Collin, the Super Child Genius

Not a day goes by where I am not completely blown away by how incredibly intelligent my son is. He started reading by the time he was 2 just like I did, and now I can see his reading and writing ability has surpassed what mine was at age 4.

At just 4 years old he can pick up any grade level book and read it, and not just read it aloud but actually comprehend what he is reading.

Not only can Collin read, but he can spell too. I let him play with my phone from time to time, and one of the ways he picked up spelling is through the "auto-complete" feature that most texting phones have. This is the feature where you punch in the first few letters and it gives you a row of words that match so you can select one without having to spell out the entire word.

He'd get on my phone and send text messages to his mom and a few of my friends, and they'd be nothing but long lists of words he picked out.

He has come a long way since then, and now he can actually type to you what's on his mind.

The Nintendo Wii gives you the ability to send e-mail, and I like the fact that you have to register addresses before they are able to send you messages. This is perfect for my son, whom I want to introduce to the world of e-mail without having to subject him to advertisements for natural male enhancement from Darren Rowse's imposter.

Well last night when I got home late, I found this in my Gmail inbox:



I have never received a better e-mail in my life.

7th Grade Geek Love

Back in the day BASIC programming was all the rage, with "the day" being circa 1990. It's been a long time since I've played with BASIC, but I got to thinking about it today through a very obscure thought process.

While talking about music today to the very lovely woman I'm seeing, I mentioned making her a "mix tape" and how that would be "so 7th grade".

But what was I doing in 7th grade when I liked somebody? While others were making mix tapes, or passing notes around that said "Do you like me? Yes/No - Circle One", I was printing off little professions of love on perforated printer paper like this one I just wrote for the before-mentioned lady in my life:

10 DESTINEY = BEAUTIFUL
20 DESTINEY = SWEET
25 DESTINEY = FUN
30 WHILE DESTINEY = HAPPY
40 MIKE = HAPPY + LUCKY
50 WEND

For the ever curious minds out there, all it will do if you copy and paste it into qBASIC is lock up your computer... but it is a "working" program.

The beautiful thing about "love notes" in BASIC is you can show your geeky side and still be understood. Isn't that wonderful?

Photo by kumar303

A Woman's Five Secrets for a Perfect Relationship

1. It's important to have a man who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up and has a job.

2. It's important to have a man who can make you laugh.

3. It's important to have a man who you can trust and who doesn't lie to you.

4. It's important to have a man who is good in bed and who likes to be with you.

5. It's very, very important that these four men don't know each other!

(This was forwarded to me in my e-mail today.)

Photo by Flickr user nattu

I have a crush...

...from someone on me!

Okay, as we covered yesterday, online advertising never lies. So yesterday a banner ad claimed that I am liked in Milford. Again, knowing that online advertising is 100% accurate, I asked those Milford peeps to step forward. No one did.

So today, I have been hit with this:


It now appears that one of my buddies has a full blown crush on me. I'm taking that to mean one of my female buddies friends, because the flip side is... well... no.... NO! (Not condemning the lifestyle, simply stating it is not my choice.)

Anyways, knowing that online advertising NEVER lies, it's time for my crush to reveal herself since clicking on the ad did not reveal it. So I'm definitely flattered and who knows, I may even reciprocate!

Don't be shy, tell this guy... or online advertising's reputation for honesty may be forever tarnished.