Archives for June 2009

I can now find you.

If you steal my backpack with my iphone in it. I can find you.

If you hijack my car, better hope I didn’t leave my phone in the glove box.

CHECK IT. THIS NOW MAKES MY IPHONE A PERSONAL FBI ITEM per apple’s latest software update announcement.

Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe. With the new Find My iPhone web app on me.com you can locate your lost iPhone on a map and display a message on its screen to help someone return it. If you think you’ve misplaced your iPhone nearby, have it play a sound even when it is set to silent mode. And if your iPhone cannot be recovered, you can use Remote Wipe to permanently erase its data and protect your privacy.

THIS IS RAD!!!!

Now, I just want to know if I can personalize the message that shows up on the screen if you jack it. Like maybe to say “I see you and if you don’t return this phone, the cops are gonna cuff you in 10… 9… 8… 7…..”

Or if I buy one for my kids in their teenage years, then can I track them and then send a message saying “you’re late” or for my daughter “I will always love you more than that schmuck who is dating you.” Oh the possibilities are endless. And my kids will hate me.

But until then. DON’T JACK WITH MY IPHONE.

Band events are not boring. Band events are not boring. Band events are not boring.

Say it with me people.

“Band events are not boring.”

TJ and I have decided we might get a fever right before the next awards ceremony. It’s like a graduation ceremony only with instruments and stuff. He even says the school events are boring.

BUT, before you say I don’t care or that my kid hates band and we force him or something, know this- he likes it and is good at it! 🙂

here are some other facts you should know:

• I went to the concerts and the awards ceremony last week. Which is seriously saying something.

• My kid is the man and can play a couple of instruments (trumpet, trombone and some piano and stuff) and read music. Which says way more.

• He won the award for the greatest servant. Yep, the one most likely to serve his peers and teachers and help out without being asked. That’s simply amazing!!! Yeah for TJ. So proud of my band helper kid.

• Becky and Billy got through the awards gig looking through pics on my iphone. Tyler made it through cuddling with his mom.

Just found out that facebook now lets you set a user name instead of assigning you some random assortment of letters and asterisks and punctuation and such after the facebook web address.

I chose “briancberry”.  What a shocker.  So now you can find me:

• on facebook at www.facebook.com/briancberry 
• here at briancberry.blogspot.com or I just bought briancberry.com for the fun of it and if you go there, whallah, you’ll be directed back here. 
• and on twitter at twitter.com/briancberry   

I think that’s kinda cool, and pretty streamlined if you’re searching for me.

Today was the annual “Dad’s n Donuts” at our local elementary school.  I think they want us all fat and slow.  But, my kids showed up at my bedside this morning at 6:45 to tell me we need to go NOW!

So today I went with all 5 kids.  TJ bummed a ride for a free donut and Becky and Billy didn’t miss out either, even though it’s really only where Tyler and Jake are attending right now.

The event is 600 donuts, hot chocolate, starbucks coffee, and OJ.

Great way to start out the day 🙂

I asked Billy:  “Billy, today is dad’s n donuts.  Which is better, Dad’s or donuts?”

Billy said: “Daddy”.

I said, “That’s right.  Your donut is gone, but your Daddy is still here.” 

As I looked around, I wondered how many kids at this school don’t come to Dad’s n Donuts cuz Dad is no where to be found.  I was both blessed by the presence of the Dad’s that are there and mourning for the kids who would come for donuts in search of a Dad.

Here’s Billy sporting his new shades he scored yesterday with some birthday money!  Ha… so fun.

Ok, so on my way to work I listed to the Jeff and Jer showgram on 94.1 on weekday mornings. (sometimes using the iheart radio free app on my iphone too) Occasionally I find out stuff that is intriguing, especially their own stories of life and change. Tommy (like the producer or something) shared a testimony of life change once that was amazing. Jeff recently did the same when he got “re-married” and caught everyone off guard cuz no one knew he had gotten a divorce. His integration of faith and family and reality and pain and hurt and hopes and dreams caused me to sit in my car and listen for like 20 minutes in the parking lot at work one morning.

But, I think I listen mostly cuz I think they are funny!

Here’s three things they talked about on the air and then put on their website that we’re interesting and a few that I found hysterical.

NAVY SEAL AD: This ad from the navy seals is awesome. I had a whole Navy Seal read-a-thon period of my life where I read all kinds of stuff about them and their “hell week” training here in San Diego. I even got lucky and watched part of it in the bay one night while shannon and I had dinner in coronado when they were training shortly after moving here. So, I’m kind of a Navy Seal junkie. Sorta. Maybe one of my kids will be a Navy Seal. If so, do yourself a favor and don’t jack with them. They are legit. So is this ad. (Click on it to make it bigger)

DEMOTIVATOR POSTERS: Lastly, I’ve seen tons of demotivator posters and even bought one of the original despair company calendars that started the whole trend, but these two made me laugh out loud. Try not to hate me for the stuff that I find funny.