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Monthly archive of 11. October 2007

My Daughter, the Bridesmaid

Thursday, den 11. October 2007

My daughter is going to be a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding this weekend, and I’ll admit I’m a little freaked out. I can’t believe she’s old enough to have friends who are getting married. Although, as I made clear, I think the bride and groom are still too young for marriage. I think it’s wiser to hold off on buying matching wedding bands until you’ve at least finished college and begun a career.

Thank God, she doesn’t seem interested in marriage, herself, at this time. She says she wants to wait until she’s done with school and has a few years of the work world under her belt. Whew! Don’t get me wrong. I love her boyfriend. After three years, he’s a member of my family now. But I want her to have time to get to know herself and enjoy some freedom before settling down.

I got married at 22, and I think it was too young. Because I lived at home during college, I went straight from my parent’s home to sharing a home with a husband - a husband who was also, as it turned out, too young for marriage. It all passes by so quickly. Seems like just yesterday, we were putting the wedding rings on each other’s fingers.

Oh well. I just hope she doesn’t come back with wedding fever.

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Happy Birthday Claire

Thursday, den 11. October 2007

Now get over there and wish Claire Happy Birthday.

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Sports Bloopers

Thursday, den 11. October 2007

Here are the top 10 comments made by sports commentators and athletes that they would like to take back.

Weightlifting commentator at the Olympic “snatch and jerk” event: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was truly amazing.”

Ted Walsh, horse racing commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”

Grand Prix race announcer: “The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front of the similar one in back.”

Greg Norman, pro golfer: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”

Ringside boxing analyst: “Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing … but none of them really that serious.”

Baseball announcer: “If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”

Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.”

At a trophy ceremony for the BBC TV boat race: “Ah, isn’t that nice. The wife of the Cambridge president is hugging the cox of the Oxford crew.”

College football announcer: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”

US Open TV commentator: “One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so well is that, before each final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them.”

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Getting Sticky with Tabbed Content

Thursday, den 11. October 2007

One of the primary goals of most web sites, blogs included, is to create a place where readers will come back to often and find information they want to read and information that they need. Blogs tend to have a natural stickiness level from the standpoint that they get updated more frequently than the average [...]

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Investigating The 4 Hour Work Week Meetup

Thursday, den 11. October 2007

I had a fascinating evening last night.
A couple of months ago I was researching ghost hunting in Toronto. Google led me to a paranormal investigation group that met monthly through an online web portal called Meetup.
Meetup is a power tool for creating events. There are over 78,000 groups using it in hundreds of [...]

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