A couple of weeks ago, our friends across the street, Vandana and Raj, invited us over for dinner. At one point during the night, we wanted Allan to be a little more isolated from the three older kids running around, so Raj fenced off a small area with Superyard for us and moved Allan into it.
Elena became very, very upset. We asked her what was wrong.
“That man, Mr. Raj, taked Mama’s baby, Allan, and put him in cage!”
Helen and I were watching The McLaughlin Group from December 30, the second part of their “2007 Year-End Awards”. They were doing the “15 Minutes of Fame” award. Pat Buchanan had nominated the Middle East peace plan, Eleanor Clift had nominated Senator Larry Craig, and Monica Crowley had nominated Howard K. Stern when we heard something in the girls’ bedroom.
I went to their room expecting to have to tell Elena to be quiet and go to sleep, because that’s what I normally have to do. Instead, Helen and I found ourselves having to bathe Elena, wash all her bedding, and wash and dry her doggie, which in recent days has been a close friend. (Fun fact #1: “Popsicle” is actually a brand name. Fun fact #2: The purple color from two Kroger-brand frozen pops comes out pretty easily if you get to it early.) We got her back in bed with new sheets (and a few towels as insurance) before too long, and she was only mildly upset that she didn’t have her princess sheets.
One day, no puking. Too much to ask? I don’t think so. And please keep in mind that Katrina and Allan have not shown any symptoms. Are we lucky, or are we extremely unlucky?
I only just now got to hear Clarence Page and John McLaughlin’s nominees — Sanjaya Malakar and Andrew Speaker, respectively. Good suggestions all.
It’s always been this way
Some people are Leno people. Others are Letterman people. I’ve always been a Letterman kind of guy, and last night I was proud to be one — The Late Show was back with its writers. TiVo always records The Late Show and The Late Late Show for me, so I watched the second half of Letterman and all of Ferguson this morning.
Last night, out of morbid curiosity, I put The Tonight Show on. It was painful. I put Letterman back on after less than a minute.
The Late Show writers have a blog. It provides a little insight into what’s going on with the strike, and it’s funny.
Here’s hoping The Late Show and The Late Late Show writers are not alone for long.
I think I just watched the last episode of Journeyman, which (to borrow a phrase from Katrina) makes me a little bit sad. It’s a wonderful show with depth and conflict and heart and, yes, a tiny bit of science fiction, but NBC didn’t order a full season. I try not to let myself get attached to shows like this, but in this case I couldn’t help it.
I guess I find myself hoping the writers’ strike causes enough strife to force the networks to renew series that might otherwise have been canceled (no pilots means no new scripted shows, so if things go too long, they’ll have to stick with the devils they know). Though tonight’s episode of Journeyman attempted to provide enough to close out the entire storyline, I still want more.
Want a sneak peak at our Christmas card, holiday card (sent to people we know who don’t celebrate Christmas), or birth announcement?
I created all three on Helen’s MacBook Pro using Apple iPhoto, Canon Digital Photo Professional, and Apple Pages.
| Station | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||||||
| Fox | Prison Break | |||||
| NBC | Chuck | Heroes | Journeyman | |||
| Tuesday | ||||||
| CBC | Rick Mercer Report | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | ||||
| Fox | | House | ||||
| Wednesday | ||||||
| ABC | Pushing Daisies | |||||
| CBC | Little Mosque on the Prairie | |||||
| NBC | | Bionic Woman | Life | |||
| Thursday | ||||||
| CW | Smallville | |||||
| NBC | My Name Is Earl | 30 Rock | The Office | Scrubs | ||
| Friday | ||||||
| NBC | | Las Vegas | ||||
| Saturday | ||||||
| | Nothing. | |||||
| Sunday | ||||||
| ABC | | Desperate Housewives | ||||
| Fox | The Simpsons | | Family Guy | American Dad | ||
| Not yet scheduled | ||||||
| ABC | Lost | |||||
| Fox | New Amsterdam | |||||
| Fox | 24 | |||||
favorite, comedy, drama, comedy-drama, cartoon, fantasy, satire/news
Changes:Allan’s two-month checkup was this morning. Helen left me a voice mail message.
“Here are the stats. Allan weighs 14 … yes, you heard it … 14 pounds, 1 ounce. Katrina was only 11 pounds, 12 ounces at this time. So he’s in the 90 to 95th percentile, which … head size is [15 5/8] inches, the 25 to 50th percentile. And his length is 24 3/8 inches, or 90 to 95th percentile, so he’s a lot longer than Katrina was. So, anyway, I just wanted to let you know. I’ll talk to you later. Bye bye! Elena, can you say bye bye?”
“Bye bye.”
