When I was eight years old and the Thriller album came out, this was the first album I was completely in love with. Nothing topped it. I remember getting a pair of red parachute pants as a present and thought they were the greatest thing in the world. About a month later I had put …
The First Solidish Food
Last night Lex got his first taste of real food from a spoon instead of from a bottle or the breast. He seemed to enjoy it, though there was a partial bowl up turn in the beginning. The pictures of the incident are below. Click for a larger version.
Becoming a Parent – Part 3
I was in a meeting at work and around 3:45 a call came into my cell phone. Since the meeting was ending soon I didn’t even look at the call and sent it straight to voice mail. As I left the meeting a few minutes later I walked out and saw it was Xie calling …
Father’s Day For My Dad
My father, what do I say. I love the man to death, but for me he wasn’t the perfect father, but neither was I the perfect son. I can say now that he is one of the closest family members I have. Part of that is my nature, part of it is the relationship we …
Becoming a Parent – Part 2
Xie and I had been anti-kids our whole relationship. Well, anti-kids is pretty strong. We will leave it at the fact that we had no plans to ever have any children. Even after the ectopic pregnancy we didn’t have any plans. It was something that if it happened we would handle it, if it didn’t …
VCMA Is Performing At The Vermilion Fish Festival Saturday
This Saturday (6/12/09) the VCMA Community Band is performing at the Vermilion Fish Festival at 3:00PM at the main (only?) stage. Come on down, listen to some music, and say hi.
Becoming a Parent – Part 1
The birth of my son, it’s something I haven’t explicitly written about, until now. It’s been almost four months and it’s now of those thing that you experience and you wonder how can I write about this. It’s also one of those things when your someone who shares so much about yourself online you say …