5 Months Old for Baby Evie

Today is little baby Evelyn's 5-month anniversary of being born.  It's not really a birthday, so I can't really use that term.  But nonetheless, five whole months have passed since she entered the world.  I'd say it doesn't seem like it, but it totally does.  It feels like she's been here for ages, actually.  I spend so much time with her, it feels like she's sort of always been here.  I still don't remember what my life's mindset was before she was here.  

Well, I sort of do, I mean there are things I wish I could still do, like sit around and play video games all day long.  I can still play a bit, but not as much.  It's more of "when I can fit it in."  That's okay, as I've probably said before, she is a wonderful thing.

Anyway tonight we are taking her to her very first live sporting event!  Yes we got free tickets to a Nashville Predators game tonight.  We had free tickets to a preseason game last year but when we went to cash them in the game was sold out.  Anyway, we went and got the tickets in advance this time, so we're definitely going to be there.

Another thing happening today, carried over form yesterday, is the fact that I cannot get full of food.  It's not that I'm not eating enough food, it's just like, I am still starved after eating entirely too much food.  I ate two pieces of toast, a big pile of hash browns, two eggs, and when that wasn't enough I heated up a good portion of spaghetti noodles and some sauce and ate all that along with some old, gross garlic bread.  After downing that, I said to myself, "that should hold me over for a long time."  NOPE.  Hungry.  Right now.  I could eat all that again.  Not sure what all this means, but it's really weird.  Yesterday, after eating, I was still hungry so I took a shower to take my mind off the hunger pains.  Maybe I have a tape worm?  Maybe I'm burning a lot of calories in my sleep so I need more food like an athlete?  Maybe...I have no idea?  Maybe I'm just a fat kid?

So that's the update from around these parts.  Happy 5 month anniversary of my daughters birth.  She is fantastic and a great sleeper.  I think I'm gonna go find something to eat.  Dead serious.  

Cancelling my Newspaper Subscription

R.I.P my subscription to The Tennessean.  Someday in the very near future, I will wake up and make coffee per usual.  Then, I will open the front door to grab this mornings news paper and it wont' be there.  This will be the first time in two and a half years that this will be so.  I had been waiting for them to print some kind of stupid article that would make me cancel to prove a point or something, but it would be hard to find that article these days because I haven't really read it at all in the past few weeks.  It's gotten progressively worse.

When I first moved to Nashville, we didn't have cable, or an antenna to pick up TV so I couldn't watch anything   We didn't have Internet, so I couldn't go on a computer and do anything useful.  We didn't have anything.  We had a Wii, that's about it. One of my first days here I went to the convince store near our house and bought a newspaper, just to check it out.  I found myself really wanting to have this every morning, because really, I had nothing else  I didn't even have a job at that point.  So, I subscribed, and that paper kept getting delivered everyday.

Slowly but surely, we kept adding things to our lives.  First I got a job.  Then, we bought a new, big TV and an antenna so we could watch the local channels.  Then we got the Internet hooked up at our house.  Then we got Netflix to bring movies to our house.  Then we got a Playstation 3 to play video games.  Then we got iPhones.

And then one day, my wife and I created a little baby girl.  Through all this, I was still getting the paper delivered, but every time we added something new to our lives, the paper just fell further to the wayside.  Once the little girl was here, it was nearly impossible to sit down and read the newspaper.  Most of the stuff I read there I was getting from other sources anyway, so about 1/5 or is was actually informative at this point.

I feel bad because the newspaper industry is sinking fast, and I know it's "their fault" for not keeping up with the times, and sometimes you can see a headline and think "Wow they're really just trying to move units with that one, aren't they?"  But sometimes, (and I'd go as far as to say very often) there is an article in there covering a story that needs to be covered, and they're the only ones who are covering that thing.  Just today I learned exactly what banks are adding monthly fees for check card usage, which is my bank (Regions) and Suntrust.  Now I know not to switch to Suntrust!  Thanks Tennessean!

