Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Matt Ridley

In 1800, you'd have had to work 6 hours on the average wage in order to be able to afford to burn a candle for 1 hour.

How long do you have to work today on the average wage in order to have 1 hour of reading light?

Half a second.

That's better than magic, folks.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Happy Fourth of July!

How will you be celebrating on this sunny, flowery, patriotic day?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Congratulations . . .

to Laura, who has finally been rewarded for patience, hard work, competence, and determination with an actual real live job . . . and a darned good one, too. We're proud of you!

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Hello!


It's summer -- that means, it's time once again for flocks of ice cream trucks to wing their way back north to Philadelphia, where they can spend the summer driving Laura crazy. Just to be helpful, I thought I'd post this jingle recorded by a trained observer from a wild ice cream truck in its native habitat. Personally, I think it's almost as weirdly compelling and catchy as TroLoLoLo . . . though I might feel differently if it played outside my window every day!