Soccer Dad

My wife loves me

For the past two years we have had these awful Motorola cellular phones. The chargers had an awful plug that broke every few months. The operating system was pathetic. About the only good thing about these phones is that the batteries didn't drain nearly as fast as with our previous phones from Nokia.
Well my wife went this week to Cingular, and upgraded the phones to some spiffy Sony/Ericsson flip camera phones. And to top it all off, Cingular has a Star Wars promotion going on, so not only can we get 4 free tickets to "Revenge of the Sith" we also get Star Wars wallpapers, Star Wars ring tones and even a short video from "The Empire Strikes Back." (Yes I can set my ring to the sound of Tie Fighters or C3P0 saying:

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field are approximately 3,720 to 1.

(Shouldn't the word be "probability?")
But these phones, with a graphical interface are really nice. And I can get a signal inside work now! The only major downsides are the ease with which files can be erased accidentally, the lack of good games and I really don't like ringtones. But overall this like going from DOS to Windows 95 without suffering through W3.1 in between. And C3P0 to boot. Thanks dear.
Other Star Wars miscellany: My 14 year old, by the way, does a really good imitation of Darth Vader's breathing. And I enjoy imitating James Earl Jones saying: "Join me Simba and we can rule the universe as father and son." One of my sons has added "...using Verizon DSL."
For Seder presents I got my 2 older boys plastic light sabres. Yes, I tried to throw them to the ground and make the blade come out, sort of like a staff turning into a snake. (Yes, that's the relevance to the Seder.) Of course, then the 6 year old wanted one too.
Finally, the ex Mrs. Simon has not aged well. And I think the jokes are a little tasteless.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 13, 2005 06:48 AM | TrackBack