Monthly Archives: June 2007

Jun 25 2007

A Sweet Silence

I’ve recently had to deal with a lot a bickering between my sons. I am not quite sure how it all started, but the chemistry between my two little angels, ages 2 and 5, has not been in sync lately. Tonight I was pleasantly surprised when I walked out on to our deck to find this:

Two boys, just hanging out together, reading Thomas the Tank Engine books. It was awesome. It was like someone had thrown up the white flag and said, “Tonight we’ll call a truce for mommy!”
Jun 24 2007

The end of the road

It is finally finished. One long month later and my bathroom is finally ready for prime time! Here are the’before’ and ‘after’ pictures. I am pretty happy with it. Those who know me will be shocked to see the blue walls. Going blue was a huge step for me. My entire house is various shades of browns. If you live in the Cincinnati area and are looking for a great contractor, shoot me an email. Our guy was awesome.
Jun 21 2007

True Friends Tell it Like It Is

Excerpt from a conversation with my good friend K.

Me: Want to walk next door and get a cup of coffee?
K: Sure. I could use one too.

Scene: Tavern Room of our building, I am waiting for my K-cup to brew.

Me: Ooh. They have Hazelnut.
K: Look, Butter Pecan. Yummy.
Me: Oooh, that is good.

K: You’re boobs look smaller.
Me: Thanks…
K: No problem.

We both start laughing.

Jun 20 2007

Move Over Juice Box.

I was browsing the InventorSpot blog this afternoon during my lunch hour and came across a post on Weird Drinks in Japan. Being fascinated by this sort of thing I read the article eagerly. The one drink that surprised me most? Kidsbeer. That’s right. Kidsbeer.

Kidsbeer. We kid you not: Kidsbeer. What can be said in defense of Kidsbeer, maybe that it’s alcohol-free? That would be like saying Hitler wasn’t all bad because he liked dogs. Kidsbeer is so wrong on so many levels it makes my head spin, yet it is so popular in Japan that monthly shipments are approaching 100,000 bottles. As for the ad campaigns, nothing else will make you feel more like you’ve blundered into Superman’s Bizarro world then seeing pre-teens – heck, pre-toddlers – joyfully guzzling their bottles of Kidsbeer.

When I first saw the headline I thought, “you have to be kidding me. Who would promote a children’s beverage using ‘beer’ in the name?” Then it hit me…. What about Root beer? Isn’t it the same thing with it’s brown “beer-like” bottles? What’s the difference? Your thoughts?