Having some flashbacks to my favourite old shows today:
Remington Steele: (I loved Stephanie Zimbalist)

Number 1 sign your teenage daughter is a lesbian - she was obsessed with Cagney and Lacey:

Scarecrow and Mrs King: What was this show about, anyway?

Eight Is Enough: Where are you now, Adam Rich?

Thanks afterellen for putting me onto this track.

Why is life so filled with compromise?
I mean is it too much to ask to have another baby, become a full time student and buy as many Threadless shirts as I want?
Seems pretty modest to me.

Exciting medical news today that researchers have found a possible drug to counteract the cognitive difficulties caused by Down Syndrome.
Researchers gave low doses of a human drug to mice bred to mimic the learning and memory problems in people with Down syndrome. After as little as two weeks, the impaired mice performed as well as [...]

Archie on his first day of school:

He is very excited!

Archie finally starts school tomorrow (after a week long delay while the school found a teacher aide for him). He is very excited! And we are very nervous…. Here’s hoping it all goes well! What a momentous day!
Another momentous day is not far off, the annual Jems Oscar bash! Invites will be sent out shortly [...]

From my brother Ned:
I have recently entered a 3d character design competition that was judged by some of the Dreamworks Animation crew. Unfortunately, I did not win??? Fools! I’ll never watch Over The Hedge again.
Anyway, I have been given a second chance. I qualified for the people’s choice prize.
So channelling a politician, I have decided [...]

Justin Timberlake & friend with a song about that perfect present for the girl who has everything….

I’m very sorry to hear of the death of Anna Nicole Smith. I looked fondly upon her after watching her reality show a few years ago. I do think that her son’s death followed by hers is a very suspicious situation, and I blame her “lawyer” / “partner” Howard K. Stern. He will probably now [...]

2007 has got off to a blazing blogging start as you can tell! Not much to report, been working, finally caught up on my GST returns, doing nice family activities in the weekends, playing World of Warcraft blah blah blah. It’s been rather pleasant.
But the main reason I’m here today is to wish a very [...]

Wow, here I am, back on the internet for the first time in one and a half weeks! Amazing. We had a full on family Christmas in the Wairarapa. Everyone was there and it was a crazy orgy of consumerism and indulgence. Archie and Harry had a lovely day. NYE was supposed to be a [...]