Things My Kids Shouldn’t Eat (Volume 1)

Lexi (2.8) and Malachi (1.6) make a great team, mostly because they have the same two objectives in mind:

1. Find something to eat.
2. Eat it.

Bear in mind that the word “food” never enters the equation. Targets for these objectives can and have included lip gloss, paper towels, pennies, paper clips and cat poop (and that’s just for breakfast). Because of their objectives, Emily and I have our own parental objectives:

1. Discover what child x has in mouth.
2. If not food, demand ejection using fingers and shouting.

Sure, even Dr. Spock would be proud of my parental observations and systems thinking. But there are times where it doesn’t work out. Example? Vernors. This pungent ale is barely suitable for adult consumption as it finds its greatest value in clearing hair-clogged drains. The fact that Malachi found a 2 liter, opened and drank after devouring like 71 of those mini-marshmallows made for a less than ideal meal before Dad played “throw children”, which quickly turned into “throwing-up children”.

Things My Kids Shouldn’t Eat: Vernors + Mini Marshmallows.

WireLESS? Wireless-less? Wireful?

From ExperiencingWorship.com:

“Can your church use existing wireless systems after 2009? No. Not reliably. Can your church buy a comparable wireless system to the one in use today, that is future proof? No. There are some options, but these systems have 2W output power, require a license to operate, are digital and very expensive compared to what most people have now. Like $3k per channel +/-. I feel your pain right now. I just purchased $10k of Shure UHF-Rs and need to replace 8 Sennheisers still. It’s all junk in two years, three years max.”

A college professor once raised the question: “How long until we run out of bandwidth?” At the time — 1998 — I thought that was about as hip as asking “why can’t we use Betamax?” Looks like it’s a valid question for the church, and that Bill Hybels was right to insist on a wired lav. Read the entire article here.

iPhone

Apple announced the iPhone today which will be available in June. Can I wait that long? Can I swing the $499 price tag? Do I dare buy the first generation? Anyway, these are exciting times — a handheld device that runs Mac OSX. If you’re in the music/video/artsy/solid computer business, then Mac OSX is your bag.

Links:CNN iPhone story
Apple’s press

In case you were wondering about why the weather is so strange…

It turns out it’s not just El Nino, though he plays a part. As I ride my bike around the neighborhood wearing a tee-shirt, jeans and Van’s, I’m wondering if Al Gore is right about this whole global warming thing, with it being January in Michigan and all.

Is Warm Weather & Global Warming Connected? — story at abc.com.