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Category Archives: life
Dear Lily: Choice
I just wanted you to know, if god were ever to appear before me and offer me the following choice: A) turn my back on you and live forever in paradise B) live out my remaining years and then die … Continue reading
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Dear Lily (the Gymnast)
You are about 3 1/2 years old as I write this. I’m sitting in a little dark room with a number of other parents watching their children do gymnastics. I’m always so proud when I watch you, despite all your … Continue reading
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Proxied!
This weekends little project was to install a proxy on my virtual server from linode. (I <3 Linode.com) I went the easy path of using Squid as it is available to install and manage via virtualmin For those that don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged linode, proxy, squid, virtualmin
Blog Revival Fail!
I’m supposed to be reviving my blog and I’m already behind! My sincerest apologies to you, the internet. Please forgive my tardiness. I leave you with a tidbit while I compose myself for a better post.
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Merry-Go-Round
‘You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.’ I was pointed to this thought by a … Continue reading
Snow Day 2011
Just a couple of mobile phone pictures for today’s blog revival post I generally don’t enjoy winter, or rather, I haven’t until Lily showed up, but playing in the snow with a 3 year old has a way of warming … Continue reading
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WordPress App for Blackberry
As part of Operation Blog Revival 2011 I have searched for and discovered a Blackberry app to streamline the mobile blogging experience with WordPress. WordPress for Blackberry is available at the link or in the app store and seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberry, blog revival, WordPress
When we get older
L: “When we get too old, daddy, we die?” I for some reason thought this question would come later in life. But no, it came over a bowl of pasta at the dinner table from my 3 year old. How … Continue reading
Pro Tip: Storing Christmas Lights
I quite liked this idea for storing strings of Christmas lights. I believe I picked it up from one of televisions many domestic diva’s, but I cannot recall exactly which it may have been. It’s easy, make a slit int … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas lights, pro tip, storage
Operation Blog Revival 2011
via Firda @ wannabegirl.org Firda’s highly scientifical plan is as follows; Step 1: In January, start blogging once a week. Step 2: In March, start blogging twice a week. Step 3: In May, start blogging three times a week. Step … Continue reading
TRON and 3D Movies
I saw TRON last night. I’ll start by saying, it was an awesome experience. However, if you were to ask me if it was a great movie, I’d have to say no. I would say the same about Avatar. A … Continue reading
Coming to you from Linode.com
Have changed things up a bit, just because I can. I figured I would make the jump from my webhost of many years, AMHosting, to a virtual Linux server hosted at Linode.com and manage things at a much deeper level … Continue reading
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Non Fiction
Peeling carrots, listening to the CBC canadian songwriters stream on tinny laptop speakers. Â The cheap but functional speakers have a certain charm that make me think of an old transistor radio. A small glass of scotch in hand, I prepare … Continue reading
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Wally World?
And so it begins. The family roadtrip. We’ve done some long drives to and from cottages before, but the time in the car was simply a means to an end in those cases. In this case, the journey feels like … Continue reading
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Perspective
Over the past week or so life has thrown some darkness my way. So how amid all this can one keep perspective and move on? What I have found in my time here on good old planet earth is that … Continue reading
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A final letter and a heavy heart
Below, as a matter of public record is a letter to certain members of my family who will not be named, but know who they are. ————— As you all know I have made choices in my life which differ … Continue reading
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Dear Lily: Little Things
This weekend it was just you and me Lily.  Mommy was off on a well deserved  vacation so we spent the weekend visiting and playing. You rode a two wheeler with training wheels for the first time a Belle’s, played … Continue reading
Potties, Poo and Parenthood
First off the warning. If you read beyond this point you waive your right to complain about me being the guy who writes too much detail about his kid and forces information about her bowel movements on you. You’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged parenthood, poop, potty, training
