August 2020
Travel Perimeter impacts birthday, jury duty and slide rule
30-08-20 17:34 Grandchildren,Birthday
How do they choose prospective jurors? Does geography have anything to do with it? What constitutes proof of non-residency? Should Dan have simply tossed out the summons? Why was it necessary to consult a superior Superior Court Judge? What’s the farthest Dan and Nasty have traveled in the last half year? Who had a birthday? And who helped blow out the candles? What is a slide rule and does it ‘work’ if it only slides one way?
Read More...
Comments
Silent Response to virtual schooling with remote-less honeybee
23-08-20 11:49 Grandchildren,Pension
Can Tiger explain what it means when ‘kids don’t answer your question”? What is za’atar and how was Nazy able to help solve a family shortage? Where did Darius find high quality honey at a very attractive price? Why did the Santa Barbara Utility Board send — several times — a bill for $0.05 to Dan? Did the Compaq Pension plan really send Dan a unexpected six figure check? (Do you normally count the figures to the right of the decimal point?) What two cities are in the same time zone even though they are 11,000 kilometers apart? Read More...
Happy Meal (Compaq-ed) Pension helps write the ending
16-08-20 11:31 Sleepover,Grandchildren
Why did Fidelity send a letter that said: “We don’t know your address” to Dan’s correct address? Did Dan actually have a forgotten pension that had not been Compaq-tified? Would he remember the secret handshake and the name of his hiring manager? Would the ‘to be mailed’ check fund a yacht? (Or a Big Mac?) Will Tiger appreciate Dan’s suggested ending to the book entitled: “Ralph and the Motorcycle?” (Hint: Ralph is a mouse.) Whose artistic talents does young Leandra appreciate more — Dan’s or Nazy’s? Hint: It’s possible for people to look at any of Nazy’s drawing and actually tell what it depicts. Can Nazy find enough centrifuges to process the honey from Melika and Tom’s hives? Read More...
101 Macbook Dalmatians vie for USB ports in viral storm
Could you find a kayak in an emergency? (Did you know the Native American name for Baker Lake in Washington State was ‘Emergency’? Why is this an ideal time of year for a blueberry loving 1 year old that lives in the state of Washington? Is there a wet suit that is not difficult to wear? In this case, ‘not difficult’ means you can get it onto a two year old without bodily injury. Did Tiger really try to teach Dan how to make S’mores? Will Dan’s quest to optimize his existing, but malfunctioning, laptop bear fruit? And, will that fruit cost less than a new computer? How much of that fruit is USB-capable? Finally: how many Dalmatians will it take before Arrow and Tiger fall asleep?
Read More...
comet muffs anniversary opportunity while table and laptop crater
02-08-20 08:38 Anniversary
Did Dan arrange to have Comet Neowise make its closest pass to the planet to coincide with his wedding anniversary? And, if so, why didn’t he also make the comet somewhat more, well, spectacular, eh, visible? Was the iPhone able to capture the comet in all of its glory? Hint: the glory was less than awesome. How long have Dan and Nazy been married? (If I told you that, you’d surely believe that we got engaged in Kindergarten.) Will Nazy finally solve all remaining problems with the disgraced Martin Family Dining Room Table — now exiled to outdoor picnic use? And, what happened to Dan’s MacBook Pro? Read More...