Wonder Sauna David Pants
Why didn't I think of the million dollar wonder pants. Why??
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 31, 2008 at 11:12 PM in Random | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
January 19, 2008
Security Conveyer Belt
Some times I’m the tornado, sometimes I’m the trailer.
There were two conveyer belts working at the Delta Shuttle terminal security in NY late Friday afternoon. One security screen, but two belts. I got to the airport at 4:30PM, and since the 4:30 was delayed, I was told I could get on it. Nice.
I walked up to get through the painful process of security, with only my briefcase, and said to myself “great, two conveyer belts, this is going to be a breeze”.
Wrong.
I chose the one on the left. There were two ladies in front of me, moving kind of slow taking out all of their jewelry and toiletries and crap, but not painfully slow. Just as I got out my laptop and took my jacket and shoes off, the guy watching the x-ray TV left…to collect bins. UGHH. The other belt had THREE people working it, one watching the TV and two bringing bins. The one I chose, of course, had one guy doing everything.
So I sat there while he took his sweet ass time getting the bins back. Looking at the other side moving like a conga line.
He got back to his TV, viewed one bag, and left his TV to take a look at the 15 bottles of crap this lady had in her bag. SHE did not read the 3-1-1 instructions. WHY NOT did she read the instructions. All of our lives would get along much quicker if she only took what she was allowed. 311 my friends, 311.
So I sat there. The other line looked like the starting gate at a horserace. People who were behind me before were now getting off their plane at their final destination. I sat there collecting dust.
So I picked up all of my crap, asked the person at the other belt if I could cut in line, very nicely, she let me, and I put my stuff down.
The belt stopped. AAAHHHH. Oh no oh no oh no, why did it stop.
Apparently someone put his bag OVER his laptop in the bin and put it through. Violation…5 minute major.
So the belt had to back out everything, the guy had to come BACK through the scanner, and take it out.
And what was the belt I was previously at doing…YEP. Moving like a cashier at a grocery store checkout contest. My treadmill at home at 7 miles per hour. A UPS processing line two weeks before Christmas.
So I cursed myself for moving to the other lane, waited it out, and finally got through.
Oh well. I should just have waited it out on the first line, things will even out over time.
PS. There is a nice ending to this.
I got on the plane and the pilot said that it was delayed because right before take-off, the co pilot (or maybe it was the first officer, whatever) got sick and had to leave. There is a stomach virus going around the NY and Boston area, something that I have detailed knowledge of myself (got sick while on a business trip, ugh), more on that in another post, maybe. So the pilot was on the PA system, and this is what he said…
“Right before we were to pull back the first officer got sick and we are waiting on another pilot who is coming in from a flight from Boston…not sure when the plane is supposed to land but should be no more than 30 minutes…wait, the plane is pulling up to the gate next to us. We should be pulling back in a couple of minutes.”
I looked out the window and sure enough the plane was there.
Then as we were taxing out.
“Earlier today there was about a 50 minute wait to take off so…we are second in line, flight attendants please prepare the cabin for take off.”
AND I got the last open seat without someone next to me, a window seat and I got an amazing view of Manhattan just as the sun was below the horizon, with a bright red glow in the sky and lights in the building starting to come on. It was beautiful. I really should travel with a digital camera, pictures of the urban landscape can be amazing.
I got home in time to see all three kids before they went to bed.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 19, 2008 at 07:30 AM in Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
January 17, 2008
Jeopardy
The answer. Samurai, sashimi, tuna, ginger and eel.
The question. What were the 5 correct responses, all of which I got right, last night for the “Sushi” category on Jeopardy?
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 17, 2008 at 04:47 PM in TV | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
January 14, 2008
Kid vomit. Or regurgitating.
Warning. This story is pretty disgusting.
Saturday morning Emerson (1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks old) woke up covered in vomit. It was disgusting.
He threw up a couple of times during the night but didn’t cry, so we didn’t hear him. We gave him a bath and I took the other two children to swim class. The ladies that run the child care at the gym, which I use before swim, told me that something was going around. Ugh.
Emerson threw up once more in the morning after I left with the kids.
Sunday night I was driving home with the older two (Emily 5, Ethan 3) from dinner when Emily started complaining that her stomach really hurt. We go out to dinner after (another) swim class Sunday evenings and since she downed a glass of chocolate milk after dinner like she was a freshman at Arizona State U drinking free beer, I figured it would pass.
