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Home Theater Tips
From AOL, “create a home theater like the pros.” Hey, anything to keep from hiring professionals.
Full Moon
February 20th was a full moon. I checked because I received two phone calls in less than an hour of people looking for a Brett Singer that wasn’t me.
I always thought my name was unique, but I guess not. There’s a D-level porn actor, a children’s book author, and roughly 30 people on Facebook.
Having the name in grade school was no picnic: “Singer? La la la! Sing a song, Singer!” “Brett! Bread! Brat!” That sort of thing. I haven’t noticed much name-related teasing going on in the limited sample of kids that I see, although I’m sure it goes on as much as it always did.
But two false positives on my name in one hour? Definitely Full Moon time. Next: a comet hits the earth…
The Childs Day, by Woods Hutchinson
From the free ebook collection of Project Gutenberg, a 1912 book about children’s health:
It is most important that children should eat a good big breakfast. All the hundred-and-one things that you are going to do during the day–racing, jumping, shouting, studying–require strength to do; and that strength can be got only out of the power in your food, which is really, you remember, the sunlight stored up in it.
Sometimes, when you come down in the morning, especially if you haven’t had the windows of your bedroom well open so as to get plenty of air during the night, you may feel that you are not very hungry for breakfast. Or perhaps, if you have risen late, or are in a great hurry to get to school in time, you just swallow a cup of coffee or tea, and a cracker or a little piece of bread, or a small saucer of cereal…
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Child’s Day, by Woods Hutchinson
Starting Them Young
Thumbnail: Ben Affleck is narrating a video called RED SOX BABY: RAISING TOMORROW’S BOSTON RED SOX FAN TODAY.
I guess this is what you have to do when a team wins the World Series only every 100 years or so (oops, did I say that out loud?).
In a semi-related story, it seems that Ben knows how to behave himself at the ballpark.
Ben Affleck Wants To Brainwash Your Baby (Deadspin) via ContactMusic and The Boston Globe
Moose Vs. Helicopter
In case your son or daughter ever asks you, “Dad, if a Moose fought a helicopter, who would win?” you can say with confidence: it’s a draw. Read more »
President Dad?
Rudolph Giuliani is probably running for President, but so far his son Andrew seems to be not so interested:
Rudolph W. Giuliani found himself distracted in the midst of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination by questions about skeletons in the closet of a messy divorce. He had to respond to remarks last week by his son, Andrew, 21, that, as a stepson, he had “a little problem†with Mr. Giuliani’s wife, Judith Nathan, and had not until recently spoken to his father “for a decent amount of time.â€
Mr. Giuliani told reporters, who bombarded him with questions at a California event, “It’s the kind of thing that I think affects a lot of families these days.†He also has a daughter, Caroline, 17, by his former wife Donna Hanover.
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Mr. Giuliani’s case, some experts agreed, seems particularly tough because it comes with the considerable baggage of a public and bitter divorce. (Ms. Nathan is Mr. Giuliani’s third wife. His first marriage, to his second cousin, Regina Peruggi, was annulled.)
So after divorcing his second cousin (!), marrying Donna Hanover and announcing his divorce via press conference, then clearly having an affair while still married to Ms. Hanover and finally marrying a third time, Andrew is a little miffed at dad? We’ll buy that. If Guiliani does in fact run, it might be the first time in the history of the country that what kind of father someone is becomes a deciding factor in a Presidential election.
Voters Accept Divorced Candidates, but They Have Limits (New York Times)
A Family Feud That Is Familiar (New York Times)Rudy Tuesday – What America Sees In Rudy (New York Magazine)
Daddy Cop
Interesting article, unfortunately not fully online, about John Timoney, current Miami Chief of Police. “Timoney today is regarded as one of the most progressive and effective police chiefs in the country,” according to the article; he worked in New York under Bill Bratton. Apparently he had a horrible time with both of his kids, one of whom is currently in jail for drugs. However, both appear to be on the mend. Interesting story of a father who loved his kids but didn’t really know how to show it, or how to deal with their very serious problems.
Miami Blue (New Yorker)
