The curse of Ken Burns

I've been watching the new Ken Burns documentary on Country Music.  I have always had a soft spot for country music. At times during a shuffle a country song would pop up in the play list and the wife would go where did that come from?  I grew up watching KTLA channel 5 on the weekends.  They would broadcast country bands on top of a flatbed truck.  I also have memories of Buck Owens.

The curse is that his documentaries run two hours straight, with no breaks.  A fade to black soon gives way to a new direction.  The curse?  I have to time my liquid intake prior to watching the series.    No bathroom breaks.  I do have to learn how to plan ahead to record the series.

Gotta go, Patsy Cline is coming on.

Hello Kitty

Ok, the grand daughter is almost one year old.  And I will have you notice that I have yet to buy her anything with Hello Kitty on it.    No stuffed animal, no onesie, no suitcase.  I do have my eyes on the Hello Kitty Toaster.  At least not yet.  Im still getting used to the fact that I have a grand daughter.  

The girl already withstands the wild energy of her two older brothers.  At a recent relative wedding, it was mentioned many times of their energy level.  When we fist saw them at the airport, the noise level rose and calmness evaporated.  Now this is not a complaint, we enjoy the madness, even though we don't remember anything close during our kids childhood.  But we tend to revise history in our old age.

Even though through our travels we constantly buy cute things for her, just no Hello Kitty.  The oldest grandson already knows that their monthly package from grandma and grandpa will mostly be for his sister.  The middle one sings the song of "nobody ever listens to me" and the realization the young princess is subtlety attracting more attention.  

So the challenge is how do we make sure all grandkids are equally loved, just in different ways.  It is difficult as we compete with school, sports, church and Pokemon.  Just be aware that Hello Kitty is mainly geared towards the female gender and is omnipresent.  Im thinking Godzilla may be more appropriate to fight off those big brothers and future boy friends.