A slightly rough article about the American tendency to move around as a result of following "career" success and how that has effected the interactions with extended family and made children "orphans" from extended families as parent's pursue success. The comments at the bottom are interesting as well.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Gunnar Skateboarding.
My brother-in-law, Rob Sentz, took this pick of Gunnar skateboarding last Saturday evening (8/7/10).
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Our motives...
A good article by Peter J. Leithart about what or who motivates humans. Click here for the article.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Dedicated to my dad and anyone else who has worked in the airline industry.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/08/09/jetblue-attendant-goes-ballistic-on-flight-to-jfk/
This is hilarious. Dad, I know you will understand.
This is hilarious. Dad, I know you will understand.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Blanket apology to an entire national forest. (Oh, Ochoco! I have wronged thee!)
Apparently, I have unintentionally insulted an entire region of central Oregon with my blatant misspellings in my previous blog entries. As a native Oregonian (99.9% native), this is an egregious error and I stand ready to be banished to northern Idaho as a result of my foibles and ignorance. Please forgive me Ochoco National Forest. I will never make your Oh into I again.
(Many thanks to my wife the spelling and grammar drill sergeant. Why she is not working for a national publisher or major newspaper as a technical editor, I'll never know. My poetry stands corrected, though still in earnest.)
(Many thanks to my wife the spelling and grammar drill sergeant. Why she is not working for a national publisher or major newspaper as a technical editor, I'll never know. My poetry stands corrected, though still in earnest.)
Deep Creek Campground, Ochico NF
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
7th Anniversary...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Zane's nick-names.
Zane has managed to gain several nick-names in his short 9 months of life. They are as follows...
"Baby Zane" - The reasons for this are obvious, but not so obvious is Abby's love of two syllable names. Zane was just too short for her.
"B-Zay" - This one came about as a result of shortening the first nick-name, but also from a song I (Nick) made up that I sing to him while putting him to bed. This is the name that he answers too most readily, as it is the most commonly used, even by the kids. If you are going to call him anything besides Zane, then call him this as it will get his attention the fastest. (that or dangle some toilet paper in front of his face... I'll explain that one next.)
"The T.P. Bandit" - One of Zane's favorite past times is to crawl into the bathroom and head straight to the toilet paper. He pulls himself up next to it and proceeds to pull reams and reams of it from the roll. If not stopped, he will also attempt to consume the T.P., as it seems to him that his parents don't feed him enough!
"The Cackler" - Early on, Zane did not laugh in the common way that most people do. No "ha-ha's" or "he-he's". It was more of a cackling, choking, spitting, Hebrew-language type sound that came from the back of his throat. We aren't worried about him choking because this sound is always accompanied by a big grin. He seems to be slowly growing out of it as we hear more giggles and laughs, but the cackle will always be remembered.
"Baby Zane" - The reasons for this are obvious, but not so obvious is Abby's love of two syllable names. Zane was just too short for her.
"B-Zay" - This one came about as a result of shortening the first nick-name, but also from a song I (Nick) made up that I sing to him while putting him to bed. This is the name that he answers too most readily, as it is the most commonly used, even by the kids. If you are going to call him anything besides Zane, then call him this as it will get his attention the fastest. (that or dangle some toilet paper in front of his face... I'll explain that one next.)
"The T.P. Bandit" - One of Zane's favorite past times is to crawl into the bathroom and head straight to the toilet paper. He pulls himself up next to it and proceeds to pull reams and reams of it from the roll. If not stopped, he will also attempt to consume the T.P., as it seems to him that his parents don't feed him enough!
"The Cackler" - Early on, Zane did not laugh in the common way that most people do. No "ha-ha's" or "he-he's". It was more of a cackling, choking, spitting, Hebrew-language type sound that came from the back of his throat. We aren't worried about him choking because this sound is always accompanied by a big grin. He seems to be slowly growing out of it as we hear more giggles and laughs, but the cackle will always be remembered.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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