So you see, it's the first thing I had here when I moved to Tennessee so it has that special place in my heart, but it's now being axed from my daily routine.  It's been fun, newspaper.  I will still go to the store and pick one up when I feel like reading something, but for now, you have to go.  We need that extra $18 right now.  I support you, even though many hardcore Predator fans have boycotted you for your perceived negatively-slanted journalism towards the team, at times.   I hope you don't sink into the Cumberland river.  

Pineapple on Pizza

So I'll say I'm in the resounding NO category as far as do you like pineapple on your pizza question.  I used to totally hate pineapple in general, but really, it's grown on me.  There are some flavors that just don't mix, whether it be because you are just not used to tasting that flavor in that environment.  Like for example, I don't like mint and chocolate together.  Mint is meant for gum, candies and things like that, not ice cream.  Ice cream should either be sort of fruity or mainly chocolate/caramel/peanut butter/vanilla type flavors.  The same thing goes for pizza.  It should be cheese, meat (if you eat meat), peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives and such and such.  As long as it's savory, it should go on there.  I can see experimenting with weird stuff like apples and even pineapples, but to say that it rocks and belongs in a list of acceptable pizza toppings, it makes me wonder what kind of country we live in?  I know America is the land of the free, but that doesn't mean you go off ruining everyone's pizza by putting pineapple on it.  If I was an evil villain, I'd put pineapple on everyone's pizza just to ruin their day.  Terrorists like pineapple on their pizza, I bet.

All this talk about pizza has made me exceptionally hungry, but it immediately kills my appetite when I think of pizza with pineapple on it.  If that was my only option for food throughout life, I'd be a very skinny man, because I wouldn't eat it.  I love pizza, my gamer tag on Call of Duty is ILikePizzaALot44, that's how much I love pizza.

Talking about pizza, isn't it weird that America's favorite pizza topping is "just cheese?"  I mean, if you have to call it what is by saying it's "just" something, it must not be that special.  Now I could tear into some 4 cheese, 5 cheese pizza right here, right now, but to order a cheese pizza?  Feels like a waste of time to me.  My toppings I like are mushroom onion green pepper.  4 years ago, I wouldn't have touched that pizza.  As I've grown older my tastes have matured and I like mushrooms, and green peppers only on pizza.  Green peppers on their own are rather gross, but on a pizza they are pretty good.  It mixes well.  Does all this taste maturing mean that someday I would come around on pineapple on pizza?  I couldn't say no for sure, but I'm pretty sure that's one thing that won't be changing anytime soon.  Pineapple on pizza can go straight to Hell.  Do not pass GO, pineapple.  Do not collect $200.  Pineapple sucks on pizza.  

Beautify, You and I

Let's talk about embarrassing personal grooming things, eh?  Hey, why try to hide it, right?  I have to shave a unibrow.  Yup, I would have a wonderfully thick unibrow if I didn't shave it at least weekly.  I think it would be better if I, like, waxed it or tweezers it or whatever, but I don't do that because that hurts.  No, I shave it off.  You can't really see it if I don't shave it off, it's pretty thin, and when I do shave it off, it doesn't leave a stubble behind.  If it did leave a stubble, I would probably do something else about it.  But shaving it off works for me.

I have this problem that I cannot control.  It's something I was born into, and there's nothing I can do about it except remove the hair.  I wonder just how many other people have this same problem?  Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm very, very not alone.  I got these bushy eyebrows, and there's no easy way to change that.  Like I said, if it left a noticeable stubble behind or something, then I would probably take further action.

What scares me is that my daughter could get this awful affliction.  This would be a bigger problem for girls than boys.  But I can just shave it off, grow my hair out a bit, and my eyebrows are hidden, sorta.  It's weird to talk about this.  Now everyone is gonna be looking at my forehead whenever they see me to see if I've kept up on my grooming.  I took care of it today. so I'll be good for a few days, possibly a week.

