The Arm & Hammer company, purveyor of fine icebox destinkifier, was created by a fellow named...
...Armand Hammer.
Un. Be. Lievable.
Let it be known that I will someday create a company called "She's White, Sir."
Renown
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And it goes both ways. Nikola Tesla was born during a lightning storm; Jeffrey Dahmer liked to torture squirrels. Renown, she is a fickle mistress.
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At any rate, as a responsible and thoughtful parent, I feel it is my duty to record and preserve childhood mementos demonstrating that, why, of course, my child was dabbling in X decades before the National Academy of X recognized her for achievements in X. There's nothing like a story arc that traces greatness from its humble beginnings -- in fact, the people demand it! To that end, and because one cannot always predict how renown will be manifest, I've resolved to photograph or videotape Ruby (and Alex, as he gets a little bigger) in all manner of renown-foreshadowing activities. Here's a list of pictures I've got tucked away for that special day:
- Ruby writing a book
- Ruby painting
- Ruby singing
- Ruby banging a gong
"Aye, Jon slept like a rock e'en then!" 
- Ruby skillfully maneuvering large construction equipment
- Ruby polemicizing
- Ruby estimating a person's weight within five pounds
- Ruby solving for X
- Ruby discrediting a rival's theory on the multiverse
- Ruby addressing the nation
- Ruby securing a mortise-and-tenon joint
- Ruby interrupting your regular programming
- Ruby personally guaranteeing the warranty
- Ruby nailing the 720°
- Ruby buying a vowel
- Ruby expositing on Paul's letter to Colossae
When the Day of Renown comes, I'll be ready!
