This is not exactly a hypothetical question you see I have this friend and he is coming down with a cold. In coming down with this cold he has been using alot of tissues to blow his nose. In doing so, he tends to sneeze alot.

The question is, if you sneeze and the button on your pants ricochets off your computer screen and nearly injures your eye, could that be a hint it’s time to lay off the calories?

In the men’s room where I work, there is a small foyer where there is a sink and mirror which are separate from where the urinals and toilets are, which makes it nice somedays (courtesy flush!). In the smallish foyer are two sinks, and directly behind is the trash can and the hand towel dispensing machine. The towel machine is run via hand movement or on a motion detector. No matter what is going on, the sensitivity of the motion sensor makes the towel dispenser allocate the next bit of paper towel whenever it detects the slightest movement. It has now become a game to see how I can come and go from the bathroom, washing my hands of course, and only use one towel and not have the dispenser dole out its next amount of towel. Like a thief I try to sneak by into the bathroom without setting off the dispenser, and more likely than not, I can’t make it past the sensor and through the door wiithout tripping the mechanism. This has become an obsession. I must beat the sensor and the machine! Do you see what having four kids will do to you???????

Michele asks for opinions about today’s children, so I thought instead of a dissertation in her comments, I would post my thoughts and opinions here.

The article posted starts out discussing children of today versus children of 20-30 years ago, in other words this generation versus the last generation. Are kids worse today than they were then? I think society has shaped our child rearing, and parents have strayed from the core values of our generation. I also think that my parents could say the same. I was not brought up like my mother and father as a result of changes in our society. Societal changes of course shift and change with many other factors, but for the most part one of the past 5 generations are really the same as the other, human evolution has a way of continuing and societal evolution changes with it.

Can we blame society for the problems of child rearing? The article discusses examples of how we as parents are failing in the core value department due to other influences in the world. I think this is a copout. Sure it is a dog eat dog world out there and the competition is stiff, but letting our core values slide as a result is wrong. I believe a child can compete with his peers and still maintain the right from wrong attitude as well as respect for others. These principles should be the foundation upon which we teach our children to fit in, and these tools will help them compete in the long run.

I don’t want to anger any of the teachers out there, believe me I feel that we should reverse salaries of Lawyers and Teachers, but that is another post. Is it competitive to succeed that is the problem, or laziness on the part of society? I think we are always taking the easy way out. Why do children have more homework than they do school work? Are we teaching so much material in schools that there is not enough time in the day to complete the curriculum? I suspect not, but I also suspect that because of the core values that are not being taught in the foundation at home, kids are more disrespectful and disruptive in school making it more difficult for teachers to cover the material.

Right and wrong have always been the same no matter who is to blame.

I enjoyed reading some of the other comments to her post as well. If not here, make sure your opinion is stated over at Michele’s. Thanks for the thought provoking post Michele!

Hey guys you like little butts or a big butts?

“I like big butts and I can not lie;

You other brothers can’t deny;

That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist;

And a round thing in your face…”

Apparently, medical research has shown that having a big butt may not be so good when you need a full dose of that drug. The LA Times reports:

“Standard-sized needles failed to reach the buttock muscle in 23 out of 25 women whose rears were examined after what was supposed to be an intramuscular injection of a drug.”

The answer? When the needle can’t reach the muscle, perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate that second helping of fettuccini alfredo or that heaping mound of mashed potatoes and gravy. Maybe it’s time to take the stairs instead of jumping on that elevator. Eliminate the temptation to “super size” that meal.

My question is how did they break it to that ladies in the test when they had to explain that this big needle we just jabbed you with failed to reach any muscle? How would you like that job? *shudder*

This morning while getting ready for work, I asked the one year old three fairly complex questions. Am I expecting too much if I wanted him to understand the questions? It is far too much for me to expect him to answer?

I will never forget how to put wax on or take wax off. Thank you and goodbye Mr. Morita.

There is the three blind mice, the three amigos, the three musketeers, and I present to you “The Three Piemakers”.

I’m not sure if dessert is in my future, but I certainly know that these three are sweet!

Genuine Boy needs to understand that not everything Daddy says is gospel. Well, maybe everything I say is gospel, but he needs to understand the use of analogies.

Genuine: Everybody out…..the bus is leaving!!

Genuine Boy: [running outside] NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Genuine: Well you better hurry!

Genuine Boy: [while Daddy enters the garage and in a VERY whiny voice] Where’s the school bus? Did it leave without me?

Genuine: What school bus?

Genuine Boy: [nearly in tears] The one that was leaving!

Genuine: [pointing to the black minivan] This is the bus buddy.

Genuine Boy: No it’s not….that’s the Batman car!