So I just wanted to tell you all about my personal, physical malady.  I still love me even though I have this problem, and really, it's not that big of a deal.  I mean, it's just unwanted hair, right?  I believe we all have a little problem that we all have to just "take care of."  No biggie, just do it and carry on.  Me and my bombass eyebrows are going to watch some more daytime TV now.  Have a great Wednesday.  

Instant Netflix v.s. Hulu Plus

(Before reading this, please read this)

First off, forget about paying for cable.  Hulu is a wonderful thing.  They have a lot of content you get to watch for free, with limited commercial interruptions   That's important.  I don't get upset at the commercials while watching shows on Hulu because we have to watch commercials at home on regular TV anyway, so the fact that I get about half as many on Hulu is actually a huge improvement.  Now on an unrelated issue, I do get upset if I have to watch a commercial before watching a YouTube video or video of similar style because often those videos didn't have the production and whatnot of an actual television show which needs to be paid for....anyway the point of all this is that with the upcoming fall TV show premiers (which I'm super excited about, as you read about last week) I want to be able to check these shows out.

Right now, this week, I'm excited about TV.  Next week or maybe the week after, I won't be anymore.  That's just how I do it.  I go on "kicks" of things.  I couldn't stop eating hummus every day for a few months, then got sick of it.  I'm not a big TV guy so this TV kick is a new one for me.  Anyway, I have a Playstation 3, which I use to stream Netflix instantly for a small fee.  Hulu has a similar product called Hulu Plus which allows you to watch "premium" content on your computer, phone, gaming devices and internet-connected TVs and set top boxes like Roku.  Man, I sorta want Hulu Plus.  According to their website, there is thousands of TV shows available to stream for just $7.99 a month, the same price as Netflix.  Part of the premium-ness of it is that you get to choose from every episode in a season, which includes the current season that is airing, as opposed to the free version where you only get the five newest episodes.  Also with the free version you can't watch the stuff on your phone, ps3, set top box etc.  With Netflix, you only get whatever is out on DVD, not stuff that aired, like, yesterday, as you can on Hulu.

But here's my catch, and they are rather significant.  While I really, really want Hulu Plus to be great, there are many reasons why I think it's a lesser product than Netflix. Hulu has it's free option and Netflix does not, that's a win for Hulu, in general.  However, with the premium Hulu Plus, you still get ads.  Commercials placed right where commercials are supposed to be.  That's stupid, why am I paying for this then?  Also, I have downloaded the Hulu Plus PS3 app, which has a bunch of sample videos to try it out for free.  It has a random episodes of shows like The Office or 30 Rock.  The problem is every single time I have fired it up, it has not once worked.  It just sits there loading.  Is my internet speed too slow to handle the massive Hulu Plus video?  I don't know but I've never, or very very rarely have had a problem with Netflix streaming.  If I could just see how the thing would work without actually signing up for a free trial, I'd consider a free trial.  But the thing just doesn't work.

 (Additionally, how come there are commercials on cable TV, anyway?  Wasn't/isn't that the point of cable?  You pay for it instead of having advertisers pay for the content, or at the very least less commercials?  Pay-Radio is commercial-free, why not TV?)

The third problem, and it's a biggie; about half of the content on Hulu is only available to stream on a PC through a web browser.  The content is specifically licensed to only be streamed through a PC, and they don't have the license to offer it anywhere else (like my PS3.)  Which shows are "blacked out?"  I don't know, but that's a big problem to me.  What if I pay for it and I can't watch anything I want on there?  Pardon my language but fuck that shit.  Also, I guess fourthly, word of mouth.  I know exactly zero people that have told me how much Hulu Plus rocks their socks off and I need to get on there.  The only thing I've heard someone say is "people actually pay for this shit?"

 I'll just take my chances and watch Hulu for free on the computer when I have some time to kill.  In the mean time, i'm sticking with Instant Netflix because it's what I already got, and the stuff on there is acceptable.   In reality, most of the shows I want to watch are on networks, which I have for free in my living room, or are available at some point on Hulu anyway.  Sometimes I have to wait 30 days for a new episode of whatever, and that's something I'm willing to do.  TV just isn't that important.  I just like to watch it sometimes, for as cheaply and easily as possible.  And that answer is antenna and Netflix  (which is all in HD, by the way.)

