Talking to the Owl

Tim Burns' Personal Weblog Flavored with Math, Java, and Oracle

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

I visited some friends in the hospital and saw their new baby. I had forgotten just how exhausting it was to embark on the journey of parenthood. There must be something biological about that. Nine months later, I've gone through my own gestation as a parent. I can hold the baby in one hand and open a beer, cook dinner, feed the dog, even catch the dog with the other. I'm not afraid to take the baby on exciting adventures through the woods or to the ocean. I can change a diaper on a conference room table while on a late night code deployment. I can work fast enough to finish my deployment tasks and blow out before the baby has a meltdown. Hell, I don't even miss my morning and evening runs - I just take the baby and sing her songs to keep her happy.

Sylvia loves to try to sing with me and it keeps her from getting cold or bored. I've tried to forget the songs I learned from South Park, because soon she'll be able to understand what I'm saying. My favorite adventure song was left on my CD player by my father-in-law.

    Every state has something its Rotary Club can boast of
    Some product that the state produces the most of
    Rhode Island is little, but oh my
    It has a product anyone would buy
    
    Copper comes from Arizona
    Peaches come from Georgia
    Lobsters come from Maine
    The wheat fields are the sweet fields of Nebraska
    And Kansas gets bonanzas from the grain
    
    Ol' whiskey comes from ol' Kentucky
    Ain't the country lucky?
    New Jersey gives us glue
    And you - you come from Rhode Island
    And little ol' Rhode Island is famous for you
    
    Cotton comes from Louisiana
    Gophers from Montana
    And spuds from Idaho
    They plow land in the cow land of Missouri
    Where most beef meant for roast beef seems to grow
    
    Grand canyons come from Colorado
    Gold comes from Nevada
    Divorces also do
    And you - you come from Rhode Island
    And little ol' Rhode Island is famous for you
    
    Pencils come from Pennsylvania
    Vests from Vest Virginia
    Tents from Tentassee
    They know mink where they grow mink in Wyomink
    A camp chair in New Hampchair - That's for me
    
    Minnows come from Minnowsota
    Coats come from Dakota
    But why should you be blue?
    For you - you come from Rhode Island
    And little ol' Rhode Island is famous for you

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