A Thoroughly Modern Family

We got on the cell phone bandwagon about two years ago, thus being one of the last families in the local region to actually give in to the temptation of Big Brother knowing our every move (I swear that someday we'll all find out that our cell phone tracking devices have been routinely monitored by the government or some pop-up ad agency for years). BUT at that time we also gave up our satellite TV and our Internet. We were officially in the dark ages.

Now in the past six months I've gotten a cool new cell phone with a full text keyboard (Steph, too)...PLUS a Wii, satellite TV (again), Internet (again), a new computer with a huge LCD screen, and various games for the Wii and PS2. I'm in electronic overload.

Case in point: Curt keeps asking me how I'm doing in Tiger Woods Wii Golf. To be honest, I've only touched it twice. I've spent my spare time recently at sprinkler parks, building shed doors, and reading books (and I don't mean the ones on the Internet. These are actually made of paper). Of course I've also started a blog. Life has reached a paradox of sorts. There's a Billy Joel song about that. Bonus points if you can tell me the title plus the album it's from.

The Blogging World

Wow. Didn't expect so many comments. Actually, didn't realize I knew that many people.

No, the apocalypse is not coming to fruition...yet. Now if my youngest sister becomes a registered Republican, that's another story.

Speaking of the apocalypse, do you think there's any coorelation between Revelations and Barack Obama? This idea came from a buddy. A relative unknown comes forth. He's charming, eloquent, and full of vision. People flock to him by the thousands. His popularity has soared in such a short time. Soon he could be the leader of the most powerful country in the world. Hmm.

He said this all in jest (I think), and I am quite cynical about all of premature talk of the coming. Heck, right now I'm rooting for Obama. But there's nothing like stoking a fiery mix of politics and religion.

I'm probably going to head to Menards/Lowes soon. As Paul so eloquently badgered me about last night, my shed doors will need to be waterproofed since I used good ole pine 2x4's. I really didn't want to work with pressure treated lumber...that's some nasty sh...ut your mouth. But getting some primer/waterproofer and caulk will be good. Also noticed that the top of the shed door jam is rotting because the former owner didn't caulk. I'm kind of tired of having to fix all of the screw-ups from that guy. This house is a money pit mainly because of his stupidity. Oh, and the Byers luck, which is non-existant.

Boredom and Laundry Lists

Being a summer stay at home dad, I've created a list of tasks to finish (while caring for three kids; the list alone was not daunting enough). What are the tasks?

• paint master bath and bedroom
• build new shed doors (one's been built)
• paint shed
• replace sliding door
• build fire pit (done)
• write the next great american novel
• organize garage (which would prob involve building shelves)
• build a clay brick sidewalk (with surrounding landscaping)
• Fix our 20 mile long fence

I probably forgot something. But here I am, typing. Can you say misprioritization of jobs? Oh, I forgot another summer task. RELAX.