be Mechanics

Why can't women be mechanics you ask? 

Click here for the answer.

It's just the mechanics of it....

h/t Maggie's Farm

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist:  A good strong German word but I can't seem to remember it's definition.  I can't pronounce it either but that's nothing new to me.  If you click on the link, you'll be able to hear the word also. 

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: zeit·geist

Pronunciation: \ˈtsīt-ˌgīst, ˈzīt-\
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: German, from Zeit + Geist spirit
Date: 1835
: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

End of Year Lists

Over at Lowering the Bar:  Legal Humor. Seriously, Mr. Underhill has released his Lowering the Bar 2009 Awards showing us the "best of 2009's worst."  Here's a couple of the nominees for Best Lawsuit:

•Speaking of banks, reports in July said that Wells Fargo had sued itself in Florida. Depending on who you ask, this was either a really clever strategy or a thoroughly stupid mistake.


•Hilton v. San Francisco Int'l Airport, et al.: Stanley G. Hilton sued lots of people, including his realtors and the airport, for allegedly failing to warn him that his house was close to the airport. He blamed the noise, pollution and stress for his divorce.

•White v. Wal-Mart: Plaintiff sued for injuries she suffered in a store when a “large wild nutria” jumped out. (She panicked and ran over her own foot with a shopping cart.) White argued Wal-Mart was responsible because its employees harbored the rodent, claiming they had given it a name. “You had an encounter with Norman,” one allegedly told her.

•Elliott v. Keyes, et al.: in March, Rev. Dr. Cheryl Elliott sued the United Pentecostal Church and its pastor alleging that he had knocked her over backward while “laying hands” on participants in a church service, and did not apologize afterward. There was a similar case last year in Tennessee.

Sweepstakes Fun

I found a whole lot of Sweepstakes at Reader's Digest!

Enjoy yourself!