Jim Gaffigan – 4 Kids
An evening pause Some good stand-up comedy to lighten the first half of the week.
Hat tip Tim Vogel, who emailed to say “One of our friends sent this to us because we are having a 4th ourselves.”
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Tim Vogel:
Hilarious! (and congrats on the forthcoming Child!)
-Only had 1 daughter & only have 1 g-daughter, myself. We tried consciously not to be those stereotypical helicopter-parents, but I really have no clue how it feels to have 2, 3, or 4 kids. We were “hyper-vigilant” for the first 2-3 years, but that gradually wore off.
Thanks, Wayne. We had our first 3 in California, and as Gaffigan mentioned, people start to look at you funny after 1 or 2, or they outright makes comments to you that that is just too many. We are back in the midwest now where people on average seem to appreciate it more.
Anyway, yes, it is easy to want to help the kids with everything and make sure no harm comes to them, but kids need adversity. We work hard to have them try most things themselves before we do help. And when they do fall down or hurt themselves, we give them a few moments to let them experience the situation on their own before helping. I will even ask them to do things that I know they can’t do just to get them to think a bit about how they might do it.
There is a good and funny series of commercials from one of the diaper companies that shows a mom after she has her first baby and then jumps forward to her after her second child. After the first child she makes anyone that wants to hold the baby sanitize themselves. After the second baby, while at an oil change shop, she basically thrusts her new baby into the greasy arms of a mechanic while she pays the bill. Its funny, slightly exagerrated, but basically true.
On the lighter side, for anyone that might appreciate this, our 4th one arrived today (10/11/16). A baby girl. All three kids are exited about their new sister. Everyone is healthy. All is well.
TimArth–
Good deal on the new baby daughter! (I have the same b-day.)
Thank you, Wayne. Happy belated birthday!
TimArth–
I like to think “it’s always October 11th,” somewhere in Space-Time geometry.
>Daughters are cool. Only had the one so I am biased, but no complaints.
I’m a firm believer that everyone should own a Mint-Set or Proof-Set, from the year of their birth. (and, a local newspaper from the day.)
>Check out the US Mint Silver Proof-Set for 2016. 13 coins total, & the dime, quarter, and half are 90% silver.