May 13, 2003 Archives

Movies and books still portray full-time fathers as bumbling buffoons, but that's not the whole story

The Christian Science Monitor has a nice story about Stay-at-Home Dads (SAHD). We're much maligned in the media (i.e. newspapers, movies, TV shows, etc) but the reality is vastly different - I'm not bumbling, and I know what's going on with my family. While I didn't choose to live my life this way - I'd much rather be working - I'm making the most of it and enjoying the time I get to spend with my kids - time I'd miss if I was working.

Where's a winning lottery ticket when I need one?

FOXNews.com

"There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway.

To quote the Piggy Bank from Toy Story 2:
They CAN'T be serious!

RIAA apologizes for threatening letter | CNET News.com

The notice and subsequent apology appears to mark the first time that a faulty notification has been made public. The incident also shows just how easily automated programs that search for copyrighted material can be fooled, as well as how disruptive such notices can be on college campuses.

'Cause, you know, they're never wrong. Even now - technically, Penn was in violation, so the RIAA was just doing it's job. Yeah, that's the ticket....

Total Lunar Eclipse Coming May 15-16

I wonder if I can keep the kids up to watch it....

Yahoo! News - Official Trapped in Car After Computer Fails

I wonder why they didn't just unlock the doors manually....