loss of childhood?

I occassionally here comments in the media or from people about how kids, teens in particular, no longer can enjoy "childhood" because of the expectations put on them, such as homework, activities, etc.

Those kind of comments seem a bit ridiculous to me. Where did we come up with the notion that you are not expected to be a contributing member of society until you are 21? In many previous generations you were already working, married, and possibly with kids by then.

I feel like these sorts of comments idealize what it means to be a kid, or a teen, rather than be realistic. I think we expect too little out of ourselves as a society, honestly, not too much.

Drinks from next door

I went to lunch with my team recently and saw this under the glass table cover. This was a first for me.

Reflections - 2/14

I read this excerpt this morning.

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that [God] finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." - From The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis.

We dream too small.

Podcasts go mobile

I think this is cool - Yahoo! Podcasts getting demoed on Motoralo phones at a huge mobile trade show in Europe.

Of course, I participated in it, so I'm biased, but it's cool nonetheless. Partly it's cool because it's a great idea. But I think for the most part I think it's cool to see something I worked on validated by another big brand that I've long admired for creating cool products.

Steelers win the Superbowl!

Awesome. I had my Terrible Towel ready, and the team came through. Pittsburgh has got to be rockin' tonight. I'm guessing my sisters, who are unbelievably crazy fans, may be in need of some medical attention to help them recover from the ride.

Even if you're not a Pittsburgh fan, which you should be, you have to at least love that Bettis got to win the big game in his own town. That's awesome.

I love how Detroit turned out to support the Steelers, too. One Detroit writer said this: ""98.99 percent of Detroit is rooting for the Steelers," wrote Bob Wojnarowski of the Detroit News. "The other 1.01 percent drink $6 cups of coffee."

love it.