year you were born meme

and btw, how do you pronouce meme?

In 1971 (the year you were born)

Richard Nixon is president of the US Charles Manson and 3 of his followers are convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder An earthquake in California's San Fernando Valley kills 64 people New York Times begins publication of classified Pentagon papers on US involvement in Vietnam The $70 million Kennedy Center opens in Washington, DC A four day revolt at New York's Attica state prison ends after being stormed by 1000 state troopers A new stock-market index called the Nasdaq debuts Walt Disney World opens Intel releases world's first microprocessor, the 4004 Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail Libertarian party established in USA Kid Rock, Denise Richards, Sean Astin, Winona Ryder, and Ricky Martin are born Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series Baltimore Colts win Superbowl V Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is published The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premeires on television "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel wins Grammy for song of the year All in the Family premieres

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

Cavemen

I LOVE the Geico cavemem commercials. I go on youtube to look for them. I downloaded the song from the airport commercial to itunes (remind me). I don't just have a favorite commercial, I have a favorite caveman. 

Imagine the "SQUEE!" that I let out when I heard about the Caveman's Crib web site

Cutting the apron strings

heh.. cute title. . . like I cook. 

This morning, Fini, Connor and I got in the car, and were running late. We were driving through jack in the box (4 houses down and around the corner from home) and Connor said, "We have to go back!" I gave him my keys and we told him to run home and we would pick meet him there. 

We went through the drive through and circled back home. He wasn't out front. I called the home phone on my cell and he didn't answer. I was doing really good about not breaking down and crying. I called again while Fini went in and began searching the rooms. we were worried someone followed him in. I finally saw him rounding the corner at the end of the street. He had run back to Jack in the Box. 

He will be 13 in 11 days. We have to at some point trust him to take a bus home or walk 1/2 a block down the street and not get snatched and killed. He is making past the age where some bad things happened to me. Someone tried to snatch me via car when I was 8 in my neighborhood and I was molested by a neighbor age 9-12. 
Lots of other kids do it. He is smart and we have certainly scared the crap out of him enough so that he is concerned and mistrusting of adults. 

It is terrifying being a parent.