I started creating rules for our house a few months ago. It started as a joke, but I have found they have become pretty useful. They are mainly for my kids but I am expected to follow them as well. Yes, they are in order.
1. Love one another
2. Don't panic (this one was #1 for the longest time until I thought the first rule should be something more profound and positive, so then I created #1)
3. Don't fuss or throw a fit
That's pretty much it at this point. I can imagine new rules popping up around the teenage years but these seem to be pretty good at this point in parenthood.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Poem Post: Burnt Man (2000)
Written on a pay stub from work in July of 2000. Apparently I had the belief that "living" involves living life "loud" (which I took to mean literally and figuratively). I was already loud but I desired to "BE" so much than what I was at that time in my life - to feel, do, love and live passionately.
I still have that desire but I've aged and understood this re-birth happens all the time.
Burnt Man
i want to be lost
cause i've always been found
i walked in silence
when i could have been loud
i have to taste
before taking grace
live life, run the race
i'll burn in a fire
with nothing the same
ashes and afterbirth
will be all that remain.
I still have that desire but I've aged and understood this re-birth happens all the time.
Burnt Man
i want to be lost
cause i've always been found
i walked in silence
when i could have been loud
i have to taste
before taking grace
live life, run the race
i'll burn in a fire
with nothing the same
ashes and afterbirth
will be all that remain.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Star Wars Fragments
Had plans for a general fragment post but then it turned into fragments about Star Wars, childhood and random jpegs....
Our oldest is turning six this week and we're having the party tomorrow. I tried to remember any of my childhood birthday parties and could only really remember two - it was normal to not have a birthday party every year when I was a kid. The earliest "party" I can remember is my Mom let me take a few friends to see Return of the Jedi and then eat cake at our house. One of my friends gave me a Return of the Jedi poster that was on the back of my door for ages.
I was born in 1977 but I have a specific memory of watching A New Hope in the theater with my parents...I am guessing this was because theaters would re-release old movies before the take-off of VHS. We were like the last people in the town to get a VCR (1989) so I do remember one Saturday, I discovered A New Hope or Empire on TV. I was really, really excited. Sure, we have the pleasure of watching anything we want almost instantly - but the surprise and excitement of a movie on TV is a lost thing.
If you wondering my stance on the prequels - I firmly believe they are an abomination to film. Yes, that bad. If you need an explanation -this link will explain it all and it will amaze you.
Great post about watching SW in order. Still don't think it's enough for me to re-watch the new movies-- maybe one day when I'm bored or want to punish myself for some bad deed.
My cousin had tons of Star Wars toys. He had this huge bookcase full of them - he had the Millennium Faclon, X-Wings, Y-Wings, Ewok Village, etc. etc. It was crazy. I loved going over there because I had like two Star Wars figures plus the band from Jabba's Palace and one of the little racers they had on Endor. That's it. I think I stole Boba Fett from him.
When all the Star Wars mania hit back in the late nineties I could enjoy the series all over again but in many ways it was really for the first time. I bought the VHS trilogy and realized there were chunks of the movies I had either forgotten about or never even seen. The re-release of A New Hope was the first movie I saw at midnight on opening night. Fun times.
Well, here is a minor Star Wars pic dump that I've come across the past few weeks....
Our oldest is turning six this week and we're having the party tomorrow. I tried to remember any of my childhood birthday parties and could only really remember two - it was normal to not have a birthday party every year when I was a kid. The earliest "party" I can remember is my Mom let me take a few friends to see Return of the Jedi and then eat cake at our house. One of my friends gave me a Return of the Jedi poster that was on the back of my door for ages.
I was born in 1977 but I have a specific memory of watching A New Hope in the theater with my parents...I am guessing this was because theaters would re-release old movies before the take-off of VHS. We were like the last people in the town to get a VCR (1989) so I do remember one Saturday, I discovered A New Hope or Empire on TV. I was really, really excited. Sure, we have the pleasure of watching anything we want almost instantly - but the surprise and excitement of a movie on TV is a lost thing.
If you wondering my stance on the prequels - I firmly believe they are an abomination to film. Yes, that bad. If you need an explanation -this link will explain it all and it will amaze you.
Great post about watching SW in order. Still don't think it's enough for me to re-watch the new movies-- maybe one day when I'm bored or want to punish myself for some bad deed.
