The Update

HTML Security

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:37:20 GMT

I have a tiddlywiki for the house.
Dela and I share it.
It has, like, doofy love notes and things like "Thankfulness List".
And "Rob's hyper-detailed procedure for paying bills."
And questions like, "Should we fill the bird feeder all year long?"
and "All the things about the house that should be fixed up."
Anyway, I had it on a machine around the house, shared over wireless, and that was cool, but required that the machine be on all the time, which is lame and wastes energy.
So I put it on my website in a folder.
But that's not secure. I mean, anybody who knows what folder to go into can see the list of vitamins I'm taking.
So I did some googling and reading about security, but it's all, like, total overkill, I guess.
I don't want to spend any time on this. In fact, just writing this post is probably more than this warrants.
I think I'll go read a book.
(I just got the unabridged journals of Dick Proennocke!!! I rock!!! 475 pages worth!)

Milestone

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:22:21 GMT

Tonight was "First Solo Roll-over Night" so we went nuts and took pictures.

Right now

Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:39:11 GMT

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Scouring

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:19:10 GMT

I was just intensely, brutally ill for 5 hours. Apparently, I am not able to process Aleve. Live and learn, I suppose.

Tooth

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:21:34 GMT

Emergency root canal yesterday.
Still very painful.
I think another tooth requires the same procedure.

Six Week Bender

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:11:12 GMT

I'm shifting jobs. (again)
February 13th, I start the new, high-pressure, mad-cap challenging time.
My last day at the current job is December 30.
The money should hold out, so I'm looking at 6 weeks of open time.
Obviously, a great deal of that time will be spent staring at the baby, changing diapers, giving Dela a break and changing diapers.
I'm re-reading "Getting Things Done" in preparation for the planning and tactical phase, which I hope to cheat a little and get done pre 1/1.
Six weeks.
Thoughts, suggestions, experiences?

Favorite part

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:52:23 GMT

So far, my favorite thing about being a dad is carrying her upstairs after she is asleep.
Bathtime is a close second.
And when she sneezes.

Presents

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:03:44 GMT

Paint

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:24:37 GMT

Post

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:36:32 GMT

Crack

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:43:01 GMT

totally WRONG, except the bit about the hammer.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Your Birthdate: July 7

You are an island. You don't need anyone else to make you happy.
And though you see yourself as a loner, people are drawn to you.
Deep and sensitive, you tend to impress others with your insights.
You also tend to be psychic - so listen to that inner voice!

Your strength: Your self sufficiency

Your weakness: You despise authority

Your power color: Maroon

Your power symbol: Hammer

Your power month: July

New photos of the little baby girl

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:02:39 GMT

here

photo shoot

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:24:20 GMT

new pictures of the baby.
here.

Update

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:41:12 GMT

Rainy and cold Saturday morning.
Dela got apples and yogurt for first breakfast.
Now she's napping and Katie and I are downstairs listening to an NPR report on labor relations in the auto industry. Katie enjoys NPR as long as Nina Totenberg isn't on, which confuses me, as I like Nina Totenberg and I'm really a big fan of the Supreme Court, but Katie probably knows something I don't.
We go day to day around here. Systems are gradually being developed, mostly around diaper changing, trash storage and removal, laundry, food preparation... Nothing revolutionary, but there's a world of difference between processes for two adults and processes for two adults and an infant.
We got her through 4 weeks without any major troubles. Why does that feel like a massive accomplishment?
World Series starts tonight... Go Astros! What a historic pitching display this is going to be!! It's always a little sad, though, because in the back of my mind I know that when the series is over, there won't be another pitch thrown for the achingly long, dark, 6 months of Winter.

adoration

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:47:45 GMT

I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650. I Love my Treo 650.
I'm one happy gadgeteer. Everything I need, and it WORKS! It's designed like a tool, not a toy, so all the necessary work-related commands are front and center. It's a joy. Treo 650. Joy.

Completeness

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:50:41 GMT

I now have a Treo 650 on the kitchen table, synching my email relentlessly and carelessly blasting bluetooth effecting 6d4+2 damage in all directions with brutal caprice.
If anyone wants my new cell phone number, write and ask. I'm eager to share.
Also SMS and I can accept pictures and videos and all.
Plus, probably, other things I haven't set up yet.

Enjoyment

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:50:13 GMT

Many more pictures of Katie are loaded up.

Quiet

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:36:46 GMT

Sorry to have been quiet.
Have been focused on nursing Dela.
Katie is fine, Dela is going to be a little while getting back on her feet.
Thanks for all the notes of support.

new pics new pics

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:11:03 GMT

pics

Home with Katie

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:54:10 GMT

We have arrived.
Managed to escape the hospital and survive I-95 to make it home.
Dela has had a nap and we are beginning to get some of our first patterns learned.
Breastfeeding is going well. Dela is sore, but no real complications.
Katie seems more strong than she should be for her size.
I'll post more pictures tonight.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts.

Photos at last

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:59:47 GMT

Everything is well with Dela and Katie.
Pictures via this link

Things are Different

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:29:43 GMT

Please bear with me, as I've not slept in a while and the events have put all my linguistic processing mechanics on the fritz.
Dela is fine. Vaginal delivery, no episiotomy. She actually reached down at the end and pulled Katie up out of herself (?) and put her on her chest (dela's), where Katie rested and recovered for a good long while. And the first words Katie ever heard were Dela telling her how much we're glad to see her and how much we Love her and how we're looking forward to doing all kinds of things together and how good life can be when people Love each other. It was the most sincere thing I've ever heard a person say, by half.
Also, I feel confident that no matter how long I live or what I see, I'll never have a bigger HERO than Dela. What she did in there... people... I can't even tell you.
Katie is perfect. None of the 8.84*10e8^98 things we worried about going wrong happened. She's just perfect. I stared at her for at least 2 hours today and look forward to doing a lot more of that soon.
It seems wrong to be home without Dela or Katie, but at this point, in my state, I'm going to be asleep in 9 minutes anyway, so it really doesn't matter.
Big ups to my buddy Gunnar for posting for me while my hands were full.
Also, in what is surely the first in a long series of parental errors, I left the camera with picutres of Katie at the hospital, so y'all are just going to have to wait. I'm really sorry about that. It was an accident.
Ummm. Ummmm. I know there's something else I'm supposed to say...
Thanks for all the well wishes. I haven't checked the phone yet.

Am presently experiencing Joy.

Katie is here!

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:28:48 GMT

She's here!!! Katie was born at 11:15AM today.

She weighs in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces and is 20 1/2 inches.

Katie, her mother and her father are all doing very well.

Katie is here!

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:22:19 GMT

She's here!!! Katie was born at 11:15AM today.

She weighs in at 7 punds, 15 ounces and is 20 1/2 inches.

Katie, her mother and her father are all doing very well.

6:27AM Friday morning

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:42:34 GMT

Epidural is in