Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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Toren as Computer
I had to replace the motherboard on my computer (bad ethernet port, but still under warranty; 2 weeks without my desktop, but worth it). While my computer was out of commission, the little cubby where my computer goes was empty. In a never-ending bid to find awful ways to torment Toren, I put him inside…
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Toren is 1!
Yep, Debi and I did it! We kept Toren alive for a whole year! Hooray for us! Here’s a picture for you to enjoy: He has his 1 year checkup Thursday, so I’ll have stats on height/weight then. I’m also compiling some statistics. Here’s a sampler: Total posts on the blog about Toren since he…
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news interviews
Here are the other two interviews I did that landed me on local TV. The first is from the day of the raid – May 20th. I happened to have students coming over for dinner that night (from a small May class I taught). A reporter from Fox 13 stopped by before my students did…
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fire this advertising company
I’ve seen this billboard a few times in the last few weeks and figured I’d take a picture of it: Not sure what they were thinking. Memorable? Yes. Witty? No.
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HTC Droid Incredible – additional thoughts
I posted before about our new phones – HTC Droid Incredibles. Perhaps I’m just trying to justify the purchase to myself, but I’ve figured out a few new tricks with the phone that are worth mentioning. Perhaps the coolest feature I’ve found recently, which really makes this a smart phone, is what it does when…
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Toren’s Moves
Toren can walk! I mentioned a few posts back that he was walking between Debi and I. Now, he’s just simply walking: The video above shows a bunch of his moves. He walks, sits, stands, crawls, cruises, bends over to pick stuff up, etc. He’s getting mobile!!! Apparently he walks quite a bit at daycare…
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Back in the News
Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking with Leonora LaPeter Anton at the St. Petersburg Times about the pill mill/pain management center that was behind my house. Her story hit the paper today: Pill mill’s demise brings relief to neighbors. Here’s the picture from that story: Apparently my picture is in the print edition…
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Toren vs. Ryan’s hair
We’re cheap. Ergo, Debi cuts my hair. She does a good job cutting it, but it’s also because she doesn’t charge me anything. 😉 Now enter Toren… I needed a haircut. Toren needed a nap, but didn’t want to take one. So, we decided that Debi would cut my hair and Toren could sit near…
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Toren’s first popsicle
We stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription for Debi. While we waited for them to fill the prescription, we did a little shopping. I’ve been digging popsicles lately (it’s 90 degrees here and they are relatively low calorie), so I picked some up. While we waited for Debi to pay for her prescription,…
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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Toren and I went for another hike last Sunday. This time it was to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg. I couldn’t really get a good sense of what to expect from the website. Basically, there is a learning center and a nature preserve on Lake Maggiore. Once you’re in the preserve, you’d never…