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Happy Birthday Rob!!

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I found this article interesting. A mother let her 9 year old boy ride the subway alone. This caused a big frenzy among people. But why? Children used to go out on their own a lot in the past and people didn't think much of it. Are children in this age way too overprotected? Do parents live in more fear than in past generations? To quote a line from the article "Part of the problem is that with wall-to-wall Internet and cable news, every missing child case gets so much airtime that it's not surprising even normal parental paranoia can be amplified." I think we live in a very paranoid time.

In the movies

Last week they filmed a movie where I work. We closed the gym and cancelled all therapy ahead of time to let the movie have the place for the day. I still had to work with one other coworker. We mainly stayed in the back office. The production was pretty crazy. They moved everything in the gym including the machines and there were lights, cameras, power cords, equipment and tons of crew everywhere. It was hard to walk from the back office to the front doors. They also had a ton of stuff outside the building including lights shining in and several trailers. They were supposed to be finished with interior shooting on Thursday and simply come back on Friday to do exterior shots. We knew that'd never happen but our boss didn't want to close another day so we booked a full day of therapy as usual. As expected, they didn't finish everything on Thursday and asked to come back Friday and "work around us and our therapy". Ha...yeah right. They came in and completely took over the gym again. We had to cancel a few hours of therapy. I found this all rather amusing despite having a ton of work to do cancelling/rescheduling and dealing with confused and upset patients and gym members. They asked if I wanted to be in the movie. All I had to do was sit behind my desk and pretend to talk to someone in the background as the main characters sat outside the gym then walked from the outside to the inside. I wonder how much you'll actually be able to see me after it is all edited together. I sat with the producer for a while. I took that opportunity to mention Rob and his facility for the post sound. It would be neat if he took my recommendation. Here's a link to the movie on imdb. Click.

On another topic, last weekend was our friends Brian and Amanda's son Zander's christening. Rob and I are his godparents so we went along with Brian's parents. It was really cute. Then back to their house for some really good steak and potatoes. Yum. Also last weekend, Rob and I went shopping for some furniture for his mom's apartment. We found a nice table, chairs and a bookcase. We've got 2 weekends now to set it all up.

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On the news today they said that California is overdue for a large earthquake and it is inevidible that there will be a large one within the next 30 years. Most likely, it'll be around a 7.0 magnitude. If we own a home before then, homeowner's insurance doesn't cover earthquake damage. Blah.
Tax day has arrived. I always wonder why so many people wait until the last day to do them. I'll never quite understand that.
Last weekend was in the mid 90's. I like the warm weather. It is back down to the 60s and 70s now
3 weeks and 2 days until going to Buffalo for a few days!

A post

I haven't posted in a while. What's new since my last post? Not too much. I got a new laptop computer. I like it! It takes up far less room than the other computer did and it'll make those plane rides better.

Two more fish died leaving me with two left from the original six. Bummer.

Rob and I have been looking around at townhomes or houses to rent out here. The reality of buying a house anytime soon is extremely slim and do we really want to wait out the years in a little apartment where it is too loud to sit on the balcony? Nah.

Milo had pink eye last week so we brought him to the vet and he had to have eye drops so they made him wear a cone around his neck for a week. Poor Milo. But he sure looked funny.

Elephants are smart

Watch this video of an elephant painting a picture of an elephant. It is better than I can paint or draw.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/elephantpainting.asp