July 22nd, 2004
BBC NEWS | England | Girl given dead foetus in bottle It boggles the mind how people can be so callous. She’s a 14-year-old girl — just a baby herself. I’m sure she had enough painful memories from this ordeal without this adding to it. No matter what mistakes she’d made in the past, she [...]
July 22nd, 2004
We had a very relaxing (but hot!) morning at the park today followed by a lovely little lunch and a family nap in the afternoon. I think I’m finally getting the hang of this whole vacation thing. I’ll have to do it more often. In other news, a french press makes the best possible coffee [...]
July 20th, 2004
All of my shipments arrived today. That was kind of nice, since usually I see the delivery confirmations but then have to wait several hours until I get home to open them. Being on vacation I got to open them the minute they landed on the doorstep. I received a Bodum Chambord 8-Cup Coffee Press [...]
July 19th, 2004
Today, my week-long vacation (if by “vacation” you mean the exact opposite of relaxation) officially began. Let me just say that, although I knew how difficult it is to be with two toddlers all day long, I have a much increased appreciation for what my wife goes through every day. She was there with me [...]
July 19th, 2004
After hearing the news that Google purchased Picasa and were now giving away the software for free (as in beer), I thought I’d give it a try. My first impression is that it is very elegant. The interface is clean and responsive. The main screen provides a unified view of all of the photos in [...]
July 19th, 2004
I just finished importing all of the entries I was interested in keeping from my previous blog. Everything prior to May 2004 was imported today.
July 17th, 2004
Well, you have to listen between the lines. Just saw him pimpin’ Sugarmill Woods (affordable Homosassa, Florida real estate — no, really) on SciFi during a commercial break. The false enthusiasm was palpable. I’m sure he went immediately from shooting the commercial to the nearest bar. How apt. Update (Dec 2004): I just saw him [...]
July 15th, 2004
My daughter threw a (thankfully, relatively rare) Major Fit last night at bedtime because we were reading her brother’s storybook before hers. The story lineup for the evening was a pleasant book of nursery rhymes followed by the more mature The Velveteen Rabbit. I tried talking her down, but my son and I left her [...]