Now I just need to make a little Thor Heyerdahl .


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Yesterday, due to the horrendously inappropriate cold and snowfall, I had to take Nate for a little ride. No, I don't mean out to a cornfield, next to a freshly dug grave (though if he doesn't start picking up his toys...). I mean that, after a day of yowling and dashing about in boredom over being trapped inside, I needed to find some external ( Read more... )

Sue sees Nate!


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Nate, March 20, 2008


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We spent part of yesterday and today in Milwaukee, hanging out at the Hilton hotel. We were there to watch Ike, our friends Dave and Rebecca's son while they attended the wedding and reception of one of Dave's cousins (if I recollect correctly). With the exception of a brief meltdown when Ike realized his momma wasn't around, we had a good evening ( Read more... )

I swear we're not raising a hipster. We don't dress Nate in Ramones shirts or take him to Shellac concerts or anything like that. If anything we're trying to give him as normal and unaffected a childhood as possible. When he leaves the house in 18 years (and he IS going away to college, because that's the first step toward independence every kid ( Read more... )

This morning. Nate has finished breakfast in the kitchen. He looks over at the refrigerator and sees the photo of Biden and Obama we have stuck there. Mike shows Nate the picture ( Read more... )

Tonight we had a parade around the house, he took two puzzle pieces, like so ( Read more... )

I have a Flip video camera. I want to convert the AVI movies it creates into files that can be viewed on a DVD player. My Mac says that my version of OSX can't work with the iDVD app, which seems weird because I recently updated my OS. I've never used iDVD before, so I have no yardstick by which to measure its effectiveness either. iMovie seems to ( Read more... )

Nate is currently in love with giraffes. I wonder if I'd amuse or mentally scar him if I came into his bedroom some morning wearing this goddamned thing.


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