What is up with the Big Bang Theory?

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The Big Bang Theory. I don’t get it. It just looks so awful, I can’t even watch the commercials. And yet, it’s one of the most popular shows on television. Is it hypnotism? Mass hysteria? It feels like I can’t even get through a day without someone telling me how much I need to watch it.

Timeout to go watch some clips on youtube.

Okay, I get it, the guys on the show are nerdy, and I’m nerdy. But the humor is so over the top and stupid, like they’re just beating you over the head with it. I hate shows like that! Shouldn’t nerdy people like shows that are clever and smart, not traditional, laugh-track sitcoms? And it’s not funny every time someone says something that sounds smart (and usually isn’t, by the way…using big words doesn’t make you smart). From what I’ve seen, the formula seems to be:

  1. Person A says something sort of nerdy, usually using big words
  2. Person B, sighs, shrugs or roll their eyes at how nerdy Person A is
  3. Person A continues with their nerdery as if they are completely unaware of Person B’s reaction
  4. Person B says some sort of quip or hilarious zinger at Person A’s expense
  5. Laugh track erupts

How can anyone stand to watch that, episode after episode??

You know, the whole thing reminds me of Two and a Half Men. Somehow it continued to be the most popular show in the world, and yet, I couldn’t imagine a worse show in the universe. Now The Big Bang Theory seems to have taken over the crown.

There’s only one explanation: some kind of pod-person-replacing-mass-hypnosis. Therefore, I can never, ever, watch the show. It will obviously replace me with some sort of Big Bang Theory zombie who must convert as many other people as possible, by forcing them to watch this god-awful show.

Quote Monday’s no cheater

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Evie: “I want to put this where it’s supposed to go.”
Me: “In the dirty laundry basket?”
Evie: “No, in the hamster.”
Me: “…”
Evie: “The hamster. For dirty laundry.”

::Me starting the car::
Evie: “Daddy, you didn’t buckle up your other arm!”

I had to explain that adult seat belts were a little different than kid seat belts.

Me: “Sounds like we need to pack a little more in your lunch.”
Evie: “I was NOT hungry!”
Me: “Well, if you weren’t hungry, why did you eat so many chips and raisins at school today?”
Evie: “Because I wasn’t going to be there tomorrow!”

Evie: “Daddy, let’s play Candy Land. I’ve already got the cards all dealt out.”
Me: “Okay.”
Evie: “I didn’t cheat or anything.”
Me: “I didn’t say you did.”
Evie: “Well…I’m just telling you that every, every, every other time I did.”

Missilebreak Outvaders

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Friday is as good of a day as any for a time wasting flash game. In case you couldn’t tell by the name, Missilebreak Outvaders is like an ’80’s greatest hits mash-up of all the best video games: a combination of Missile Command, Space Invaders, and Breakout.

It’s kind of weird, since the games seem like they’re nothing like each other, and yet the combination works surprisingly well. Very enjoyable.

My high score is 150300. Can you beat it?

Can’t Touch This

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Every once in awhile you come across a fantastic parent hack. A solution to a common problem that is so obvious, you just want to slap your forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Very rarely do you find a parent hack that involves MC Hammer. Even more rare is a parent hack of both the the why-didn’t-I-think-of-that variety AND the MC Hammer variety. This is one of those hacks.

Problem: If only I had some way to easily, and consistently label the things that my kid shouldn’t touch. If only I had one icon (pun intended) that could easily signify to my child, “You Can’t Touch This”.

Please Hammer, don’t hurt ‘um.

Link via Sara

I’ll see you a 5k, and raise you a 5k

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Just a month after running her first 5k, Sara ran a 10k at Navy Pier last weekend. For some reason the chip didn’t record her time, so that means it doesn’t count and she has to do it over. No, just kidding, but it was a little disappointing. Sara’s unofficial time was 70 minutes, 50 seconds, which is pretty awesome. Especially when you consider this race was a lot more hilly than the 5k she ran.

To me, a 10k is a lot more serious that a 5k. The 5k had people who were just out for some fun, or just wanted to support the charity. This race didn’t have any jokers (to be fair, a lot of them were there to run the 10 mile, which is even more serious than the 10k). You can’t just show up and run a 10k the way you can a 5k. Therefore, I was twice as proud of Sara as when she ran the 5k. 🙂

Sara’s mom, dad and sister happened to be here, so they got to attend and cheer Sara on. And Oliver is still saying, “Go mama! Go mama!” if anybody happens to use the word “race” in a sentence.

Since the race happened to be at Navy Pier, we were basically sitting under the Ferris wheel the whole time. Evie has always wanted to go on a Ferris wheel, and talks about it whenever we go by Navy Pier. So as we were walking by, Sara figured, why not?

Did she enjoy it? More than I would have, that’s for sure!

She didn’t seem to be phased at all by it, but when she got back on the ground she told me that “Mommy was annoying me” by trying to sit opposite her to take a picture. She wanted Sara to stay put, right by her side. Every time Sara would move to the other side of the car to snap a picture, Evie would immediately move to that side of the car as well. I can’t blame her for that, though, considering I didn’t even want to get on the thing in the first place!