Kelly’s cookie exchange (first annual, she claims) will take place this afternoon after work. Christian and I were told we were not necessary. So in the spirit of this awesome blog post, we have chosen to love the idea of a dad/son night out. We are going to head out to do something as soon as I can get home to pick Christian up after work. I think two or three of the husbands will be at the cookie exchange, but before we knew that, we had already decided that we were going to do something cool together even though we are still not quite sure what it will be. I am sure it will include, at least, some technology, books, and food.
Yesterday, I guy at work brought in a pen computer. It was very, very cool. I saw a million uses for the thing. One of the coolest uses is to draw comic strips!
Technology, books and food … you and Christian really are Alpha-Geeks! It’s not wonder you were disinvited to the cookie exchange.
Something else that might be cool to do is find a local outlet for one of your interests, such as a ham radio dealer/club and pay them a visit. Also, there are probably some neat local artisans that would enjoy a visit.
Personally, I’m a sucker for a “for sale” (produce, hay, fresh eggs, honey, etc.) sign. Such folks are a wealth of information and quite interesting. A lot of times older folks set up little businesses in retirement as an excuse to interact with their community. Old timers who have lived in an area are the best because they are often an entry point into other aspects of your community that the “overworld” never sees.
While this may not be possible for you guys, I’ve been stopping in and visiting Amish farms. Amish are always selling something. Even if they aren’t you can ask them if they know of someone selling something, for example, fresh eggs. On Wednesday, on the way home from work, I stopped in at a Amishman’s farm who offered to sell us fresh goat milk (the kids loves it). While there I asked him about his draft horses and ended up getting an hour long seminar on draft horses and even got to help him unhitch a team and put them away. To an “English” person, this was really cool! Oh, and the kids absolutely LOVE visiting with Amish kids, too.
Your options for interacting with real people is pretty limited living in a big city, isn’t it? 🙂
Wow. Today’s Betty Blonde seems to touch on some of these very comments! The funny deal is that there is an analog to the Amish thing in the tech world. A lot of old timers in the computer world tend to hook up at Linux User Groups (with names like GLUG, PLUG, etc., the first initial depending of the town you are in). Expect a call this weekend.
Very funny! If I didn’t know any better, I’d say my children are fodder for Betty Blond. Either that, or your city kids are making fun of my country bumpkins. Ah, friends, scorn feeds this contrarian spirit.
That’s okay, when all the ones and zeros in your little silicon flakes run out of fossil-fueled electrons and Christian’s Dad is standing on between two lanes of traffic holding piece of cardboard with very analog scribbles on it, you just remember me. Then you hoof it on up to Indiana for some fresh milk, eggs, bacon and Addie’s blueberry muffins. I’ll even french press you a cup of Farmer Eric’s favorite dark roast.
Actually, this one was supposed to be based on us! And we thought we should not put it up because we thought it sounded too much like bragging!