Have you ever been reading a book in bed, then as you start to nod off, drop the book on your face? I did once, fortunately it was a paperback. Unfortunately the corner hit the space between my upper lip and my nose and it hurt really bad… Last night I was reading an eBook (the one in the post below) and dropped my PocketPC on the floor. I have learned not to hold the thing directly over my face. 🙂

I started reading this, my first Agatha Christie novel, a few days ago, and I am totally into it! I haven’t really read many mystery novels, so this is kind of new to me. The characters so far are pretty interesting, and it’s fun to get the point of view of Hercule Poirot. I had no idea that Poirot was the detective in this novel. I just remember seeing Poirot on PBS a couple times, but never really watched a whole episode, nor did I know that he was the detective in Agatha Christie novels. At any rate, I am enjoying this mystery quite a bit. Early on, one of the characters mentions her trip from Baghdad, and throws in the names Mosul and Kirkuk, which was pretty interesting being that those cities’ names are in the news quite a bit these days.

A few days ago I was complaining about the Cubs radio announcers, saying how bad they were because of their “homer-ness”. Well, after listening to them for a few games, they have grown on me, and I find them very entertaining. Ron Santo is funny in his own way, listening to his emotional commentaries. I still prefer Vin Scully, but these guys are not bad!

I got a big bucket of Legos!

Today’s rant is with the makers of diapers. Please stop putting assorted graphics on diapers/pullups. Toddlers will quickly decide that they like one graphic over the other, and will demand their favorite, even when all of the preferred diapers are gone. For instance, Huggies pull-ups has Buzz Lightyear on it, and there are two graphics. One with Buzz and an alien, and the other one with Buzz only. Bay calls this “Just Buzz”, and it is his favorite. It’s difficult, but not impossible, to get him to wear the alien pull-up. I, for one, would pay an extra buck for a box of diapers that didn’t have assorted graphics.

As I watch more kids’ tv with Bay, I notice how sneaky marketers are with kid’s products. Like making puzzles out of the Trix commercials and product line, with clues on how to figure out the puzzle on three separate Trix products.

And while I am complaining about stuff, I have to mention an ad I saw from Philip Morris. It was a commercial describing how to prevent your kids from smoking. I understand the legal obligations that the tobacco co. has now, but it just seems completely bizarre that a company has to advertise against their own product/industry. Something is totally out of whack here.

ok, back to normal business everybody.