Infinite Monkeys

Oh, I'm sure that the Nano will be fine. You just need one of these.

(and, in a nostaligic memory for Brad--whom I've know since I was 5 or 6--you've come a long way since you had this.)

Funny story.....although, all kidding aside, there "oughta be a law" concerning ownership of pit bulls. We just had a small child maimed for life here in the Denver area by a "family" pit bull.

It's not the pit bulls, it's the owners. I've known several pit bulls that acted like 100lb kittens.

I had "Football 2", where you could pass the ball and move backwards. My dad was always a "buy the superior product, without regard for popularity" guy, which is why we wound up with IntelliVision when everyone else had Atari.

I was adopted, by the way, which pretty much settles the "nature or nurture" argument on my snobbery.

By the way, don't bother with the Nano OR the video iPod. They're both OBSOLETE:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo?id=115643036&p=114370477&s=143441

First, this is one of the strangest combinations of comments I've ever enjoyed.

David, that made me smile. I saw that as a Christmas Angel gift, my mom bought some young boy the second generation green follow-up to that game. You can still buy it today, but it's not branded Mattell any longer.

Guy, yes friend, Glad to see that you are reading.

R.A.B., I believe your anecdotal evidence, but it is just that. The sweet old wheelchair-bound British woman who owns the dog that bit me does not seem to be the negligent or agression-encouraging type. I doubt she and her family treated that dog any differently than they would have a poodle. I actually believe her report that the dog had never bitten anybody before. But if you had been on the receiving end of the bite, you might have a different view of how this breed of dog is dangerously unpredictable (I have never had a fear of dogs, btw)

Considering the anecdotal evidence of the myriad times that pit bull attacks are followed by claims that the dog had "never bitten anybody before," combined with the sheer statitics of the breed group's overrepresentation in reported bites, injuries and deaths, I am not swayed by your assertion.

I used to want an American Staffordshire Terrier. I believe I understand your position. I just don't agree with it any longer. Having hours to sit and reflect in the Urgent Care waiting room can have a profound impact on one's views.

RobbL, I believe you may have hit upon a common trait among the Monkeys.

Which common trait? Being adopted, being a snob, or owning some version of Mattel football and/or Intellivision?

On the subject of being adopted, I just found out Liz Phair was adopted. Judging from her lyrics, I don't think she took the news as well as I did.

I hate knowing that this aggressive dog will be back out in the world in a few days. What if he had lunged and bitten your son? Mom

You can still buy it today, but it's not branded Mattell any longer.

Not so. I bought a "Classic Football 2" and a "Classic Baseball" for my two dumb friends for Dumb Christmas a few years back, and both did indeed carry the Mattel moniker. They just don't say "Mattel Electronics", since that branch of the company is long defunct.

Personally, I was always more partial to Battlestar Galactica Space Alert.

"Who's in there?!"

Jane M / Mom If the dog had bitten my son, I would have elected that the owner pay the $2500 fine for failure to conrol her animal, and I would have pressed that she be fined for having the dog in a park where dogs are not allowed. The responding officer even mentioned that there may have been other infractions that I could have pressed that she be charged for, but it would have been a stretch. And, of course, there's the path of the civil suit.

But I imagine it would have been hard for me to pursue all of those options, as I would probably be in some hot water myself, having clouded the picture by attacking and maiming or killing the revolting animal.

I know, the kids on the basketball team know, and the parents who where at practice that day know (even some of the other people who were at the park that day know) that the owner is "beyond the warning stage" if that dog is present at the park again. The police said that all it will take is one substantiated report to have the dog impounded. If the dog shows up at the park, or bites anyone anywhere else, the dog will be well on its way to losing its "out in the world" abilities permanently.

Aside: How many other bloggers find themselves replying to comments posted by their moms? It's cool, and sweet in a way. But it can't be racking up any gravitas points, or helping my street cred, can it?

If my mom started responding to my blog posts, I would recoil in terror. And rethink my theology/anthropology.

And I might stop drinking.

If my mom read this blog, I would disavow all knowledge. Then I would fake my own death and move to Mexico. But since Mexico is a popular place for people who have faked their deaths to move, I might relocate to Belize. Or possibly Poland. What was the question again?