Team A'Hearn

Thanks to the whole family for a very nice Christmas! It was great to spend time with my folks, and to have Steph’s parents up for the weekend. All our best to everyone in Seattle, too – we missed you this year! The holidays brought sad news regarding the massive tsunami disaster, though. Please take a moment and donate to the International Response Fund. It seems that around here in the states, our biggest worry is whether we get short-changed at McDonald’s; if you’re reading my website, then you can spare a few dollars for those in need.

This year the guys at work convinced me to try my hand at fantasy football for the first time. I’ve always enjoyed watching football, but never knew or learned much about individual players, team matchups, or stats. Well, this was our first week of playoffs, and I was beaten. Hard. I came into the playoffs with a 7-5-1 record; certainly respectable for my first fantasy experience. But alas, my Duo of Destruction, McNabb and Westbrook, let me down against the Skins last night. Oh, well. I had a lot of fun with it and hope to do it again next year. Best of luck to the others in my league throughout the remainder of the season!

Here’s a funny solution to an all too common social problem. “It’s time to fight back,” with SHHH cards! Brought to us by the Society for HandHeld Hushing.

According to the FCC and Mediaweek, “nearly all indecency complaints in 2003-99.8 percent-were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.” I am in agreement with one critic here, who said, “it means that really a tiny minority with a very focused political agenda is trying to censor American television and radio.” Dangerous, wacky, stuff.

Run! Old people driving! This is hilarious. My parents are afraid to use their cellphones – I can’t even imagine walking Grams through programming a destination into a GPS.

With record numbers of residential computer users signing up for broadband, it’s been estimated that two thirds of all PCs are now infected with spyware. This is really simple: the Internet is a dirty place. It now takes less than four minutes to hijack your computer once it’s plugged in to your spiffy new “always on” connection. So go buy yourself a firewall, stop using Internet Explorer, and enjoy a spyware- and virus-free computing experience!