Stuff I Forget To Do

So I realized today as I sat on the couch, I had been compiling raw video of my daughter and us and whatnot, in the hopes of compiling it all into a nice little edited and enjoyable video, a glimpse into our little boring life in Nashville, and I haven't even began to consider editing it together into a final product.  Whoops.  On top of that, I haven't taken any fresh video in at least two weeks, so the stuff I put together won't even be up to date stuff.  At this stage of development with Evie, a few weeks is all it takes for her to develop a new thing that she does that is cute.

I also realized that my fresh, new idea had totally already been done by our friends in Lansing.  Not sure why I didn't even think that that's what I was doing.  Not to say that I can't do it because someone I know already did it, because that's stupid.  No, it's the fact that I thought I was being cutting edge and innovative with the idea of "take video, edit it, post it."  Really, Brad?

Anyway, I'm now conscious of the raw video that needs attention, and I will try to take a moment this week to do something with it, and most likely post it here.

I think part of the problem is that I don't think the content I captured is all that compelling.  I guess it really doesn't have to be all that exciting.  That wasn't the point.  I just thought it would be nice to have a video, or series of videos that help the people that aren't here (like everyone) see what she's like.  She's pretty special to me, so yeah...I just want to share.

Okay so here's another vow of stuff I want to accomplish but probably won't.  Take care, folks.  

Do' Chores Not Whores

So a few weeks ago, well, I guess it's over a month ago now, it was decided that there should be some structure to our household chores.  Sometimes, the wife and I tend to get a bit lax on cleaning our apartment.  After getting totally sick of it, we do a massive cleaning day, and it totally sucks.  So we decided to change that way of living, do a little bit of cleaning daily, so that we don't have those overwhelming days.  Seems like a good idea, if you can teach old dogs new tricks.

I did great for like a week and a half, then realized that some chores just don't need to be done weekly, or at least that's what I convinced myself is true.  So some stuff just didn't get done that week, and, well, most of it hasn't been done since.  I slacked off to the extreme.  I feel right back into my old habits of not doing shit.  I say "I can do this today, I can do this tomorrow," but it's just so easy to not do anything.

Today I managed to vacuum the apartment, so that's done.  I feel good that I got it done.  But there is much more to be done.  I also managed to grocery shop and bake cookies today.  I've been a good little househusband today.  And not to mention the cookies are amazingly delicious.  I am trying to be better though, and tomorrow I will try really, really hard to do some kind of chore.  Any chore.

Okay I'll keep this short because it's boring.  C'ya tomorrow.  

My Kinda Boring 9/11 Story

Well this is it, friends.  Today is 9/11/2011.  The ten year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in NYC and Washington.  Just under 3,000 people lost their lives that day. A lot of people will say "it feels like it was just yesterday," but I remember the day as if it was 10 years ago.

There was one month in my life that I went to college. That month was September 2001.  After that month, I got sick of going to school, dropped out and never went back.  I had a nine o'clock class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and that was my earliest class.  I had trouble getting to that class, because I was working midnight shift at the casino at the time.  I had split days off, Tuesday and Thursday, so I could go to class on those days. Anyway, I had fallen asleep early that Tuesday morning, and decided to skip that nine o'clock class because of my weird sleeping schedule.  I got up and got dressed and ready to go to school because I had a class at noon.  I didn't turn on a TV, I didn't listen to radio, I just put on a CD (Linkin Park) and headed off to class.  It was my remedial math class that I resented, because I wasn't getting any credit for this stupid thing.  I had this class every day at noon, and I guess I must have skipped that class the day before because I had to take a test I missed out in the hallway.  As I sat down to take the test, I put the page in front of me and wrote the date.  I remember thinking as I wrote 9-11-01, "man, I'll never remember this day. Nothing will happen today.  When I think back in 3 months about what happened today, I won't be able to tell you."  As I took the test I heard a TV blaring somewhere down the hallway, but I could only make out parts of what they were saying.  More and more they kept talking about some event, some sort of tragedy.  Some sort of attack.  I finished the test and headed back into class.  I said to the guy next to me, "Dude, I think we got attacked or something."  He says "Yeah didn't you hear?  Someone crashed planes into the World Trade Center or something.  It's all over the news."  I couldn't really hear what the teacher was saying, all I could think about was this huge even that was taking place, wondering what was going on.  So I checked my Twitter to get the latest information....no that's not true, but I would have if it happened today.  Anyway...

Soon after that someone poked their head into the class room and told us that all of the days renaming classes were canceled and the school was shutting down.  We all left, and I drove quickly to my house so I could turn on the TV and finally find out what was going on.  As I got home, I turned on the TV in the kitchen, and saw the magnitude of the days events.  Four hours had passed, and four planes were hijacked and crashed, three of which were on target, while the other clearly didn't have a vengeance against open fields in Pennsylvania, so we can only speculate where that one was destined for.  The twin towers had collapsed, thousands were dead, and all I could do was eat cereal and watch in awe.  I headed upstairs to my room, where I used my computer to communicate with friends via AOL instant messenger about what had just transpired while watching the constant news coverage on my little 13 inch TV in the spare bedroom.    I walked over to Bucks party store and bought a newspaper that I planned on keeping forever.  I'm pretty sure I still have it somewhere.  I just had this feeling of "I don't know what just happened and what's going to happen in the days ahead, but this is significant."

I was an 18 year old kid, just graduated from high school, just started college.  I didn't know what to think, and I still don't know.  I wasn't directly effected by the event, I mean in the sense that I didn't know anyone that died in the event or anything, but it still effected me just as it did everyone else.  My mom was afraid that I was going to get drafted into the Army because of it.

 So that's where I was on 9/11.  

NBC News' Twitter hacked by The Script Kiddies

On Friday, someone hacked into NBC News' Twitter account and started reporting that someone had crashed a plane into the 9/11 World Trade Center Ground Zero site.  I don't follow NBC News, but I could only imagine my surprise if I was going through my timeline and read THAT.   From what I understand, it's not that hard to break into someone's account on Twitter, which could have dangerous repercussions of sending out misinformation from a trusted news source. This act is pretty stupid, and it is only done to draw attention to yourself.  Good job you jagoff, you caused someone's heart to skip a beat.

The people who claimed responsibility are a group called "the Script Kiddies" which is apparently slang for armature  low-level, wannabe hackers.  Cool name, bro.  Anyway, they sent out tweets just before 6 P.M. saying "Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked.  Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking.  More as the story develops."  After a few more tweets, including one that said "this is not a joke" (which never fails to convince someone to believe something that is unbelievable), they then said that they are the Script Kiddies and they had hacked NBC News' Twitter, and then presumably lol'd all the way to Taco Bell for some more Crunch Wrap Supremes.  I imagine that the persons responsible will get caught and punished harshly, as this is a very sensitive time for such hijinks.  I don't condone nor support the act, as there was no real harm done here, expect to nearly give a few folks a near heart attack.  But also, it's not cool to make light of terrorist attacks, at least not outside of the comfort of your circle of friends.  If then, tasteless jokes are hilarious.  But on the eve of the weekend of the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it's just in poor taste.  But flipping back to why I can't totally condemn the act is the fact that Twitter needs to shore up these accounts that are followed by millions of people, because like it or not, Twitter is a very viable form of news and information.  We can't have any old schmuck hacking into these major news networks and spouting off whatever they please just to get a rise out of people.  It's fun to them, and afterwards, It's fun to me, too.  But if this is to be avoided, Twitter needs to make it harder, nay, impossible for this to happen again.  

First World Problems: Pizza Delivery

Da fuck too you so long?

