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Saturday Photoday
To make up for the lack of posted photos recently, we’ve stuck 40 photos up from between April 11th and today. Included are three separate solid feedings, some random stuff and a short-lived “real” photo shoot from today.
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Weekend Wrapup
It’s been a week and the internet demands fresh content. First a couple random updates, then some book reviews. Because this is my blog, and “I do what I want!”
- I finally started drums on Guitar Hero: Metallica. Pretty fun, though my thumb threatens to blister every session now. Preventative taping will commence, but the hockey tape I have is kinda sticky on the outside too.
- The boys have branched out from squash to sweet potatoes and avocado. So far so good. And messy.
- Frickin’ Sharks.
- Still playing Unreal World, a wilderness survival rouge-like. Yes, I’m weird.
- Future Sailors by The Mighty Boosh. Too bad Adult Swim is butchering the episodes, and they started on season 3 for some reason.
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
I’ve been meaning to read this ever since the A&E miniseries came out last year. I DVR’d it and have been sitting on it for months. Well, I finally got around to it, and the verdict is: okay. I wasn’t aware that it was written in 1969, though that didn’t necessarily detract from it. Actually, I thought the science held up fairly well, 40 years on. It read smoothly and kept my interest, but here are my gripes:
- It seemed that a full third of the book was descriptions of scientific tests and the machines that ran them. It wasn’t boring, but it wasn’t exactly gripping, either.
- The ending was… anti-climactic. ‘Nuff said without spoilers.
Now I can finally watch the 4 hour miniseries and see what they did with it.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
While poking around on that internet thing, I came across a message board thread where people were talking about which books had a profound influence on them as kids or teens. I noticed that A Wizard of Earthsea came up on many people’s lists, so I snagged it from the library. It is apparently an acclaimed novel and frequently compared to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Well, I was underwhelmed to say the least. The writing seemed flat and just not that interesting. The story itself was fine as a whole, but I guess I wasn’t hooked by her writing style. I will not be reading anything else by her voluntarily. I do not care what happens to Ged going forward.
Bonus Review: Just After Sunset by Stephen King
I finally finished this Christmas present recently as well. Some really good stories in this collection, I highly recommend it, if you like Stephen King’s style. Inlcuded is “N.”, which was made into a comic book and a downloadable narrated comic book-like video series. Overall a great read!
Saturday Photoshoot
The boys got their smiles on for y’all. 20 new shots over here.
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Tuesday Photoday
16 new photos are up for your viewing pleasure. Only 3 of Andrew, since he was in a mood after his bath, but Will’s 2 best faces are in here.
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UW Photostroll
I snuck out yesterday for a photostroll at the University of Washington. Full set on my Flickr, sneak peaks below.
Random Musings 2009-04-03
A number of quickies, since we haven’t posted in a while.
- Our last-minute trip to the Bay Area went pretty well. The flights weren’t too bad, aside from sore arms from holding babies. The boys are sleeping much better now that we’re back home, though. They picked up the sniffles along the way as well.
- Andrew’s Law: The moment you realize there is not a burp cloth nearby is the moment that he will decide to throw up. Exhibit A: My still-wet shirt sleeve.
- Guitar Hero: Metallica, which I pre-ordered in February, showed up on Tuesday. I’m about 33% through it on guitar (on expert, naturally). Two thumbs up so far. We’ll see how the drums go.
- Taco Nachos at Jack in the Box are just that — two tacos cut up with nacho cheese and jalepenos on a bed of lettuce. They deliver what they promise. Add two regular tacos and some mini churros and you’re good to go!
- The server knows what time it is, but either WordPress or PHP thinks it’s an hour earlier. Hooray for DST. I will have to look into that. (=
- The Prodigy AND The Crystal Method in concert on May 30th? Awesome!
New Photo Monday
Here we are with yet another installment of photos. Included this time around are new toys, preppy polo shirts and bathtime.
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Twitterpated
We’ve both been dipping our toes into the Twitter pool, so I’ve stuck up a widget in the sidebar that displays our tweets. If we get bored of it, I’ll remove it. (=
FYI, I used Yahoo Pipes to combine the separate RSS feeds into a single one for display here.
More Photos!
We may be slackers, but all is forgiven, because here are 24 new photos! Drop us a comment to let us know you’ve seen them so we know we don’t have to send out emails anymore…
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Random Musings
Figured I’d slap a post up here while the boys are winding down in their bouncy seats.
1. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is as awesome as I hoped, though it’s not without its flaws (loading times on a DS game?). The real challenge will be to do something productive this weekend instead of playing constantly. I also need to not forget about Final Fantasy IV, I’m about 2/3 through it.
2. We redeemed our free Dr. Pepper coupons today. Thank you, Axl!
3. We got a light dusting of snow on Wednesday night/Thursday morning, and stupid Waste Management determined that to be such terrible conditions that our trash won’t get picked up until next week. Normally, not a huge deal, but when you have a plethora of dirty diapers to deal with, and an already packed-to-the-brim garbage can, it’s not so fun.
4. I recently figured out that I had a Twitter account, though I have no idea when I created it. I’ve been throwing some updates over there, though I’m not sure why. (= (The same could be said about this blog, but we get at least a few family members checking in here.)
5. On Thursday night, not only was Jack in the Box out of Mini Churros (oh, the horror!), but QFC was out of Tim’s Wasabi Chips too. Tim’s Pepper Jack Chips had to do, and they’re good, but they are a far cry from Wasabi.