Quick recap from last week. I was house/dog/cat sitting for my aunt and her husband while they were on a cruise. The house part was easy, the cat part resulted in a few minor wounds, and it was all because one of the two dogs is afraid of me.
Regular readers may recall the fun I had trying to get a dog who is afraid of me to come back in the house when one has to hold the door open. Well, I have good news, by the end of the week Simon was coming back in the house while I stood there. Granted, he ran as fast as he could from the edge of the deck, in the door, and through the kitchen to the other end of the house before I could even turn around, but considering the rain and snow we had at the end of the week I was just glad not to have to run outside and chase him in through a propped open door.
I am far from musically inclined - though I can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the tin whistle. The 10-year old in this video puts me, and most other adults I know to shame. In this age of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, this kid blows them all away.
I found this over on onmansblog.com - where he also has a clip of Kansas playing the same tune, and if she wasn’t bad enough, he’s got a post with videos of Top 10 Kids Who Prove We’re All Pathetic. He needs to update that list after finding this one.
I’ve been a bit too serious around here lately, so time for a break.
CrunchGear has a video up of a very well done skit about the old Duck Hunt video game. They then linked to the following video of a skit about Super Mario Bros. asking which was better.
Personally, it’s a toss-up for me, but the ending of the Duck Hunt one may give it a slight edge.
And if after watching these, you get a bit nostalgic, you can go play some Duck Hunt or Super Mario yourself.
There is so much that could be said in support of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan - I’m not sure I could do justice to what they have put on the line for us here at home. So for now, I just am going to say “thank you”.
This video was done by a high-school girl that plans on enlisting after she graduates. She’s done a number of similar videos, but this seems to be the most popular by far, with over 23-million views and counting.
