April 17, 2006
"V.D.D" by Mr. Cheer Or Die

Being the licensed drug dealer that I am, I ran across a new affliction ravaging our children late last week. And unlike the last April Fools prank (some people have yet to forgive me...HAHA!) this is no joke. This latest scourge to hit our youth, as penned by yet another lefty freak, is Nature Deficit Disorder. N.D.D. is the latest excuse for parents who are so selfish as to not spend time with their children that they must invent some excuse as if to say, "See! It is not MY fault!�

N.D.D. is the latest crutch for parents to dose their kids with ProzacRitalinPaxil. N.D.D. tells the sad story of kids who are so plugged into television and video games that they've lost their connection to the natural world. These kids then develop into slugs that can't even fit into a normal child's car seat and the parents must super size to the behemoth style car seat so they can roll Fat Albert to the nearest McDonalds for their next Happy Meal.

So, since I could only pen together two entries last week and since Vikes Geek was in vacation....IT IS NOT MY FAULT! I was only suffering from Vikings Deficit Disorder. This is when there is such a dearth of any Vikings news that I suffer from extreme bloggers block and can't string together a comprehensive entry to entertain you.

Oh, sure. I could give you the latest person's version of the forthcoming Vikings uniform change. I have about a dozen people e-mailing me each week having a cousin or uncle or someone who works for ReebokAdidasNike who just happened top have a top-secret photo of the Vikes new uniform. Yeah, right. We'll see it when we see it. Why waste your time? I received seven e-mails on Sunday alone from people on this subject.

No, my prescription involves just walking away from said blog for an undetermined length of time. I spend time in our gardens.....by the way the magnolias are having a great bloom……


The two magnolia. (Click image for larger)

…..putting together The Boy's® 6th birthday party with Super Hero theme. Games included Bad Guy Bowling and a race to save Superman’s life by gathering all the kryptonite that had fallen into our yard the night before when a meteorite whizzed overhead.


Super heroes hunt down kryptonite. (Click image for larger)



Our heroes located all the kryptonite. (Click image for larger)


And then there is trying out new martini recipes, planning for the bathrooms remodeling project, and still researching that possible BMW Z4 because I am suffering from male menopause. No wonder I have had little time to exert on this humble blog.

We’re catching up on movies with our NetFlix Account. Movies viewed last weekend on the ol’ home theater system……


projector_screen2.jpg


…..were: Cinderella Man (great!), The Chronicles of Narnia (The Boy’s® first 2+ hour movie), and Underworld (Kate Beckinsale in leather rocks!). Nothing like popcorn and some special ale to vanquish bloggers block.

My next entry? Who knows, I may discuss boxers versus briefs. V.D.D., indeed. I’ve got it bad.

Help!

Posted by maasx003 at April 17, 2006 01:08 AM
Comments

COD, it's not NDD it is PDD or Parenting Deficit Disorder. You should come up with a mix at your lab to make parents better at their job instead of relying on drugs. If you do go this route, know that I am the one that gave you the idea, and I should get a piece of the pie when the millions start rolling in.
As a teacher I too find it ridiculous to see all the kids that are diagnosed with ADD. So though you were cynical and flat out looking for something to write during a HUGE Vikings down time; this was a good read.

Posted by: ajj90 at April 17, 2006 07:16 AM

COD, Thanks for the post, I was beginning to think there was something wrong with your RSS feed. I was starting to see early signs of, you guessed it, COD.D.D and was just about to seek out a way to control it. My plan was to start with a beer and go from there. I'll bet the super hero party was a blast. It would have been nice to see pictures of a little Ragnar running around though, (complete with skullet.) I can't believe there are people out there that are still mad about your April fools joke... Gees, get over it. I thought it was very elaborate and well put together. It has given me some great ideas for my next April fools, for starters, I thinking of doing it sometime in February ;~)

I enjoy reading your blog, thanks for doing it and also for those great minicamp pics... nice to see the purple this time of year!

Posted by: Kevin at April 17, 2006 03:06 PM
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