April 2009

old school

April 30, 2009

Owen is already learning you can’t go home again, even if he doesn’t understand that yet. We’ve had pretty good child care luck. When Owen was born in 2005, Lisa took seven months off. (Before you get all excited and start applying for her job, this was seven months without pay. Lisa’s an opera stage [...]

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my wife thinks twitter is weird

April 23, 2009

Public Service Announcement: This is where I start saying fuck on my blog. This will likely continue. You’ve been warned. I am obsessed with like Twitter. Lisa thinks it’s weird. Being honest, I thought Twitter was weird too before I figured out why it rules and became obsessed got into it. I’ve been on Twitter [...]

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do not underestimate the power of the tummy

April 18, 2009

Owen is obsessed with Star Wars. Owen is 3 3/4 (he’ll correct you if you say he’s 3 1/2), and obsessed with Star Wars. He’s probably too young for this fairly violent (and completely awesome) series of films (and cartoons – did you know there were cartoons?!). But we love it, and thought he would [...]

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elmo vs. the easter bunny

April 16, 2009

Some giant furry creatures we trust, others we don’t. Why is not always clear. Honestly, I would have expected this to go the other way. The Easter Bunny … ok. Elmo, not so much.

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stuff that’s hard

April 14, 2009

I’m not good at sticking with stuff that’s hard. I tend to start things then not see them through. Here is a list of things I’ve started and not really finished to my satisfaction. guitar lessons bass guitar lessons voice lessons (yes, I got a degree, but more on that later) blogging (see how sometimes [...]