BlogSchmog » birth http://www.blogschmog.net We live as if the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:19:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spies Like Me http://www.blogschmog.net/2011/04/12/spies-like-me/ http://www.blogschmog.net/2011/04/12/spies-like-me/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:44:05 +0000 Kevin Makice http://www.blogschmog.net/?p=4093 A fellow geek tweeted this special zodiac chart today. It replaces all those Chinese animals with stuff that matters to Geeks.

Geek Zodiac

The Geek Zodiac

The Geek Zodiac was created by James Wright and Josh Eckert, posted to Geek Tyrant last week.

I’m a spy. Amy is an astronaut. Archie is a time traveler (lucky!), and Matilda is a wizard. Carter will be most happy to know that he is officially undead.

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Don't Panic
A new Makice is expected in March

We are officially switching from man-to-man to a zone in time for March Madness. Welcome as this news is, it also has our family trip to Boston for CHI 2009 (among other things) somewhat tentative.

I would pledge to Twitter from the delivery room, but I can’t text that fast. It would go something like this:

Amy: AAAAARRRGGGGGHHHH! (labor pains)

Me: Wait, don’t go so fast. How do you capitalize letters on this touchpad?

Amy: AAAAARRRGGGGGHHHH! (spousal abuse)

Maybe we can teach Carter to do that part.

Congrats to Amy, who is currently doing all the heavy lifting.

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Archie dreams of existentialism
Archie dreams of existentialism

Archie: Are we going to have another baby?
Kevin: Well not at the moment. Maybe someday.
Archie: (after thinking for a while) Will it come from Aunt Meg?
Kevin: What?

Archie: How do babies get here?
Kevin: What do you mean?
Archie: Well, the first baby. (pause) Where did I come from?
Kevin: You came out of Mom.
Archie: Where did she come from?
Kevin: She came out of Nanna. Nanna came out of her mom, and she came out of her mom, and so on.
Archie: Where did you come from?
Kevin: I came out of Grammy. She came out of her mom.
Archie: But where did the first baby come from?
Kevin: That’s an interesting question. Some think God made the first baby, others might believe that we changed from other animals.
Archie: What do you believe?
Kevin: I believe that we’re part of a large continuum of life. That’s what I believe.
Archie: (after a pause) If I could ask God a question, I’d ask where he came from.

Well?

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