Ryan and Debi & Toren

Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

  • a partial victory is still a victory

    Generally, Toren sleeps better with his arms swaddled next to him.  But that doesn’t keep him from fighting to get his arms free.  This time around, it was only a partial victory: I think the victory wiped him out, too.  Oh well, I’m sure victory still smells sweet in your sleep…

  • family photos

    While in Utah my family had photos taken: front row, left to right: Morgan Cragun, Amanda Cragun, McKenzie Cragun, Kennedy Cragun, Ethan Chard, Brent Cragun, Sydney Cragun, Eugenie Cragun, Toren Cragun, Connor Cragun, Brock Cragun, Karlie Rupe, Pyper Cragun back row, left to right: Jessica Cragun (with child), Josh Cragun, Mario Chard, Wendy Chard, Trey…

  • Ubuntu: How to save handouts in OpenOffice Impress as PDFs

    I’m not a computer programmer (sometimes I wish I was), so I’m going to guess that implementing the ability to save handouts as PDFs in OpenOffice.org’s Impress (OpenOffice’s version of Powerpoint) may be a very challenging programming task.  For those who have never used OpenOffice, one of its greatest features is the built-in ability to…

  • more smiles

    We think Toren’s smiles are pretty adorable: So, he’s cute, right?  Then I snap this one:

  • You disagree with me? LAAA LAAA LAAA

    As a social scientist I’m fully aware of the fact that people tend to listen to, observe, and even seek out media and information that support their existing beliefs (this is a subset of both confirmation bias and self-justification).  Along with this is the tendency of people to avoid, criticize, and even demean any media…

  • Toren pulls a face

    So, I think we’ve decided the Jumper isn’t going to work for Toren for a little while (props to Sharon for noting that we should probably wait until he can sit up by himself).  But before I received that advice, we put him into the Jumper one last time.  Of course, Toren is cute in…

  • onesie fail

    Debi put Toren into a onesie jumper outfit the other day only to realize at the end of her efforts that something was amiss:

  • crab boy

    We put Toren into this cute crab outfit his grandmother gave us only to realize that the shorts are enormous on him:

  • Am I officially a dad?

    I was putting together my discussion notes for class tomorrow and was looking for pictures illustrating the conflict between Israel and Palestine.  I found this picture: It’s from a September 2003 Washington Post story.  The look on the man’s face as he carries the child away from danger tears me up.  It’s clear that he…

  • prevent cavities with lollipops?

    If you regularly follow this blog, you’ll know that I’m not a fan of alternative medicine.  In fact, I think it would be fair to say that I despise alternative medicine.  But, there are occasionally legitimate advances that come out of what is traditionally considered alternative medicine.  Those advances, of course, become part of the…