We got home and while she was sitting on the toilet, she threw up all over herself. Gross. I put her in the shower and she continued to throw up in the shower. She then continued to pretty much throw up the rest of the evening over sheets, towels, blankets and other assorted linens. Even Patti's slippers. Heck, the bed skirt got it.
Then Ethan started to throw up, all over more bed linens.
We were losing the battle on bed linens.
So throughout the evening Patti got up with the kids to help them get to the bathroom, or at least to the bucket next to their beds, so we didn’t have to start pulling the carpet up to use as a blanket for warmth.
This morning was a snow day so no school anyway, but the older two were very pale and probably dehydrated. But no more regurgitating. Thank God. It was really pretty awful, it was like a stomach virus convention.
Just thought I’d share.
Dave
PS. While talking to my father over the weekend, he told me the proper term was "regurgitate". I didn't know what the difference was from "vomit", so here it is...
Vomiting is the ejection of contents of the stomach and upper intestine; regurgitation is the ejection of contents of the esophagus.
How one tells where the half digested hot dogs and french fries came from is beyond me. Either way, it's about as disgusting as it gets with parenting.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 14, 2008 at 06:02 PM in Family | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Winter wonderland
We’ve had a pretty crazy winter so far and last night we got more snow. Below are some pictures for those who live in warm climates and don’t get to see much of the white stuff.
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Pictures taken near our house after I shoveled cement-like snow.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 14, 2008 at 05:46 PM in Random | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
January 11, 2008
Mazda zoom zoom
So if I buy a Mazda, I, too, can be arrogant and condescending?
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 11, 2008 at 11:58 AM in Random | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
David Gray
Me: I think David Gray is completely underrated as a musician. People have no idea how good he really is.
Colleague: Who is David Gray?
Me: EXACTLY!!
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 11, 2008 at 11:45 AM in Music | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Nancy Grace...eat her own cub
I entered a hotel elevator last night heading to my room after checking in. The elevators at the NY Hilton have TVs that play CNN or a commercial for whatever conference is there at the time. Anyway, I looked up and saw Nancy Grace, an annoying lunatic who has an awful show on CNN. This episode was apparently about her giving birth to twins, which is narcissistic even for self-interest grabbing hacks like Nancy. So just as I looked up, on the scroll bar that runs across the bottom of the screen, and just below a picture of Nancy Grace with her twins in her arms, I read the following text…
…eat her own cubs.
eat her own cubs
It turns out the scroll bar news was about a polar bear or something I think. Or maybe it WAS about Nancy Grace.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 11, 2008 at 11:41 AM in In The News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
January 10, 2008
Jan 10 Republican Debate
I watched the debate tonight.
Fred Thompson, you did great. Good for you. I love the sarcasm.
Ron Paul, what the (expletive deleted) happened? You sounded like a crazy man. I’ve heard Red Sox fans make more sense arguing about the Yankees. And to think at one time I liked you. Ronnie, you broke my heart, you broke my heart.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM in In The News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
January 08, 2008
College hockey game
On December 30 I took Ethan to a college hockey game, Boston University. They were playing another college in their conference, Merrimac. I’ve taken Emily to a couple of games and Ethan is about the right age. It’s a great time for kids. I have season tickets 5 rows from almost center ice, right behind the home bench. Great seats.
So Ethan and I drove in and were having a good time. He was really excited and liked the action. While standing in line, I started talking to a young lady who works for the arena, called Agganis, about my tickets and how much we enjoy going.
In the third period of each game, they announce a Season Ticket Holder of the game award. I pay attention each time I go because, well, because I have season tickets. So Ethan and I were hanging out at our seats in the third period and we heard…
“Tonight’s season ticket holder of the game is…David Dobrindt, section 112, row E…congratulations David”.
Holy crap, I won. Of course everyone in the arena looked to where our seats were to find out who won. So I pointed at this huge jumbotron above the ice where they were displaying my name to show Ethan that our name was up there. Just as I pointed up, they showed Ethan and I on the jumbotron. Live, in color. The camera panned to us and just as Ethan looked up he saw himself on TV. It was GREAT. So there we were, me kind of clapping and smiling, Ethan with his hair kind of messed up, a long sleeve tshirt on that said “I do my own stunts”, waving and smiling at himself on this huge camera as people cheered for him.
The prize was a free night’s stay at the Hotel Commonwealth, which Patti and I will use in the spring. It was a lot of fun and I know Ethan got a kick out of it.
Just thought I'd share.
Posted by David_Dobrindt on January 08, 2008 at 08:56 AM in Family | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)