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Christmas for a 3 year old is like his 1st ever!

My grandson is 3 this Christmas & so excited, almost like it's his 1st Christmas!

Yesterday I posted a baby's first Christmas poem for my granddaughter and just couldn't resist going back a couple of years and making a baby's first Christmas poem for my grandson who is 3 this year. Even though AJ is 3 years old and it's obviously not his first Christmas you would think it was by his excitement over it. When we are in the stores and he sees decorations for sale and displays of Christmas trees he just has to go and see "Christmas" as he calls it. I can be pushing the cart with him in the back and I hear "Grandma Christmas, Christmas Grandma" as he's pointing toward the decorated trees. It is so wonderful to see Christmas through a 3 year old little boys eyes. When we are driving after dark and pass by houses decorated with lights and Santa on a roof top, again I hear "Christmas Grandma" and at that moment any worries I may have had in mind disappear and the world is perfect for that minute. He says Santa Claus is bringing him a monster truck and hot wheels cars. I asked him if he was going to go tell Santa what he wanted when he came to the mall or did he want to write him a letter-well he chose the letter, can't say I blame him. If you get the chance to celebrate Christmas with your children or grandchildren make sure you take a minute to see it through their eyes, you will be so happy you did. 

Merry Christmas AJ, Grandma loves you very much!

Baby's First Christmas, 2011!

This Christmas is my granddaughter's 1st.

Abbygail Lyla at the age of 9 months will be enjoying her first Christmas this year with her big brother AJ who is 3 years old. She will be surrounded by her loving family, most important is her Mommy Ashley & her Daddy Alan. Abby's extended family is going to enjoy watching Christmas through a darling baby girl's eyes and loving every minute of it. I know I will be there for every second of all the joy my two wonderful grand children will bring to our holiday season and our lives forever. Christmas is always so much more special with little ones running around and laughing with no care in the world just pure happiness. I will cherish these moments forever and always remember to hug them, love them and see all the beautiful wonders of the world as they see them. 

Merry 1st Christmas Abbygail, Grandma loves you so much!

Wikipedia Considering Blackout to Oppose SOPA!

Does a blank Wikipedia send a strong message?

While some members of the entertainment industry believe that without the help of SOPA, the future of content distribution is in doubt, other members of the tech industry have a different perspective. In fact, a number of tech giants are taking the exact opposite approach of their entertainment industry counterparts. That is, while they don’t support the idea of piracy, they do not approve of how SOPA goes about policing the web’s content.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is considering a site-wide “blank out” of Wikipedia’s pages. Is this approach too extreme or is Wales correct in his anti-SOPA stance. Thoughts? Reactions? Share them in the comments.

Consider NBC Universal’s approach, one that includes an edict of support SOPA or we’ll have serious issues distributing content from those who don’t. That’s right, NBC threatened their content suppliers with a “support SOPA or else” threat, representing a position that’s similar to blackmail. Apparently that’s business as usual in the corporate world, but there is hope. As indicated, not every tech industry giant is falling in step with SOPA/PIPA, including such big names like Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo, companies that are diametrically opposed to how SOPA works.

Now, you can add Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to the anti-SOPA pile. Wales and Wikipedia are so against the ideas set forth by SOPA — mainly, the censorship aspect — they are considering blacking Wikipedia out as a method of protest; and when I say “blacking out,” I mean turning all of the Wikipedia pages blank, as in, no content, in an effort to show just how how much Wikipedia opposes the idea of censorship.

To facilitate his idea, Wales posted a suggestion on his User Talk Wikipedia page, and it, in no uncertain terms, lays out Wales’ position. His statement is below in blockquote form, and he invites other Wikipedia members and users to respond to his makeshift poll:

A few months ago, the Italian Wikipedia community made a decision to blank all of Italian Wikipedia for a short period in order to protest a law which would infringe on their editorial independence. The Italian Parliament backed down immediately. As Wikipedians may or may not be aware, a much worse law going under the misleading title of “Stop Online Piracy Act’ is working its way through Congress on a bit of a fast track.

I may be attending a meeting at the White House on Monday (pending confirmation on a couple of fronts) along with executives from many other top Internet firms, and I thought this would be a good time to take a quick reading of the community feeling on this issue. My own view is that a community strike was very powerful and successful in Italy and could be even more powerful in this case.

There are obviously many questions about whether the strike should be geotargetted (US-only), etc. (One possible view is that because the law would seriously impact the functioning of Wikipedia for everyone, a global strike of at least the English Wikipedia would put the maximum pressure on the US government.) At the same time, it’s of course a very very big deal to do something like this, it is unprecedented for English Wikipedia.

Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimbo Wales… 07:42, 10 December 2011‎

While a great deal of the responses are of the “Support” or “Firmly Support,” there are a number who of users who are opposed to the way Wikipedia is planning on protesting SOPA; although, many who opposed Wales’ postion did so because they don’t want Wikipedia getting involved in political issues.

An example:

Oppose, really bad idea. Blanking the site for a political purpose, even one that helps Wiki, is using power over content for advocacy. It’s in the same class as deleting an article that might help a candidate or cause some subset of us don’t like. Yes, not as egrigious…but in the same class. (And there will be some subset of Wikipedians that support SOPA. Heck, I hear they even let Republicans edit this site, occasionally.)

Chris Richardson 
http://www.webpronews.com/wikipedia-considering-blackout-to-oppose-sopa-2011-12