My cousin had tons of Star Wars toys. He had this huge bookcase full of them - he had the Millennium Faclon, X-Wings, Y-Wings, Ewok Village, etc. etc. It was crazy. I loved going over there because I had like two Star Wars figures plus the band from Jabba's Palace and one of the little racers they had on Endor. That's it. I think I stole Boba Fett from him.
When all the Star Wars mania hit back in the late nineties I could enjoy the series all over again but in many ways it was really for the first time. I bought the VHS trilogy and realized there were chunks of the movies I had either forgotten about or never even seen. The re-release of A New Hope was the first movie I saw at midnight on opening night. Fun times.
Well, here is a minor Star Wars pic dump that I've come across the past few weeks....
Photo Post: Slow Children Sign
I plan on occasionally posting a photo from time to time.
I saw this during our "Stay-cation" here in town in December at a local hotel/resort. There was no reason for this to exist.
It's this kind of absurdity that makes life a little more enjoyable.
I saw this during our "Stay-cation" here in town in December at a local hotel/resort. There was no reason for this to exist.
Slow: German Children with Lederhosen at Play
It's this kind of absurdity that makes life a little more enjoyable.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Quote of the Day: Tolstoy on Intelligence
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt what is laid before him" - Leo Tolstoy from The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thought of the Day
I hope heaven smelles like Texas Moutain Laurel .
For those who haven't had the pleasure - it blooms once a year for a few weeks and it smells sweet, almost like grape soda. But that doesn't do it justice. Needless to say, I love it.
For those who haven't had the pleasure - it blooms once a year for a few weeks and it smells sweet, almost like grape soda. But that doesn't do it justice. Needless to say, I love it.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"Let the Children Sing" Fragments
One of the cool things about being a dad is brainwashing your kids to like good music. Here are some highlights.
About a week ago, my five-year-old asked me, "Hey Dad, can we listen to some kid's music like the Beatles?"
My oldest daughter often asks for "rock and roll" to listen to in the car. She knows me well.
C loves the Beatles and really likes Weezer and the Ramones. But the band she and her sister E, age 3 are currently adoring is The Apples in Stereo. Every single track on Tone Soul Evolution is gold for the both of them. The other day we were driving with the windows down and the girls were jamming out to the Apples, holding hands and giggling...I loved it.
Her favorite Weezer songs are "Island in the Sun" (AKA "the hip hip song"), "Dreamin'" and "Mykel & Carli".
I do like to mix things up - when I take C to school in the mornings we listen to blues music and sing along or we end up listening to some baroque music that is usually playing in the mornings on the local "classical" music station.
During my daughters' "Quiet Time" they request the Beatles or mix CD's that I have made.
C once asked me if the Beatles were "real" - and I told her yes, they were real but that John and George were dead. I told her Paul still tours and plays songs and she suggested we go to a concert and tell him "He did a good job".
E, is just getting into having distinct music opinions but judging from her personality, I am going out on a limb to say she is definitely the more "punk rock" of the two of them - but you never know....
About a week ago, my five-year-old asked me, "Hey Dad, can we listen to some kid's music like the Beatles?"
My oldest daughter often asks for "rock and roll" to listen to in the car. She knows me well.
C loves the Beatles and really likes Weezer and the Ramones. But the band she and her sister E, age 3 are currently adoring is The Apples in Stereo. Every single track on Tone Soul Evolution is gold for the both of them. The other day we were driving with the windows down and the girls were jamming out to the Apples, holding hands and giggling...I loved it.
Her favorite Weezer songs are "Island in the Sun" (AKA "the hip hip song"), "Dreamin'" and "Mykel & Carli".
I do like to mix things up - when I take C to school in the mornings we listen to blues music and sing along or we end up listening to some baroque music that is usually playing in the mornings on the local "classical" music station.
During my daughters' "Quiet Time" they request the Beatles or mix CD's that I have made.
C once asked me if the Beatles were "real" - and I told her yes, they were real but that John and George were dead. I told her Paul still tours and plays songs and she suggested we go to a concert and tell him "He did a good job".
E, is just getting into having distinct music opinions but judging from her personality, I am going out on a limb to say she is definitely the more "punk rock" of the two of them - but you never know....
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