As of 10:30 this morning, the doctor said that David's spinal culture was still negative for bacterial growth. This is good - it means that it's viral & therefore not as dangerous or contagious. The doctor even told me to not bother with a gown, gloves, or mask when I visit. If you haven't been exposed yet, he still wants masks for the next 4 ( Read more... )

I think most people have gotten the news from other channels, but David is sick right now. He has meningitis, though we don't know if it's viral or bacterial yet ( Read more... )

Is google evil or amazingly cool? I don't always know. But they have a new app to try and help prevent you from "inebriated emailing" (the 2000's version of "drunk dialing").http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-

So during our visit to Katherine & family, Matthew discovered her magnetic letter toy and played with it incessantly our last day there (at least as long as we didn't need to get into the fridge).  It's annoying and repetitive - the kid put the letter in, presses it, and it sings "P says "puh", M says "puh", every letter makes a sound, P says "puh ( Read more... )

So, I'm that person in the office who always has a basket of candy on my desk.  I make sure to always keep it stocked, out of the goodness of my heart, so everyone knows where to come when they get that 4:00 sinking spell and just have to have a fix.  So today, my candy basket is empty of what I like to eat (I try to stock w/varied things, even if ( Read more... )

In an article about a youth cycling group attending the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships

"It's like the Olympics of mountain biking," Goerner said. "Except for the Olympics, which are the actual Olympics of mountain biking."

The really scary part is the person quoted is not one of the kids, but the site supervisor of their training

For Austin-ite movie goers:
Based on previous post, Kris invited David to go out and see Hellboy this Thursday while the kids are in school. Batman is still pending. Someone take charge to set it up? (and I refuse to since I don't actually want to go and see the movies!! :)

For anyone in Austin who desires to see Hellboy 2 or the new Batman movie ( Read more... )

This struck me as one of the most self evident statements I've recently read.

"Man struck by lightning, says 'it hurt'"

The really scary part? This was a front page headline news on CNN this morning. Really? Really?! There's nothing more interesting or thoughtful that we should be informing the population about?

For all of my parent-geek friends http://www.jinx.com/minigeeks/baby/video_games/level_1_human_creeper.html?catid=13