My Son Is Tough

While we waited as the lady who was cutting Sam’s hair answered a phone call, Sam and I had the following conversation…

Me: “Sam, look at all that hair… That was on your head.”

Sam: “Is the red part from the blood?”

Me: “No, buddy, your hair is just kinda red. There isn’t any blood.”

Sam: “Oh.”

We Have Divorced Sprint

A few days after Christmas, Melissa and I decided the drop the ever-nickel-and-diming-us Sprint and try WalMart’s Straight Talk cell phone service. So far, we are both very happy with it. The phones are nicer than the ones we had, and the online activation was practically instantaneous. It looks like we’ll have more call and text time than we’ll know what to do with, and we should save anywhere from $35 to $50 per month compared to what we’ve been paying with Sprint.

“I like smiling. Smiling’s my favorite!” — Buddy the Elf

This is pretty fantastic.

A short film shot in Astoria, Queens during the blizzard is getting high praise from Roger Ebert, who says it deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject. The short, titled “Idiot With a Tripod,” is an homage to the 1929 short “Man With a Movie Camera.”

My Ten Favorite Songs of 2010

1. “Play Myself Some Music” (R. Stevie Moore Cover) by Jason Falkner

2. “Grip” by Hume

3. “Shylight” by Soviet League

4. “Sunbeam Show” by Candy Claws

5. “Into Yr Mind” by Young Hunting

6. “Solitude Is Bliss” by Tame Impala

7. “Boyfriend” by Best Coast

8. “Round and Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

9. “Wishing He Was Dead” by The Like

10. “The Lonely Smurfer” by Johnny Hawaii