If you always thought that babies didn’t come with instructions, then of course you’d be right. They don’t. So imagine our surprise, when today—out of the clear blue—we received this incredibly timely set of instructions by email for taking care of the little whipper snapper.

Man Vs Wild has become my new favorite show. It’s on the Discovery Channel. The character’s name is Bear Grylls. Man, I wish that was my name. I guess having a name like Bear Grylls would increase everybody’s expectations of you wouldn’t it. It’s not exactly a web designer’s name.

Suppose you’re driving down the freeway at a nice easy pace when suddenly a chorus of brake lights begin flashing in front of you. You soon realize that right lane is ending a mile or two up the road and cars are merging from three lanes down to two lanes. What do you do?

Gmail offers headline links called “Web Clips” that you can set to display across the top of your mail folders. They are usually just short, quick links to the latest news stories, but sometimes they offer some comic relief.

I subscribe to The Onion’s RSS Feeds. They have some severely funny articles, which I usually don’t have time to read. But all is not lost. Just reading the titles of their articles provides just the humor jolt I need to propel me to my next task. Here are a few of The Onion’s headlines that I’ve seen recently.

I don’t write much about TV, because I rarely watch it. But if there’s one TV show you’re going to watch this season, I recommend Fox’s 24. You may have heard the premise of the show: the entire show happens in “real time” with 24 episodes that span a single 24-hour day.

We upgraded our stroller today. Caleb was really too big for his old one. It was getting hard to maneuver, particularly if you have to take it through the grass on the way to the park. While reading through the owner’s manual, I ran across a hilarious statement:

We’re spending this week with family in Alabama. We made the ten hour drive on Saturday and arrived at my parent’s house at an unthinkable time: right in the middle of the “Iron Bowl.” I fully expected my parents to not even acknowledge our presence until after the game. And you know what? I would have completely understood!

Have you ever heard of a Segway? It’s a little two-wheel scooter that you stand on to ride. It’s not a normal scooter. It’s really cool.

I ran across this commencement speech from Harvard University in 2003 given by commedian Will Ferrell. There were a couple of political stabs in it, but oh well. It’s still too funny to not let you in on it. Gotta go, I’m starting to hear the faint music of "Sweet Home Alabama" playing in the [...]