Archive for April, 2006

best quote about parenting, not about parenting

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

“Since then it’s been a book you read in reverse
So you understand less as the pages turn”
– The Shins, “Pink Bullets”

en fuego -or- the new Sesame Street

Friday, April 7th, 2006

so…Samson and I have started an early morning ritual: we come downstairs and watch the 6am SportsCenter over some coffee and fortifide breastmilk (not always at the same time or mixed together).
I’m positive that his first words are going to come from this list:
“winner, winner, chicken dinner”
“that’s levitation, holmes”
“say hello to my little friend!”

draining pints, just like daddy

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

so…I have been quiet here on the parent front — hell, I’ve been non-existant in general here. We’re all doing well, adjusting to family life (read: not sleeping).
Samson is doing great! If you didn’t know about his surgery, you would never be able to tell by looking at him.
One of the common problems with any […]

Monday Morning Quarter-in-the-Jukebox: one of the many paths we come from

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Last week, a guy I worked with six years ago passed away after being in a car accident. I hadn’t spoken with him at all since he left the company. Two years ago he started working with Reilly, so he would come up in conversation every now and then, and I would always say something […]