Man, we complain about some of the most retarded shit, don't we?  I mean, sometimes you just have to step back and realize that shit just isn't that bad, you know what I mean?  Some things were put into perspective for me, I have to admit, by listening to a comedy CD by Louis C.K. on Spotify a few weeks ago.  He was talking about how every cell phone is a amazing, no matter how shitty you think it is, and it's pretty stupid of you to get upset about something like your phone not doing exactly what you are asking it to do the second you ask it to do it.  Just chill out, man.  It's a pretty amazing thing you have in your hand, and because it's not doing exactly what you want it do you're going to get all upset about it?  Just step back and think about that when your in that situation.

Well anyway, I'm reading on Facebook, one of my friends complained that it took Domino's Pizza an hour and a half to deliver two pizza's and some cheesy bread to his house.  What's wrong with you, man?  You picked up a phone, or maybe not even picked up a phone with a service that allows you to do ONLINE ORDERING.  For Christ's sake, someone cooked dinner for you and brought it to your house.  I know there is a certain expectation to pizza delivery now because these companies are trying to get it to you as fast as they can, and take pride in that and advertise that fact to you.  But step back and think about it.  You didn't have to do very much of anything, and some people made you diner and brought it to you.  That's awesome of them.  Yes you paid for it with your hard earned money, and that's how they earn their money and blah blah blah, but seriously, it's pretty cool that they BROUGHT YOU FOOD.  Announcing your displeasure with this fact on Facebook is absolutely absurd to me.  Just chill out, bro.  Everything is gonna be alright.  Eat a snack in the meantime if you're really hungry.  Grab a cookie.  Prepare for the fact that when you order pizza for delivery, something may go wrong in the process, as this order is being processed by human beings, and humans make mistakes. Since you decided to let someone else handle the duty of making you food, it's out of your hands if it doesn't make it to you in the time frame you expect it to get there.

I'm off to cook my own food now. 

Fall TV Preview

Oh man, you guys.  I'm excited for FALL NETWORK TV SHOWS! As a 28-year-old father of an infant baby girl, one of the biggest things I got excited about with the changing of my work schedule is the opportunity to be home in the evening to watch primetime television.  Up to this point in my life, there has never been a time in my life where a TV show was something I made an effort to sit down and watch every week that I maintained for more than like, a couple weeks in a row.  Monday night wrestling doesn't count, either.  Anyway, now that I'll be home in the evenings, and I'll have a lot of time to kill on the weekends with Hulu, I'm going to try out as many of these new shows as possible.  I found the TV schedules for each network on each night on this cool website, and I'm planning my attack now to get ready for their premieres.  I have found (and copy/pasted) tables of the lineups of shows from TVByTheNumbers, which were put together back in May, so I'm just trusting them that they're not outdated.

I'm not really all that excited about any of these new ABC shows, but I guess I'll probably end up watching them because of pure lack of competition. For example, I might watch Revenge because I really don't care about the other two shows on at the same time (CSI and SVU). Wednesday is the only night the wife and I are both home together and we both like ABC's current Wednesday comedies, so I imagine that we will watch those shows.  The only problem is that The Middle, which comes on at 7 central, and is not necessarily one of my favorites, is at the same time as a new show on NBC I'd like to check out, called Up All Night.  That show has Will Arnett, and he's great, so I'd like to check it out.  Plus, I'm pretty sure I am the audience they're shooting for with that show, anyway.  We'll also watch either Free Agents or Suburgatory at 7:30, whichever one we like better.  So, here's a table of the Wednesday night's lineup on all the different channels.

Other nights are mostly non-conflicted, because there are only a handful of shows I'm excited to watch.  Tuesday, I guess I'll watch that new Tim Allen show Last Man Standing, by process of elimination.  All the other shows on Tuesday are shit, except maybe Biggest Loser, which I don't really want to watch.  I won't watch NCIS or Glee.  Here's Tuesday.

Monday is total shit, as well.  I guess I'll watch the Sing-Off?  Most likely, I'll just watch Netflix.  Because I have no interest in these shows.  Maybe I'll check out 2 Broke Girls because it's new.  I've seen this one preview for Terra Nova and I figured it was a show to be aired on SyFy or some shit.  The Playboy Club, nah, that just sounds desperate.  None of the other shows are new, and none of the old shows are any good.  I'll watch Ashton Kucher on Two and a Half Men, maybe?  Probably not because that show is very not funny.  Like, Jay Leno level unfunny.  Anyway, here's Monday's table. 

