New iPhone, Sixers, Scrabble vs Scrabulous

Nabby asks, "Daddy, why are they called the Sixers but every shirt is numbered with a 3?"

Scrabble/Mattel/Hasbro sued Scrabulous. Too bad, because the Scrabble BETA on Facebook is a terrible application. It takes too long to load and play moves. All the graphics, shiny stars, and noises are unnecessary (it's like what would happen if the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog created a version of Tic-Tac-Toe). Scrabble is simple. Make a simple game that just plain works. (Scrabble vs. Scrabulous below.)











Here's my memo to the Scrabble creators. Learn a lesson from the Mac people: simple is better. Less buttons and bells/whistles >>>>more buttons and shiny gadgets.

Yeah, I have an iPhone like 8 million other people. And I'm gonna ifuck you up imotherfucker!

Kid Rock PSA to all music thieves

Heard this Public Service Announcement on Howard Stern this morning. Way to go Kid Rock--It's hard to speak sense to the thieves of music and movies. At least he's trying.

Creationism debunked

Today in 1925, the Scopes Monkey trial concluded. If you don't know what that is, I don't care.

The timing of this very important 83rd anniversary of the completion of the Scopes trial coincides with a conversation with my 6-year old daughter Nabby on Saturday. We were driving by this statue at 17th and Vine in Philadelphia.
Nabby: "Dad, what is that?"

Me: "That shows a story of how god made man. He sculpted the body from the earth and shaped it some. Then god breathed life into it. In the last part of the statue, man emerges from the earth. Some people say that's how god created humans."

Nabby (indignant): "I don't believe that."

(Abigail and I laughingly revel in our good parenting.)