theparkerfamily
The quick brown fox jumped over the good, but lazy Parker family.
| 14 Sep 10 | … i just spent 45 minutes watching TV on mute so i don’t wake the baby. i’m 300 miles away at a conference for work. |
| 8 Sep 10 | … i just watched … two minutes! … of Aftermath with William Shatner … before his speach pattern … forced me … to turn it off. |
| 1 Sep 10 | … froyo!!! |
| 26 Aug 10 | … oh, and the zoo becomes much more interesting when your daughter wants to climb into the pens. |
| 26 Aug 10 | … there is something about the use of a toddler “leash” that creeps me out. |
| 25 Aug 10 | … awww. little kids with backpacks, shuffling off to school. it’s the only time of year when i’m happy to be old. |
| 16 Aug 10 | … not much can top watching kids from an inner-city school seeing a panda for the first time. |
| 14 Aug 10 | … are you ready for some futbol? |
| 14 Aug 10 | … fifteen minutes late to the Nats game, and they’re already losing. |
| 13 Aug 10 | … last night i saw a 60-year old drunk woman jump onto her table and start dancing. we shall never speak of this again. |
| 12 Aug 10 | … i have somehow pulled a hamstring, which would be more tolerable if i had actually exercised at some point in the last 18 months. |
| 11 Aug 10 | … my current book of stamps are for 39 cents. i’ve missed 3 rate increases, and apparently haven’t mailed anything since 2006. |
| 7 Aug 10 | … dude, I can’t take you seriously as an angry-tailgating-hipster when you’re driving a PT Cruiser. not gonna happen. |
| 7 Aug 10 | … just tried to engage the turn signal on our stroller. might be time for a nap. |
| 29 Jul 10 | … weekend, in no particular order: reunion, cousins, boating, bowling, remembering, seafood, family birthday and a trip to Fenway. nice. |
| 26 Jul 10 | … this “I’m tired so I’m going to sit up” phase is getting pretty old. |
| 22 Jul 10 | … in my tivo queue, “b-girl: a young woman overcomes obstacles to complete in underground break-dancing.” uuuhhhm, Tasha?? |
| 20 Jul 10 | … hey, Jeff Smith (@SpeakUpW1). thx for waking my sleeping baby to canvass me about your campaign. let’s not do that again, maybe? |
| 15 Jul 10 | … I feel like I need some kind of large sporting event to monopolize my time. |
| 9 Jul 10 | … no way LaBron wins a championship in the next three years, which makes him throwing Cleveland under the bus that much sadder. |
| 7 Jul 10 | … date night! |
| 3 Jul 10 | … #$%&@ Germany. I’m running out of teams to root for. |
| 27 Jun 10 | … if I’m in the running to be the youngest person seeing a concert at your venue, it’s time to rethink your business model. |
| 27 Jun 10 | … pretty sure I just set a record for most times getting cut-off in a single trip to home depot. I [heart] suburbia. |
| 26 Jun 10 | … this is why I’m proud to be Canadian. |
| 23 Jun 10 | … watching tape of France v So Africa. feel like I owe it to watch the hosts win. feel like Im owed watching the French vomit on themslvs. |
| 22 Jun 10 | … watching CNN raise money for the Conservancy’s work in the Gulf. I love watching someone else do my job for me. |
| 18 Jun 10 | … “i’mmm rocket powwwered, slooow motion through the sky.” http://youtu.be/ELZ0k4xoMwk |
| 18 Jun 10 | … I honesty have no clue where I street parked my car last night. you suburban people with your fancy “driveways” suck. |
| 16 Jun 10 | … at the Tift Merritt concert. There’s like 12 people here, and the guy at the front asked to check my purse. Not a good night so far. |
| 16 Jun 10 | … going to a rock n’ roll show tomorrow (well, Tift Merritt) and it’s making me feel so young and hip (except that it’s Tift Merritt). |
| 11 Jun 10 | … i’m watching the world cup, and you can too — a primer: http://shar.es/mAyN5 |
| 7 Jun 10 | … beat L.A.! beat L.A.! |
| 29 May 10 | … pitcher of shiner bock, watching the Celtics. Houston is *exactly* like the western part of Massachusetts. |
| 25 May 10 | … sparklet just grabbed me by both ears and started gnawing on my nose. think she might be hungry. |
| 20 May 10 | … girl just posed for a picture in front of the logo on our building at work. ahhh, it must be intern season. |
| 16 May 10 | … there’s a lot of crazy looking things at the zoo today, and they all seem to be on the wrong side of the glass. |
| 9 May 10 | … my 21 lbs, 30 inch, 6 month-old baby is going through another growth spurt. <shudder> |
| 6 May 10 | … champions league for tottenham hotspur! I know nobody knows what that means, but trust me its a really big deal. |
| 2 May 10 | … God, this baby is cute. |
| 26 Apr 10 | … it’s five years with @nature_org for me, almost two years longer than i’ve held any other job. oh, where has the time gone? |
| 24 Apr 10 | … sadly, @koonsauto doesn’t seem to be taking the toyota recall very seriously | http://bit.ly/ay4ntX |
| 24 Apr 10 | … yay! @koonsauto agreed to fix the issue with the prius recall, and in record time | http://bit.ly/ay4ntX |
