Author: server_deity
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Verna Probst
Debi’s great aunt, Verna Probst, passed away on April 25th. Verna was a lot like a grandmother to Debi and the rest of her family and was very close to Debi’s parents. Debi and Toren flew out for the funeral at the end of April (while they were sick, unfortunately). Here’s the obituary from the…
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playing in poop
The last month or so around our house hasn’t been the greatest. Debi came down with an ear infection. Toren likely had one at the same time, but we didn’t realize it right away. Eventually they were both on antibiotics and each of them tried multiple antibiotics before they found anything that seemed to work.…
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a vote against McCollum for Governor of Florida
Anyone looking for a reason not to vote for Bill McCollum for Governor of Florida? Look no further than an article in today’s St. Petersburg Times noting that, under his direction, the State Attorney General’s office spent over $100,000 on “expert” testimony to hire George Rekers, a homophobic hack who had already been discredited by…
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in the news…
I wrote up my experience with the pain management clinic behind my house on my blog a few months ago. Since then, a lot has happened. A bunch of people have emailed me about the clinic; I’ve talked to lawyers and reporters and patients and documentary film makers about this. I’m not sure what will…
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walking
It’s been a crazy week (more on this later), but Toren is now walking! Yep, he is able to stand up by himself (without pulling up on anything) and walk. I literally just watched him do it. (I’ll post footage at some point.) He’s still pretty unstable and he cruises whenever he can, but he…
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walking
I’ve mentioned that Toren loves to walk – that’s all he wants to do with us. He now does it holding on to one finger with one hand so he can use the other to carry stuff around. Last Wednesday, the day I pick Toren up from daycare, I watched him let go of his…
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Toren scare
Debi came down with an ear infection last week. Toren likely came down with it at the same time, but it took us a bit longer to recognize his symptoms. Debi took him into the doctor and the doctor prescribed a strong antibiotic. Given how he was feeling, we decided not to send him to…
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Toren milestone updates
Toren has recently learned how to sit up. It seems like he should have known how to do that quite a while ago, but for seem reason he had a hard time learning how to do that. Anyway, he can do it now, which means we don’t have to sit him up anymore. That basically…
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Ubuntu: Resizing Virtual Screen in X11
Thanks to a little surplus grant money, I was able to purchase a nice, large, external monitor for my office. With my docking station, that meant I could use two monitors simultaneously – my laptop monitor and my external monitor. I had been doing this previously, but the external monitor I had before was about…
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family photos
While Debi’s parents were here we took some photos. Here are some of the better ones: