Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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putting Toren to work
It is true that I asked Debi how old Toren has to be before I can have him mow the lawn (we’re still negotiating that one). I don’t mind mowing it, but it sure would be nice to have someone else mow it for free! Of course, Debi will tell you I plan on making…
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Toren at happy hour
Some of the faculty at my University get together for happy hour at Bella’s in South Tampa on Friday’s at 4. Debi and I were out running a few errands on Friday and decided to stop by briefly with Toren. One of my colleagues (props to Steve) snapped a couple of photos with his iPhone:…
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Toren as Torena
I’m a sociologist. I’m all into trying to raise my boy in a non-stereotypical fashion. I won’t be pushing sports or cars on him. To that end, I insisted that we buy Toren gender neutral onesies. Light green works great. Even light browns are fine for both girls and boys. But, um, yellow… Well, you…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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more smiles
We think Toren’s smiles are pretty adorable: So, he’s cute, right? Then I snap this one:
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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…
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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…
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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: