Saved by Zero Will Kill You

Here's a pretty funny take on those supremely annoying "Saved by Zero" ads from Toyota.



... and a link to the video of the original song by the Fixx. So, so eighties.

(Meta note: looks like universal music group, who uploaded the Fixx video to You Tube, for some reason has not allowed imbedding. Lame-o.)

Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign

Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign
Originally uploaded by Barack Obama

I'd like to point out that Obama has a friggin flickr page. How cool is that?

At dinner tonight

Elliot says, "I am a king."

Lex says, "Oh, you're the king. What are you the king of?"

"Ummm," says Elliot looking around the room, " umm, I am the king of ... the sink."

"You'll have to do the dishes then," says Lex.

That day will come, young one.

One of those many things

I've just decided I need to write down some of those crazy things Elliot (my two year old) says before I forget them. Most days I find myself thinking "I'll never forget that!" but the volume of cuteness is so large and the number and variety of funny things is hard for my aging mind to follow. So, here goes:

A month ago: I was reading a new "Thomas and Friends" story to Elliot. This part specifically:

Claaackty claack, claaackty claack. Thomas came to a stop. He felt just awful.

Elliot wasn't familiar with the word "awful" at the time. Although there was a word that he knew that sounded like "awful". He looked up at me and said "waffle?" I then taught him the word and what it meant (I think I said "it means 'very sad'", because it did in this context).

Since then he can't get to that part of the story without laughing - and reciting it (because he knows almost every one of his many books word-for-word) like this: "He felt just waffle". He then dissolves in a fit of giggles and then laughter, and so do I.