Archive for November, 2009
Ambiguous Film Endings Resolved
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Jon Stewart Takes on Glenn Beck
Friday, November 6th, 2009| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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Fatherly Observation #117
Friday, November 6th, 2009The “Terrible Twos” apparently can begin at 13 months. (Pops Tylenol)
Barnes & Noble sued over Nook ebook reader
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Barnes & Noble sued over Nook ebook reader – Telegraph.
Could get messy. This story might make a good ebook.
Spring Design, based in California, claim that Barnes & Noble copied key features and ideas of its Alex dual-screen ebook reader when making making its own ebook, the Nook.
The two companies had originally worked together on a “Kindle killer”, an ebook reader that could compete with Amazon’s device. But Spring Design alleges that Barnes & Noble failed to disclose that it was also working on its own ebook product, and claims that it “misappropriated trade secrets” and violated the parties’ non-disclosure agreement “when it copied Alex features in to its recently announced Nook ebook reader”.
My Anniversary Song
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009For my dear, sexy, blessed wife. The years have flown by. I love you.
–Simon
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
Emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I’ll be captivated
I’ll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above
I’ll be your crying shoulder
I’ll be your love suicide
and I’ll be better when I’m older
I’ll be the greatest fan of your life
Rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed
You’re my survival, you’re my living proof
My love is alive not dead
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I’ll be captivated I’ll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache, that hang from above
I’ve been dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead
Tuned in, turned on, Remembered the things that you said
–Edwin McCain
The Cruel Joke of Diarrhea and Vomiting After Halloween
Monday, November 2nd, 2009A cruel joke: a very fun Halloween followed by a dreadful stomach virus. Nothing like being flat on your back for an entire day. Flat on your back with painful, aching muscles and joints, a low grade fever, diarrhea and vomiting.
No walk in the park for Mrs. Simon, either as she had to take care of me and our baby. What an enjoyable Sunday it must have been for her.
This after getting something stuck in my ear so far I needed medical assistance. (That’s for another post.)
Once again, I ask: have I angered the gods somehow?
(Not actually Simon. He was whining waaaay more than this pencil sketch ever did.)
Anyway. I think I lost three pounds…and an entire day when I could have been taking down the Halloween decorations.
I have a lot of Halloween shit to take down and box up. Perhaps I can scare up some help.