I’m always teasing the geek for looking like a doofus with his phone clipped to his belt. It’s sort of the modern day version of a pocket protector. A phone clipped to the belt ups the geek factor exponentially. The handiness of the phone on the belt was proven to me today. It all became […]
Read MoreMy geek has been obsessed with getting a new laptop carrier. And of course, because he’s my geek, not just any carrier would do. Nope. He had to obsess, spend time on line, obsess out loud, spend more time on line, and drag me to both Idaho Camera AND Buck’s Bags. Nothing was quite perfect […]
Read MoreOne of the games we like here at Chez Star is the Pick A Number game. Pick a number between one and ten, between one and twenty, between one and one hundred. Definitely not rocket science, but we’re interacting and not watching TV, and sometimes it’s the best we can come up with. Last night’s […]
Read MoreIt appears that my geek is raising up a little clone. Ubernerd boy is well on his way to becoming a geek. We now have a deal: when 12 year old Mason can’t keep his mouth shut, and it’s desperately important that he do, I will say a code word. Being the cool and nice […]
Read MoreI find that when you’re really good at something, when you totally grok it, you often forget the complexity of that thing. This includes an entire spectrum of things, from reading English to riding a bike, writing code to making Rice Crispy treats. When we truly get it, it changes the nature of the task. […]
Read MoreSometimes it amazes me that some of the smartest people I know really, really suck at lower level tasks. You know, the sorts of tasks that most of us average people engage in and find ourselves thinking “well, that certainly wasn’t rocket science” when they’re completed. Things like setting digital clocks, anything at all to […]
Read MoreThis is what happened in the first week spent at home of Davie-O’s self employment: 1) Davie-O had to ask me when the last time he took a shower was. AND 2) He spent a day wearing THIS, and singing “I’m Hot Like A Biscuit” to the tune of “In A Gada Davida”. I […]
Read MoreMy geek asked me to help him with a seemingly simple task. “Will you help me get a new cell phone?” Seems simple enough. Fairly straight forward. How hard could it be? An hour at the cell phone shop, sign a few papers, hand over the credit card, and ta-da!, you’ve got a new phone. […]
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