Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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Toren at the beach with Grandmary
A few shots of Toren with Grandmary:
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Toren at the beach – comic version
While Rosemary (Debi’s mother) was here, we went out to Fort de Soto beach. As luck would have it, we arrived amidst storms all around the beach and stayed for a couple of hours without getting rained on. Just as we left, the rain hit (you can see the clouds in the background). I have…
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blech!
I came down with a sore throat yesterday. I usually get at least one cold a semester (which manifests primarily as a sore throat in me for some reason). I basically survive on lozenges when I get these, so when my throat started hurting yesterday, I started in on a bag of lozenges we had…
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4 months
Toren had his 4 months doctor’s visit this afternoon. Here are the latest stats: height – 26 inches (between 75th and 90th percentile) weight – 16 lbs. 12 ounces (between 75th and 90th percentile) head circumference – 16 3/4 inches (50th percentile) The pediatrician said he looked great. Next – vaccinations. He was soooo tired…
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Toren tells a story
So, it’s pretty clear Toren actually had a story in mind here, but something was lost in translation. So, the challenge: Annotate the video in YouTube with your version of Toren’s story. (Note: You can add annotations to the video by following the link.)
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WWI
You may be thinking, “What is Ryan doing posting about WWI? What does he know about WWI?” And if that was what you were thinking, you’d be right – I don’t know anything about WWI. But I was a witness to “Woolley War I”. It was brutal: I think Toren lost this battle. But the…
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I’m the King of my world!
In case you don’t get the reference, the title is from Titanic. Toren spends a good 20 minutes or so in this position, watching the “magic box” with us at night: Bonus: Can anyone tell what we were watching? If you’ve seen it and you listen close, you may be able to tell that Toren…
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I made Glenn Beck mad!
He’s ranting about this report, of which I am a co-author. I consider this a shining achievement and derive almost as much satisfaction from watching Glenn Beck’s hysterics over our survey as I did when I learned I was going to publish my first article. My only regret: I didn’t make him cry!
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You thought I was loud yesterday?
So, you can probably guess at this point that Toren likes to talk. But you haven’t really heard him talk until you’ve heard him yell:
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Who needs parents when you have boppies
Toren entertained himself (and me) for a good 45 minutes on the boppy and play mat: So, on a related side note, I’m not a big fan of buying kids lots of toys. To date, I have bought him a whopping ZERO toys. But, here’s the irony – two things I did buy him are…