Monthly Archives: July 2005

Adventures with Maryn

New Ultrasound

We had another Dr. Appointment today..for some kinda ultrasoundy thing that checks for birth defects like Down’s syndrome, extra limbs, 6 heads.. you know.. that kind of stuff…

The Dr that does the screening (Not Janice’s normal Dr, these tests apparently require a special Dr), is sometimes able to try and guess the baby’s sex, even though the external genitals haven’t formed yet (that’s why people who find out, normally found out around 20 weeks…all the parts are where they belong then).

So, The Dr told us that there is a 90% chance, that Vegas is either a boy or a girl, and a 5% chance Vegas is a puppy, with a 5% chance that Janice was impregnated during an alien abduction, and will soon be giving birth to some kinda freaky alien-human hybrid that will eat everyone in the state for breakfast, before beginning a campaign to rule the world.

So, we’ve got that to look forward to, while we wait for the 20 week ultrasound to find out what sex Vegas is (unless the freaky alien-human world destroyer doesn’t have external genitals…in which case, we won’t know!)

Apple

Apple Giveaway

As Apple counts down towards 500 million songs being downloaded from the iTunes Music Store, they have launched another contest!

If you are the lucky person who actually downloads song number 500 million.. you’re going to receive

500 million songs on the iTunes Music Store marks a dramatic acceleration of the purchase of legally downloadable music on the Internet. And the music fan who purchases that song will receive a prize that’s just as dramatic — 10 iPods for yourself and family or friends (choose from any model iPod, iPod mini, iPod U2, or iPod shuffle); a gold 10,000-song gift card for the music store; 10 additional 50-song gift cards to go with those iPods; and a trip for you and three guests to see Coldplay on its current tour, with front-row seats (subject to availability), and “back-stage” passes for a meet n’ greet with the band (guaranteed availability).

And in case you’re not lucky 500 million person…

One (1) iPod mini/50-song card Prize will be awarded for each 100,000th song downloaded beginning with the 480,100,000th download until iTunes reaches its 500 millionth download. For the 500 millionth download, one lucky winner will win the Grand Prize

So..everyone start downloading! (And make sure you click on the little iTMS link on the left over there first!)

Current Events

There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!

At least…NASA is hoping there will be a KABOOM! On Monday (The 4th), NASA has planned a… unique fireworks show… in order to give us something to look at, they are going to crash a probe (Deep Impact) into a Comet (Tempel 1). According to the little animated movie on NASA’s site.. they’re expecting a good sized chunk of Tempel 1 to be demolished.. giving NASA a first look inside a comet.. to see what they are made of.