Category: Family
‘Reconstituted Pork Offal Slurry’
Three
Dear Josiah Drew,
I don’t think I’ve ever written you a letter. I’ve written a ton about you, but never to you.
I apologize for that. I hope this helps.
Today, you’re three years old. It really seems like just yesterday you were born. Your mom and I were so nervous about being parents, that when we brought you home from the hospital, we didn’t take you out of the carseat immediately. Instead, we just looked at you, wondering how we could unstrap you without hurting your little chicken arms.
‘I Drink Pepsi’
This entry to the website “Clients From Hell” is so accurate, it hurts.
The Price of Amazon
Spencer Soper, in a piece about the Amazon warehouse in Breinigsville, PA:
During summer heat waves, Amazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldn’t quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals. And new applicants were ready to begin work at any time.
Babies and iOS
Never Bored
Addiction
See, I told you we have a problem.
Connected Disconnect
Observation
This weekend, my wife and I enjoyed a weekend away in Franklin, TN. While out to eat for Sunday brunch, I noticed something that really got under my skin.
At the restaurant, there were — as you could imagine — several tables with large, multigenerational families enjoying brunch after church. At many of these tables, the kids weren’t talking with their parents, aunts and uncles and grandparents, however.
They were glued to iPod touches.
One Last Time
[via Mac Community Crushed By Lion’s Non-Release, Cries out for Mercy
With the entire Internet thinking that OS X Lion would be out today, July 14, a lack of such a release has left many Macintosh users, fans and journalists1 lost without hope.
I’ve spoken to several people in the Mac community today, and the story repeats itself all over the place.2
It is unbelievable this day in age a company like Apple could be so cavalier with a release date of such a major product, leaving customers across the world high and dry, making many think the company shouldn’t be trusted anymore, with things like this. Is anyone at Apple care about the Mac anymore? I thought waiting for Textmate 2 was hard, I’m done.
The Fifth Floor
When Josiah was first diagnosed with brain cancer, we spent almost a month on the south wing of the fifth floor at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital here in Memphis. While there, our six month old had massive brain surgery, followed by a smaller operation weeks later. We spent two days in the ICU, praying the pain killer would kill him asleep. We spent countless nights, staring out the window across Memphis’ medical district, listening to ambulances and watching helicopters land at various hospitals. We got to know every nurse on the floor by name. We ate more hamburgers in the cafeteria than any one person ever should.