Tikkabik"It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." - Mark TwainKung Fu Panda- June 29, 2008 I promised to bring James to see Kung Fu Panda this weekend. I figured (rightly, as it turned out) that the theater would be almost empty for everyone seeing Wall&149;E, the new Pixar movie. I can't say that I was...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002195.html It's not the heat...- June 29, 2008 It's only in the mid-70s today in Mashpee, but thanks to an oppressive amount of humidity -- 75 percent, and a dew point of 66 degrees -- it feels much warmer. Alas, I've been putting off yard work for a...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002194.html James and his tonsils- June 27, 2008 James has had a long struggle with tonsils that were too big for his throat. Since he was a toddler he's breathed very heavily when he slept, snoring loud and often waking up several times a night. A springtime trip...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002193.html Can you hear me now, douchebags- June 25, 2008 Among the many things that irritate the living hell out of me living on Cape Cod is the absolutely wretched communication infrastructure available to us here. Cable TVinternet is adequate, but FIOS is nowhere in sight. But this blog post...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002192.html There was no pact- June 24, 2008 WCVB: Pregnant Teen: There Was No Pact All of a sudden the principal of Gloucester High School has a fuzzy memory, now that the national spotlight is on him, a week after Time magazine published an interview with him in...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002191.html Gene Kranz- June 23, 2008 Watching "When We Left Earth" on Discovery, awesome stuff. Anything about NASA -- well, at least how it isn't getting dorked by Congress and is actually doing good science. It always makes me proud that our country pays for what...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002190.html Ease up on the video- June 22, 2008 Hey, Web site publishers: Take it easy on the video. And on the podcasts. Some of us prefer to absorb information the old-fashioned way, by actually reading words. I've noticed that CNN.com and other Web sites that I visit on...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002189.html Like father, like daughter- June 20, 2008 My mom took the boys for an overnight last weekend, so after I got back from my trip to SF, it was just Bonnie, Emme and me. I decided to take it easy and take us out for dinner. Emme's...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002188.html Weird school week- June 20, 2008 Our kids are enjoying their last few hours of the 2007-2008 academic year today -- by lunch time, the last one will be done with school and on his way home. By all three accounts, this week has been a...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002187.html What a waste- June 17, 2008 Auto manufacturers are hawking "hybrid" vehicles that dramatically improve fuel economy, but in many cases they're still wasteful, hulking things. Chrysler, for example, introduced new editions of its 2009 Durango and Aspen SUVs that improve city mileage by up to...http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/002186.html |