Something very different this week. I think you’ll like it. Not Safe For Work, by the way.
Dog Days
It’s looking like another slow week here at TBB. We’re gearing up for a big family get-together this weekend that will be based at our house. People begin arriving tonight and we have many errands to run and projects around the house to complete.
To keep you occupied, I recommend perusing this list of ways to respond when people sneeze. Important information for those of you who have world travel plans.
In Kyrgyz, one says Акчуч! [aqˈt͡ʃut͡ʃ] (which may be based on an onomatopœia of the sound of a sneeze, like English “atchoo” discussed above), to which one may respond Ракмат!, meaning “thank you”, if the person who said “акчуч” is liked.
❖ Ye Olde Double Standard
We took the girls to their first baseball game last night, an Indianapolis Indians contest. We sat in the outfield grass with friends. The girls seemed more interested in throwing peanuts to the mice that were apparently running through the flower beds near us.
Awesome.
We stuck it out to the seventh inning, which I thought was pretty good. Meghan complained afterwards that all we did was sit around. She ignored the fact that she and her friends ran in circles around us approximately 75% of the time we were there.
Anyway, as we left I wondered to myself would I have waited over six years to take a son to a baseball game?
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❖ Six
Meghan turned six Sunday. That feels like a milestone birthday; a clear delineation between little kid and big kid. Did I say that last year, too?
Friday Vid
I warned/promised you there was more Pat Benatar in the future. Here’s a great summer song from a great summer movie. From 1985′s The Legend of Billie Jean, this is “Invincible.”
This Is How You Do It
If the next time there’s some big nerd convention here in Indy, I’m not going to make fun of them.
