Life is Beautiful

As the father of a [teething] toddler [with a chest cold] and someone who has to travel with increasing frequency, I completely understand how Jeff felt last night. I'm not sure how he drew a connection between the awesomeness of family and the beautiful proton dance at the office, but if the point was to reemphasize the importance of perspective, it was a good read.

This (posted on HN a few weeks ago), is quite a bit more coherent, though: http://patterico.com/2006/12/03/putting-things-in-perspectiv...

I love this bit:

“Dad, there are poopy turds on the floor,” my daughter said.

“I know, I’ll clean them in the morning.”

“Dad, there are poopy turds on the floor.”

“I’ll go clean them,” I said.

it reminds me of the Louis Kahn quote:

“And if you think of Brick, for instance, and you say to Brick, "What do you want Brick?" And Brick says to you "I like an Arch." And if you say to Brick "Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lentil over you. What do you think of that?" "Brick?" Brick says: "... I like an Arch"

Kids (and bricks) have a way of getting you to do the right thing.

Yes, yes. Lucky man praises luck.

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” --William Arthur Ward

Thank You for giving me that present.

"Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox." Proverbs 14:4