Blog of Doom

This afternoon, Morgan was playing with his toy cars, re-creating the traffic jams and car wrecks that show up on the traffic report here in Dallas (more on that later). I noticed that Gus (our cat) was playing with one of his toys.
“Morgan!”
He obliviously plays with his matchbox cars.
“MORGAN!” This time in a squeaky voice [...]

Last week was a very strange turn of fate. Last Sunday, Morgan was climbing up on the entertainment center to see what was on top of it. As he was getting down, he accidentally turned on the TV. We have satellite TV, so it was set to channel 4. What was on? Nascar racing. Well, [...]

We found out today that Morgan will be going to a new school next school year. The school district has decided to move all the K-2nd grade children to a different school, and the 3-5th grade children to yet another school. Morgan’s teachers are apparently going to get the really bad cases to work with. [...]

“Thousands of parents, hundreds of doctors and scientists, and several congressmen agree: The cause of autism - and its cure - has been found. Generation Rescue”
How I’d love this to be true. Of course, the fact that several congressmen agree means I’m automically suspicious.
Now we have something else to look into. If you have a [...]

Well, I’m sick yet again. Thanks Morgan. I really appreciate you bringing your nasty germs from school and infecting me, while leaving your much more deserving mother healthy as usual. I swear I’ll be so glad when he gets out of school and I don’t have to catch his diseases any more!
I’ve lost count of [...]

My newest goal is to learn AppleScript. I have a little manual called AppleScript for Absolute Beginners. I’ve been going through it and learning the basics. Right now I’m starting on defining lists. I see AppleScript as a gateway drug to Python or Perl, and then eventually to C or C++ or even Java, perhaps.
What [...]

Rice Crispies Squares are also evilicious. My wife and I agree. Maybe I’ll put up a list of what’s evilicious.

I’ve discovered that Morgan has the amazing ability to gag and almost vomit whenever he doesn’t want to take his medicine. Now, Morgan has a couple of medicines he has to take. First, he takes his morning and evening pill to calm down his meltdowns. He doesn’t really have a problem with them. We’ve been [...]

A shower in the morning or one in the evening. This is something I’ve wrestled with for a while, trying to figure out which I prefer. Both have their good points.
Morning showers wake you up. If you’re asleep, a good morning shower will wake you up like nothing else. You are clean starting in the [...]

I recently read somewhere that bacteria are the most common form of life, and that when you look for life anywhere, you should first look for bacteria. They are also the most successful form of life, the most diverse, etc. I read in the same place that higher forms of life were short lived abberations [...]