He's a Maniac Maniac

This YouTube video is of Caleb dancing. We went to the National Museum of Play in Rochester New York during our Christmas visit upstate. He is dancing along with his two cousins.

Who Changed Positions?

Last night we had Danielle's Grandfather's Sister (I think that's her Great Aunt) over for dinner and pleasant conversation. She is a self proclaimed radical, "as far left as you can get." She ran for president a few years back under the marijuana party ticket. She didn't win.

Anyways, we were discussing the primaries and politics. Now I am an independent conservative, so when she brought up the primaries I thought to myself was that this was going to be an interesting conversation. It ended up being interesting because we saw eye to eye on a lot of the issues. For example she thought that Romney should be the republican candidate. She didn't like McCain and claimed that there is evidence that the elections were rigged in places like New Hampshire. She had questions about fund raising that were interesting questions.

I was shocked to see how much we shared in common. I wondered who changed positions? Myself or her? I think that we came together because we were Americans worried about this elections results because it will have a huge effect on America, a country that we both loved. It is just a reminder that most Americans want whats best for the country, and we don't need to demonize people who don't agree with us.

Badda Bling makes me want to Scream

There is this stupid commercial for the New York lottery. There are urban thug types singing "it don't mean a thing if it aint Badda Bling" instead of "got that swing." Then there are some Italian mobster types that repeat badda badda badda badda bling to the rhythm.

It has to be one of the most annoying commercials in the world. The lottery rubs me the wrong way to begin with. Add in the urban thug/mob element, multiplied by the use of the word "Bling" and the resulting magnitude of the detest level is approaching critical limits. It get's worst because it is repeated on both the radio and the television, and it get's stuck in your head.

I have to admit, the time that Caleb saw it on TV and repeated badda badda... with the Italians was kind of funny. But aside from this occurrence there are no redeeming qualities with this advertisement.

GoodReads

We have joined GoodReads. To view Mikes profile go to http://www.goodreads.com/profile/mikesilva. Danielle's ishttp://www.goodreads.com/user/show/626656. If you don't know what GoodReads is, it is a social networking site where you can recommend books to your friends. You let people know what you are reading and what you think of it.

Dusting off the old Blog

It's been a while since we have added anything to our blog. We had to update a lot of the pictures, links, etc. Our new goal is to stay current on what's happening with our family.

Here's a brief update. Caleb turned one and is walking all over the place. We went on a family vacation with the Pitts' to South Carolina. We had a lot of fun on the beach and Caleb enjoyed hanging out with his cousins. We are still in NYC and have made it over a year now. We are looking at moving into a new place that has a washer and dryer. (A Danielle must have) So far for the summer we have no real plans. We talked about going away for a couple of days to Montreal or someplace and leaving Caleb with his grandparents. We want to go camping, and continue exploring NYC and the sights here.