| 24 Apr 10 | … you lose the right to criticize my driving if (a) you’re actively jaywalking, or (b) wearing green short pants w/ embroidered puppies. |
| 23 Apr 10 | … the only thing worse than a dentist appointment is arriving to find the office closed, and knowing you’ll have to do it all over again. |
| 23 Apr 10 | … waiting for the bus with a woman in a full burkha, with a closed face and gloves. that’s pretty hardcore for this part of DC. |
| 20 Apr 10 | … and i, for one, welcome our new #prius overlord. |
| 18 Apr 10 | … thinking of getting a 2008 Toyota Prius (VI). anything we should be concerned about? |
| 12 Apr 10 | … my email inbox has no apparent function beyond collecting Facebook notifications. |
| 10 Apr 10 | … wow, t-shirt just set new bar for jingoism: “If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a soldier.” |
| 7 Apr 10 | … I was just pick-pocketed by a five month-old. life as i knew it is pretty much over. |
| 5 Apr 10 | … thanks for all the birthday wishes! I love you guys 🙂 |
| 28 Mar 10 | … neighbor just asked for two ethernet cables and a networking hub. is this the new cup of sugar? |
| 26 Mar 10 | … what happens in middle america that makes tourists think it’s okay to walk 7 abreast on DC sidewalks? |
| 22 Mar 10 | … feeling silly because i stayed up last night to watch, not basketball, but the health care vote on CSPAN. |
| 16 Mar 10 | … we’re talking about you, Jon Colman. are your ears burning? |
| 13 Mar 10 | … way to go, terps. nothing says “we’re best in the conference” quite like losing your first game in the tournament. |
| 10 Mar 10 | … as certain as any law of physics, a baby’s likelihood of waking up early is directly related to your need/ability to sleep in. |
| 9 Mar 10 | … trying to figure out who to blame for the forest of white hairs that has sprouted from my noggin’. |
| 3 Mar 10 | … “facebook and omniture are huge advocates for privacy.” #omtrsummit |
| 3 Mar 10 | … either i’m really bad at picking breakout sessions, or my expectations are just way too high. #omtrsummit |
| 3 Mar 10 | … it’s 9:00 am and i’m at Club Dork? #omtrsummit — http://tweetphoto.com/13123004 |
| 3 Mar 10 | … The Killers are playing tonight at #omtrsummit!?! our subscription fees are obviously way too high if they can afford that. |
| 2 Mar 10 | … why I don’t watch CNN: “Is US Quake Next? 75 million Americans at Risk” |
| 27 Feb 10 | … phrase I was not expecting to hear tonight: “is that Susan Boyle singing ‘Wild Horses’?” |
| 21 Feb 10 | … who has a phone they use as an mp3 player, that’s on verizon, that doesn’t suck? need an excuse to toss my AT&T/iPhone in the toilet. |
| 15 Feb 10 | … there is a nun ice-skating on the National Mall. I wish I was making this up. |
| 25 Jan 10 | … does it count as an “outing” if you’re just pushing around a sleeping baby? |
| 7 Jan 10 | … how #att has made me swear off my #iphone — http://theparkerfamily.org/musings/posts/3625 |
| 27 Dec 09 | … first date with wife in three months. no clue what to talk about that doesn’t involve diapers. wish me luck. |
| 9 Dec 09 | … you forget how diverse DC is until you are standing in line at the courthouse for jury duty. |
| 2 Dec 09 | … snickering because my Chinese-made computer is stuck in a customs review by the Dept of Agriculture. Wrong type of “Apple” boys. |
| 18 Nov 09 | … mourning the death of Ken Ober, host of MTV’s classic game show “Remote Control” – http://tinyurl.com/ygj2qnl |
| 6 Nov 09 | … if people made babies before Peapod delivered groceries, I don’t want to even think about it. |
| 5 Nov 09 | … left iPhone in car last night, and dreamt that it was stolen so I could switch to a network that didn’t suck hairy butt. |
| 13 Oct 09 | … “either the baby is sitting on my bladder or my water just broke. not sure which.” |
| 13 Oct 09 | … “where are we going again? no seriously, grab my iPhone. I have no clue where the hospital is.” |
| 13 Oct 09 | … mommy is doing great, and dr says we’re about half way there. looks like baby sparklet wants to parrr-tay tonight. |
| 11 Oct 09 | … well, the good news about the Red Sox is that I now have pleanty of free time for the rest of October. |
| 10 Oct 09 | … new low. left TiVo remote in other room, and just downloaded a TiVo Remote app for the iPhone to avoid having to get up and get it. |
| 9 Oct 09 | … it’s 11:03 pm, and just closed the 4th inning. way to make the MLB playoffs accessable to the masses there Commish. |
| 6 Oct 09 | … we’re deciding between BBQ and Ben’s Chili Bowl for anniversary dinner tonight. did I mention that I love my wife?!? |
| 4 Oct 09 | … you know you are married and pregnant when saturday night excitement is walking to the target to look at baby crap. |
| 3 Oct 09 | … watching William & Mary football in HD, which confirms that there are waaaay too many channels looking for programming these days. |
| 28 Sep 09 | … u2 concert tmrw, with 8 month preggers wife. thinking about pillows and duct tape for makeshift belly “ear muffs.” |
| 27 Sep 09 | … glad I’m not a Redskins fan. |