August 2008

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Jacob’s First Cereal

Last week I posted video of Ava’s first taste of cereal. Here is the video of Jacob’s first foray into solid food. They are about the same age.

Food, Glorious Food

I have been using Quicken to record my purchases since I got out of college 10 years ago. I am fairly meticulous about recording the category that goes with the purchase, for example Dining, Auto:Fuel, Shannon:Clothes, etc. When you have that much history and information at your disposal, you can find some interesting trends. I [...]

Visiting Noah

A few weeks back we went and visited my sister and her family. Her son Noah is 2 weeks older than Ava so it is neat to see them together and watch them grow.

The Sad State of Politics in America

I just got a telemarketer call which the caller ID listed as simply “Political Call”. The girl, she sounded quite young, said she was representing the Republican Majority Campaign which is some type of Republican PAC group. I decided to humor her and actually have a conversation. It went like this… Call-Girl: “Who do you [...]

Ava’s First Cereal

I suspect there is an disproportional relationship to the busyness of my life and the quantity of posting on my website. I have not added anything here in 3 weeks and just a few things in the last couple of months. Yet, it has not been because nothing has been happening, but the opposite that [...]