Worst Names #1

People name their kids the dumbest things. I found the latest example today at the zoo. There was a little boy with the unfortunate name of Talon. Isn't that an X-men or something.

I sometimes joke we should name our next kid Laserface, but if we're naming actual people after X-men, I guess that one's not far off.

I work hard AND I'm hardly working

So I got a job working for money. It's at a department store that people either love or hate. It doesn't really matter if it's Walmart, Target, or Kmart, so I'll just call it T*Mart. See, that's like Target and Kmart smooshed together, with Walmart's little star in the middle. I'm so clever.

I work in the morning, before the rest of my house gets up, so after I finish my day at work, I'm ready to start my real day at real work. It's really not bad at all because I now have very good reasons to drink four times as much coffee and take naps all day.

And yes, everyone, I still consider myself a stay at home dad. It's still what I consider myself when people ask. I often forget I even have another job when people ask, and the work is so mindless that by the time I get home, I've pretty much forgotten I'd even been gone. And then I get paid.

Not everyone hates the overindulgent parents that think it's okay for kids to watch TV/play video games from the instant they rise in the morning until the infomercials begin. But everyone who isn't one does.

Pretty much everything I have to say on this subject has been better said by Wil Wheaton here. If you want the Suicide Girls version, it's here, but the site can, on occasion, be NSFW.

How to watch TV

When you have a kid to manage, it's nice to be able to sneak some TV whenever you can. With a two year old, that means nap time. Though I also like to sneak the internet in then as well, along with some cleaning and podcasts. Which makes for a busy baby siesta.

So TV on demand is essential. We have the world's crappiest DVR, thanks to Comcast, but what I'm really looking forward to is Joost. Random Good Stuff, which is always true to it's name, has a little rundown of Joost today. I think it may be the perfect way to watch my mainstream TV while I internet.

Now all I need is a Roomba and some sort of dishwashing/toilet scrubbing android and I'm set.

Welcome, Friends

I am a stay at home. It's neat. Well, not the home, it's kind of messy. It's the dad part. I love it. Of course not everything is always sunbeams and lollipops. And now I will tell you all about it.