Big News

I’m going to break form today and get personal so, watch out! If you know me well, I’ve probably already told you this and, if I haven’t, I’m sorry. Keep reading for the full scoop.

We’re having a baby!

First Picture

Above is the first sonogram picture, taken Oct. 3, 2007 at nearly 10 weeks.

Now, if you are good with math and calendars, you know that we’re due on May 1. We’re crazy excited and so are our girls and extended family. A couple months later (December 7), we went to a doctor with a better machine for some more pictures. Here are a couple more shots:

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12-7 another look

This, we knew, would be our chance to find out the gender of our child. Last time, we didn’t find out early and the anticipation nearly killed me. This time, Amy still didn’t want to know. After much pleading on my part, however, she relented.

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Big Game

Well, kids, Saturday is the big game. Actually they’ve all been big games for a few weeks now but, this is the playoffs.

So, I know you’re all fired up and think the ‘Skins are on a roll but I have one thing to say to you

Chickens, don't count them

R.I.P. Sean Taylor

Sean Taylor

Washington Redskins Safety, Father, Son and reformed bad-boy; Sean Taylor died last night from a gunshot wound that he sustained in an apparent home invasion early Monday night.

“This is just such a tragic, horrible, unnecessary death — another example of the incessant violence in this city and this country,” Richard Sharpstein, Taylor’s attorney, said early Tuesday morning.

Taylor, drafted 5th overall in 2004, had made a name for himself as a stopping force with little equal on the field. His off-field legal difficulties appeared to have been put in the past leaving behind a stronger, more mature, player.

He will be missed on the field but, even more so, our thoughts are with his family in this sad time.

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I’m not sure if I should file this under ‘Conspiratorial Artistic Genius’ or ‘Hobbyists In Need Of Hobby’ but, some intrepid Radiohead fans have begun peeling back the perceived layers surrounding the release of In Rainbows and its (supposed) relationship with 1997’s Ok Computer. From Puddlegum:

Radiohead: 01 and 10

Ten years after OK Computer shocked the world, Radiohead released In Rainbows on October 10 (10/10). Though no one was expecting the album to be released until 2008, Radiohead announced In Rainbows just ten days in advance. In Rainbows, which consists of ten letters, has ten tracks, and would be downloadable from a rumored ten servers.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg…

These guys at Puddlegum have been down this road before but, this time, they’ve expanded the theory to suggest that Ok Computer (01) and In Rainbows (10) are not merely distantly connected or companion pieces. They have, in fact, proposed that the two should actually be merged! Continue reading →