Stop the HighDef Madness

Ok, I am well aware that it is Xmas and the retailers are doing whatever they can to stir the feeding frenzy of consumerism that passes itself off as "Christmas giving." But the whole push to digital TV and HighDef schtuff has officially gone too fucking far with this: http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6565742.html?nid=4262

South Park in High Def? The show is intentionally crappy animation with paper cuts-outs and stop-action animation. Man, get a 42" HD flat panel and you'll do ANYTHING to justify the "need" for it. Worse than crack.

But then, I'm just jealous.

Keep the teeth, Santa. I want trains and Legos.

So B lost his second tooth yesterday. He lost the first one about a week ago. So now he is missing his two front lower teeth. Seems like were all set up for some sort of Leave_It_To_Beaver era Christmas card photo. But B doesn't need to limit he wish list with Santa to just two front teeth; he has the adult teeth already halfway in.

Parenthood is such a funny drug - doing things such as making you proud of a ubiquitous biological process.

So what is the state of the Tooth Fairy economy, you ask? B wanted to keep his first tooth so we told him to leave a note for the T.F. and expect that the absence of a tooth would mean no payment. "She" (cuz all T.F's are female, right?) left him a dollar coin for getting the first tooth out by himself (no string tied to a door knob) and told him the next tooth would also get a discounted payment. For the second he rec'd a five spot. WTF! I think I got a quarter per tooth, on average. Man we parents of singles are spoilers. Shame on the Tooth Fairy.

DSD