From the “I’ve seen it all” file.

Soft Serve and Jingles Jangle Moms – NYTimes.com.

It amazes me that the parents in this article don’t put their foot down and say “no” to their kids.  “I’ve left my wallet at home” and “that’s not an ice cream truck, it’s a music truck” are signs of “I don’t have the guts to be a parent”.

For the record, my daughter, who does run to the door for the ice cream truck, knows what we mean when we tell her “no”.  We don’t make stupid excuses, and I think it breeds respect from her to us as parents, and she does enjoy the occasions that we do take her up to the truck for some ice cream.

One of the local media must have been having a bout with lack of things to use the towercam for… Read the rest of this post… »

I’ve been working at home yesterday and today due to the bad weather.  We had 4″ of snow yesterday (Tuesday 1/27/09) and it was covered by 0.5″ of ice and another 3″ of snow, which is taking down tree branches and power lines.  I took my camera outside, below are some pics. Read the rest of this post… »