Archive for September, 2005
I’d just like to point something out real quick that has truly irritated me with the recent news coverage of Katrina and it’s subsequent change for Rita (for reasons which I clearly understand). American citizens leaving their homes on a long-term basis because they were victims of a catastrophic hurricane does NOT make them refugees!!! One who [ READ MORE ]
Until I met Shae I had never heard the term “zerbert”. In fact, when she first told me of this name I though it was just a family thing… but alas I was wrong. So, this morning we had our now ritual “wake up daddy and mommy” with Johnathan, and Shae did a zerbert on [ READ MORE ]
Johnathan was in his room fussing a little bit and I found it odd that he was crying and didn’t come to me. I went into the room and he had crawled up on the futon with a pile of books and his face lit when he saw me. “Bah?” he said, [ READ MORE ]
Everyone give Ben a big round of applause… [ READ MORE ]
Long story short, I was reading news articles and blogs about the death of my good friend Conrad. It was really strange to see people talk about him that didn’t know him, and this one guy said the following and it kinda set me off: “Conrado Salinas sounds like a hispanic name……TJ is a dangerous [ READ MORE ]
Johnathan can now consistently recognize and sign, say, or make sounds to indicate the following words: Duck (His first) Dog Cat Fish Butterfly Bird Spider Horse Ball Hungry/Thirsty Baby (His new favorite) More This/That Papa/Dad …and he tries very hard to imitate other words we say to him. We’ve got a little talker! This morning He got very excited and crawled on top of me and stuck his [ READ MORE ]
Since yesterday was so eventful, I thought I would post my own version of the events, starting with Wednesday. On Wednesday I flew down to San Jose for a meeting with Longs corporate in Walnut Creek, CA. We were there to discuss many issues that pertained directly to my job. It was a stressful meeting in [ READ MORE ]