Stinging Raspberries

No, this isn't some rare fruit, I'm referring to the kind of raspberries you get from scraping your elbow or knee on a gymnastics mat at high speeds.
Any adult who can remember the last time they got one knows that you cannot look at a fresh raspberry without causing it to sting. Rinsing it with water is a teeth-gritting endeavor and applying any sort of chemical is, under the Geneva Convention, torture.
Thus my defense is that I didn't fully remember these facts.
Jamey got a humdinger of a raspberry at the local gymnastics facility last Saturday. I'm not normally the most germ-phobic creature in the world, but I was at the gym and it struck me that many a skin ailment could be lurking on the surfaces there.

So, there we are, hours later in the bathroom, replaying the age-old ritual:

"We need to disinfect that, Jamey." (grabbing hydrogen peroxide bottle)

Jamey appraises the bottle skeptically.

"Will it sting?"
"No." (I state flatly, though a small voice inside says 'maybe....probably...')

I spray, he shrieks, and a few moments later, when he can be coherent, describes the preceding 10 seconds as the worst in his entire life.

He backed off on that assertion a little later, but the point is that it stung and I am now perceived as the household liar.

To further my defense, search google images for the word "staph".

MP3 of Me

I guess I'm still in the honeymoon phase of being able to load .mp3 files online, because I'm going to share this hokey recording of me doing my best Hank Williams impression.

Arthur's First Favorite Song

It was super-cute one day when I heard Arthur singing this to himself in bed. I tried to capture him on .mp3, and it's still cute, even though he was unsettled and halting due to the recording process.

Pumpkin Carving Day

Arthur and Jamey discussing the finer points of extracting pumpkin innards.

First Prizes

At the Green Mountain School Halloween Carnival, Jamey won first prize in his age group for his halloween costume. He was tickled pink to have won and has yet to open his prize (pictured above).
A few days later Arthur's name was drawn from a pool of names submitted to the principal for good behavior and chose a fluffy stuffed bunny as his prize.

Spending Your Time Wisely

I heard on NPR this week about a man who wrote a diary that documented his entire life, in 5-minute segments! 24 hours a day!
He kept track of everything; I'm talking about the temperature of the walls, ceiling and floor of his den, for example.
Well, my blog is not nearly that detailed, but it does raise an interesting point: what content is worthy enough to take the time to write it and take all the readers time who read it?

It's an ongoing consideration, but one thing that I'm sure is worth the time is this:
The brand-new video game I created*
http://www.popfly.ms/users/utherp/Zimstroids

* Okay, I had a little help. Actually I just supplied the picture. :) But the website is mine to keep, and share!

UPDATE: This game apparently doesn't "just work" as I expected it to. It's not particularly amazing, so don't bother unless you're interested in seeing what microsoft's Popfly is all about.