Super Bowl logos are ugly-funny
For those of you who doubt that the NFL inspires the most consistently tacky designs of all the major sports, consider the 42 Super Bowl logos. I’d like to point out that each one is more garish than the last, but I can’t because that’s not true. They are consistently hideous over the decades. 1995 is my “favorite”.
(Via King Kaufman.)
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Cmte. (1/28 5:30 PM)
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Cmte. (1/28 5:30 PM)
(Via TVW, Legislative Podcasts.)
Jessi and the three kids have a snow day
Jessi and the three kids have a snow day.
Hong Kong Phooey lunch pale
Sports writer Joe Posnanski has started Stuff That’s Gone, “a work-in-progress glossary of some outdated stuff that once mattered to people of [his] generation.” (He’s 41 years old.)
I carried a Hong Kong Phooey lunch pale to grade school for two years. I don’t recall if that was the one that my mother ran over in the driveway after the dog escaped the house. Mom, please clarify in the comments.
Repeat Perfomances
Wilson has provided many repeat performances on the potty over the last several days. He has used the potty each morning since his debut performance as well as last night at bath time. He’s not initiating any trips to the potty yet, but he willingly sits down and tries each time I suggest it. We’re very pleased with him, and he’s very pleased with himself.
Wilson Pees on the Potty!
Wilson is 2 1/2 years old and until last week, we’d never seen him pee. Then twice last week he peed on the changing table right after his bath. The Manis family knows an opportunity when they see one, so Wilson has been bathed a little more frequently than usual this week and each night we sit him on the potty chair right after his bath. Tonight it finally paid off. I had to distract him with silly antics to get him to sit down, but when he had finally done his business, he gave a look of surprise and then delight and then there was a little dance party in our bathroom. We realize there is still a long road ahead of us, but it was a nice first step for a boy who has shown little interest in being a big boy and doing big boy things, like using the potty chair.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
English gentleman magician Dr. Norrell and his pupil Jonathan Strange work to help England defeat Napolean and return magic to England, with unexpected results. Susanna Clarke’s historical fantasy fiction novel is nearly as long as ‘The Lord of the Rings’, but her version of a magical 19th century Britain is so compelling and her writing so smooth and consistent in style and tone that you’ll be sorry when it’s over.
Buy ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’!