Thursday I'll be over on NBC, that is, until 9/8 central.  That's where a CBS show has piqued my interest, the first time CBS has done that in forever.  That would be Person of Interest, which has Ben Linus form Lost in it.  Even though this is yet another CBS crime-solving, cop/dead body-type show which they already have about 17 of, this one feels different, guess.  The problem here is that it's on the same time as what might just be my favorite network show, The Office. And that Whitney show looks funny.  I'd also have no problem switching over to CBS to see that How To Be A Gentleman, because I don't really like Parks and Rec (I won't).  Anyway, here's Thursday.  

Friday, Saturday and Sunday don't matter to me because Friday I'll be sleeping, Saturday I'll be sleeping, and Sunday I'll be watching football, so I don't give a shit what's on.  If someone says something is good on one of those nights, I'll fire up Hulu and check it out.  So get excited!  Let's all watch TV, shall we?

Orange Food

I've been stewing on a question that came about during a conversation with my lovely wife this past Wednesday.  It goes back to my post about colors and your favorites.  I thought it was funny how the conversation played out, as our favorite colors created a bias towards our particular arguments.

an example of delicious food

You see, I realized that there is not a food that exists that is the color orange that isn't awesome. Is there an orange food that isn't amazingly delicious? That's what I've been stewing on.   My wife insists that green is the best colored food, and there is no bad foods that are green.  I can see where she is coming from personally, but my argument is on a general population taste test, I would say that there are a lot of people who can think of at least one food that is green that they don't like.  I imagine there are people that don't particularly enjoy certain orange foods, but I believe these people are on the fringe, few and far between.  These are the people with weird food dislikes.  I met someone once that didn't like peanut butter or peanut butter cups.  What the hell is wrong with you?  But I'd say it's pretty common for someone to dislike, say, broccoli.  I like broccoli, but I would say that if there is a joke about a food being fed to the dog instead of you eating it because it's gross, it's probably not widely enjoyed by every single person, right?

However, cheese is delicious.  Hell, people put cheese on broccoli to make it taste better.  Everyone likes cheese, except Sean.  I'm saying this exception is only one person to the rule that cheese is awesome.  I mean, there are people that are lactose intolerant, but that's a condition, not a taste preference.  My mother-in-law doesn't eat broccoli because it gives her an upset stomach.  Okay, there's one for "condition" where there is a reason you don't eat it.  I'm talking strictly about taste here.  All orange food is delicious.

Now, in terms of health standards, there are not a whole lot of orange foods that are actually that good for you.  Orange peppers, carrots, and, well oranges are examples of fruits and vegetables that are orange, and because they're fruits and vegetables, they're good for you.  But the vast majority of the orange foods I can think of are bad for you, which makes them taste good. (By the way, don't you think they probably named the orange before they named the carrot?)  But again, I'm talking about taste here, not health.  Green foods tend to be healthier, because a lot of green food is fruits and vegetables.  It's science, dude.  Even other green foods like Ecto Cooler is based off of a fruit's flavor.  I'm not saying that green foods are not good, but there are some that are debatable, whereas there are very few exceptions with orange food.  So orange food wins because I can't think of an orange food I don't like, nay, love, and I don't like peas.  I could list a few more green foods I don't like, and no one else really likes either, but all I need is one.

 Orange defeats Green 1-0 by Knock Out.  

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So, Blogger totally changed everything here, eh?  Wow totally, completely different.

So anyway, today was baby doctor day, her 4 month check up, and all is well.  She's in teh 50% - 65% area for height, weight and melon circumference.  That's all good news.  I want a normal baby.

I really thought I had enough time to come here and write a post, but I forgot we need to go to the store and get some coffee and shit.  So, sorry for the tease of a post, but I gotta go.