MASSACHUSETTS: This Sundays Boston Globe comic strip worried an expectant mother in Massachusetts. While reading "For Better or For Worse" the mother became worried that a nursing baby would have specific requests for different formulations. Reading several of her books related to nursing she found that although what you eat does make it into the mother's milk that the comic strip is mostly wrong. Later that morning the expectant Father assured his pregnant wife that we don't have to worry about this due to his "chocolate allergy". The expectant mother then retorted - "just don't convey that strawberry is an available flavor either".
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Thursday, March 24, 2005
22nd Snow Storm of the Season
According to the local weather people we have had 22 snow storms this winter season so far.....I like snow and the winter time in general - I have had enough.
I am still looking for a grand total somewhere - I guess I could goto the NOAA site and add up the numbers but I am being lazy this morning.
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I am still looking for a grand total somewhere - I guess I could goto the NOAA site and add up the numbers but I am being lazy this morning.
Have fun...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Building a Nursery - Part III
Hi everyone-
Been a while but here is the latest info (Pictures and a movie to show up soon).
Last week we finished putting the final touch on the nursery as far as paint goes. It now appears that we have finished the nursery. Keeping the walls painted with Behr color Sterling Gray and striping the lower half of the room with Behr Moonlite Yellow. My sister-in-law came up with an idea to have a piece of molding on the lower third of the wall so that we did not paint the entire wall with stripes. Great idea. It also then led to the idea that if we had a flat side to the top of the molding you could put toys on the top of the molding that would give the baby a distraction (or at least that is the idea).
Last weekend we went to MD for a baby shower. It was simply awesome. G flew in from Kansas - what a nice surpise to see her there. My cousin flew in from Florida. More friends drove from PA. Then all of the family and friends that are still in MD made the afternoon very special for my wife and myself. Yes I stuck around to talk to people but I quickly sequestered myself so that the ladies could have some fun without the "guy" around. After being "showered" with gifts it was great to just talk with everyone. A special thank you goes to the ladies that pulled off the hosting and party - you truely have outdone yourself.
The ride home - was uneventful - rain but nothing white or frozen. The Jeep was filled to the roof - WOW!
Upon our return we received the crib and changing table from OH. Thanks to the OH clan for keeping the crib around for us to use - a considerable cost savings. After 1.5 hours the two pieces of furniture are assembled and the room has the furniture placed (Again more pictures needed....I know).
A gallon of paint - $30.00
Filling the gas tank twice - $65.00
Shipping a crib and changing table from OH - $200.00
Being with friends - priceless
Aline and I feel truely blessed.
Having fun....
Been a while but here is the latest info (Pictures and a movie to show up soon).
Last week we finished putting the final touch on the nursery as far as paint goes. It now appears that we have finished the nursery. Keeping the walls painted with Behr color Sterling Gray and striping the lower half of the room with Behr Moonlite Yellow. My sister-in-law came up with an idea to have a piece of molding on the lower third of the wall so that we did not paint the entire wall with stripes. Great idea. It also then led to the idea that if we had a flat side to the top of the molding you could put toys on the top of the molding that would give the baby a distraction (or at least that is the idea).
Last weekend we went to MD for a baby shower. It was simply awesome. G flew in from Kansas - what a nice surpise to see her there. My cousin flew in from Florida. More friends drove from PA. Then all of the family and friends that are still in MD made the afternoon very special for my wife and myself. Yes I stuck around to talk to people but I quickly sequestered myself so that the ladies could have some fun without the "guy" around. After being "showered" with gifts it was great to just talk with everyone. A special thank you goes to the ladies that pulled off the hosting and party - you truely have outdone yourself.
The ride home - was uneventful - rain but nothing white or frozen. The Jeep was filled to the roof - WOW!
Upon our return we received the crib and changing table from OH. Thanks to the OH clan for keeping the crib around for us to use - a considerable cost savings. After 1.5 hours the two pieces of furniture are assembled and the room has the furniture placed (Again more pictures needed....I know).
A gallon of paint - $30.00
Filling the gas tank twice - $65.00
Shipping a crib and changing table from OH - $200.00
Being with friends - priceless
Aline and I feel truely blessed.
Having fun....
Saturday, March 12, 2005
The National Anthem
Hi everyone-
Well we are currently getting "hammered" in NE today by snow.
Yesterday on the radio that I listen to - the producer of the show was being tormented per usual about his general knowledge. One thing that seemed to stick yesterday was his general lack of knowledge around the words to the National Anthem. Well I sent them an email giving them a couple of links to the flag project at the Smithsonian and a link to Fort McHenry which is where Francis Scott Key got the inspiration for the poem. The poem later became the Anthem. Well today CNN seems to have a story on the National Anthem Project. Very way cool.
The National Anthem Project
At the same time kinda sad....why should we have a project to make American's more interested in something that everyone should already be interested in.....
Have fun....
Well we are currently getting "hammered" in NE today by snow.
Yesterday on the radio that I listen to - the producer of the show was being tormented per usual about his general knowledge. One thing that seemed to stick yesterday was his general lack of knowledge around the words to the National Anthem. Well I sent them an email giving them a couple of links to the flag project at the Smithsonian and a link to Fort McHenry which is where Francis Scott Key got the inspiration for the poem. The poem later became the Anthem. Well today CNN seems to have a story on the National Anthem Project. Very way cool.
