Update plus semantic banter

I've been asked by a few for a Christopher update.

Chris is pretty good. Friday we returned to the Opthomologist and he is probably at 50% of vision for that eye. The doctor said that this is good and there is no bleeding or other signs of stress. They have prescribed a steroid for his eye. He is joining the company of Giambi, Bonds, and probably every other slugger in baseball. We are not telling him it is a steroid so that later, he can be ignorant as well.

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Just a passing thought. While driving in the car yesterday, the weather anchor on the radio said something like..

"There is a chance we might get rain."

Not to nit-pick language but..okay, let's nit-pick. (more a nit-picking below)

The words chance and might are unnecesarily redundant in this case. There is a 100% chance that it might rain every day - even here in Arizona. However, there is an x% percent chance that it WILL rain. Might already addresses the chance element. Either say, "It might rain today." or "There is a chance that it will rain today." or "There is a chance of rain today."

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Nit-picking. Until I had children, in particular, children who had been infected with head-lice, I never understood nit-picking. Of course, they tell you that head-lice is not a reflection of personal hygene but when you are at the store buying ointment, cremes, and combs, you may as well be approaching the counter with a girly magazine or even more nefarious, the latest issue of Cosmopolitan* (see my idea for a Cosmo article below) No matter what the box says, you feel a little trashy.

And after you kill the little critters (we called them crawlies, as in, "our little girl has the crawlies" - you get to nit-pick. You go strand by strand, removing these little white eggs that are stuck on your disgusting child's crawlie-infected head. You hardly want to touch the little freaks.

I told my wife that I felt like a chimpanzee family. According to experts, it is a communal bonding experience for chimpanzees. I don't know, I'll stick to family game night.

"Mom, stop nit-picking."
Family game night for the Morans

Fortunately, it has been several years since the last infection. Well, to be truthful, we just don't ever check when the school sends home the lice-infection notices. We leave such discovery to "trained experts."

Fortunately, with my haircut, it is not a problem.

* My idea for a Cosmopolitan article - same title as they ran last month and every month..
10 ways to make your man crazy with desire.

1. get dressed in the morning. It requires that you were, at some point, naked, which is a sure come on.
2. walk by - dressed or undressed - close physical proximity is a sure come-on;
3. undress even when you are sick with the flu and just finished vomiting;
4. leave your bra anywhere in plain sight;
5. give him a friendly hug & a kiss on the cheek;
6. hold his hand in public - a sure sign you are coming on to him;
7. take a shower - he knows your naked and therefore are coming on to him;
8. brush by him as you pass in the hall - another sure sign of you coming on to him;
9. ask him to carry the laundry - a sure sign that you owe him, big time;
10. get in to bed after an exhausting and stressful day and you just had a fight about money and threatened divorce and told him how he repulses you - hey, getting into bed is a sure sign that you are coming on to him.