Sunday, March 29, 2009

Murdered Sticks


Yesterday Erik asked me if we could have a funeral for his favorite stick that his brother Kurt so brazenly snapped in two. There was no saying no, so we dug a hole in the back yard, placed the broken stick into the earth, said a short prayer, and sang "Amazing Grace". But that did not completely satisfy Erik - he insisted that it have a grave stone, and he wrote on it:
Here lies stick - murdered by kurt

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Are we a spoiled generation?

I got this funny video from Tim Pritts's facebook page. It's an excerpt from a Conan O'brien episode about how spoiled our generation is with technology. To quote his guest, "everything is amazing, and nobody is happy". From cellphones, to credit cards, to airline transportation... we take it all for granted.