The National Anthem Project
At the same time kinda sad....why should we have a project to make American's more interested in something that everyone should already be interested in.....
Have fun....
Thursday, March 10, 2005
New feature on Google News
Hi everyone-
Google news appears to have a new feature. It looks like you can customize your news page as it is presented to you. Here is the faq that describes all of the new options for customization. It even has the ability to change how you want to search for news. It also has the ability to change where you want certain topics to appear on the page. Very way cool.
I am sure someone will breakdown the service and tell us how google is allowing you customize the presentation.
Google News
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Google news appears to have a new feature. It looks like you can customize your news page as it is presented to you. Here is the faq that describes all of the new options for customization. It even has the ability to change how you want to search for news. It also has the ability to change where you want certain topics to appear on the page. Very way cool.
I am sure someone will breakdown the service and tell us how google is allowing you customize the presentation.
Google News
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Pinky and the Brain "Brainsong"
Hi everyone-
From a previous post my wife also found this song awesome for learning the parts of the brain. And having Pinky and the Brain do the song makes it fun.
Listen
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From a previous post my wife also found this song awesome for learning the parts of the brain. And having Pinky and the Brain do the song makes it fun.
Listen
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Friday, March 04, 2005
Building a Nursery Part II
Hi everyone-
Well more movement on the nursery.
Had to return the laser level from the previous post - it sucked. More than that - it could not hold a level line. Yes I understand that it might have a different distance on the wall - but when you put a level against the laser line and that is not level - it is time to return the level. My guess is that the laser level has to be leveled. It has the 2 way levels on the top and to me it looked level. Well maybe I should step up to an auto leveling laser level.
(Gee I should try to include the word level a few more times)
My wife picked out a table, small lamp and a couple of baskets from J.C. Penney's.
Did not sleep well last night - I think the stress from work and baby are finally catching up or it is a cold - don't know yet.
Have fun....
Well more movement on the nursery.
Had to return the laser level from the previous post - it sucked. More than that - it could not hold a level line. Yes I understand that it might have a different distance on the wall - but when you put a level against the laser line and that is not level - it is time to return the level. My guess is that the laser level has to be leveled. It has the 2 way levels on the top and to me it looked level. Well maybe I should step up to an auto leveling laser level.
(Gee I should try to include the word level a few more times)
My wife picked out a table, small lamp and a couple of baskets from J.C. Penney's.
Did not sleep well last night - I think the stress from work and baby are finally catching up or it is a cold - don't know yet.
Have fun....
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Chloride Channel Song
My wife got her Ph.D. from Univ. of Maryland Medical School and concentrated on GABA mostly. Her mentor Peg McCarthy (papers) sent her this link to a pretty funny song about Chloride Channels - pretty important ion for GABA. Anyway if you understand the whole GABA thing this makes a ton of sense.
Chloride Channel Song
Have fun.....
Chloride Channel Song
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Less Impact from the "Slashdot Effect" -- NOT!
I would say that I am an avid ./ reader. This article raises an interesting point - is Slashdot still the valid medium to get a plug for your particular news. I don't believe that Slashdot is watered down - but I have noticed that web sites seem to handle the "slashdot effect" much better now - in other words I don't see a web site getting ./'d as much lately. Maybe that is because of personal blogs, maybe it is because of competing websites, who knows - what I do know is that it seems that slashdot is giving me what I need - "The News for Nerds" :-)
BusinessWeek Article :: Less Impact from the "Slashdot Effect"
I'll keep reading slashdot.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager
Hi everyone-
As many of you know - or maybe not know - is that my wife and I are expecting our first child. Many people ask about the name and what we prefer for names. Well we are not going to share any name we have selected until after the baby is born. A friend of my wife's gave her this really cool Java application which graphically represents a person's name and the ranking in history. Check it out:
The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager
As many of you know - or maybe not know - is that my wife and I are expecting our first child. Many people ask about the name and what we prefer for names. Well we are not going to share any name we have selected until after the baby is born. A friend of my wife's gave her this really cool Java application which graphically represents a person's name and the ranking in history. Check it out:
The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager
Northeast Storm????
Hi everyone-
Well it was predicted and pronosticated that "yet another noreaster is headed for" new england and should dump "signifigant snow" in the interior and "not along the coast. Should be a rain event".
This morning expecting to put my Ariens Snowthrow to work with 15" of snow we only got 5-7 inches as of 5:30AM this morning.
What a let down.
The local weather channel (Channel 7 WHDH) seemed to be predicting things. But what actually happened according to the weather discussion is that two of the three models which seemed to be in agreement where totally wrong. Wow.
Well it was predicted and pronosticated that "yet another noreaster is headed for" new england and should dump "signifigant snow" in the interior and "not along the coast. Should be a rain event".
This morning expecting to put my Ariens Snowthrow to work with 15" of snow we only got 5-7 inches as of 5:30AM this morning.
What a let down.
The local weather channel (Channel 7 WHDH) seemed to be predicting things. But what actually happened according to the weather discussion is that two of the three models which seemed to be in agreement where totally wrong. Wow.
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