One of the things that has blown my mind ever since i've been in the frozen northern tundra is that bike enthusiasm seems to run rampant. Don't get me wrong. I love bike riding. When I lived in Florida we went everywhere on our bikes, but that was Florida. Florida has good bike riding weather for 11 months out of the year. Milwaukee is one of those ( Read more... )

I've been so excited about the Avengers films and by and large they've been good. Even Hulk which didn't wow me was ok. However, Captain America I found flat and boring. The whole film felt like it was just marking time until the Avengers. A LOT of the movie was wasted in just setting up Cap before he gets the super soldier serum. I really think ( Read more... )

So things have gone pretty well with Amelia so far. At 4 months she's in the 98% for length and 75% for weight so she's shaping up to be a giant like her sister. Amelia started out very fussy but it seems to be toning down on its own. I think that I'm starting to get a feeling of what its like for "normal" development with a child, something that ( Read more... )

So about a month ago Beth and I finished up Inuyasha: The Final Act. The series itself felt like I was on a training going like 500mph with no way to stop it. I understand that they were trying to finish up the Inuyasha story and had even gone so far as to get back the old voice actors and use all the same music and make it feel like it was a ( Read more... )

Look, I realize that your hearts are in the right place but it just doesn't work. You can't have ten-year-old girls on the side of the street with signs advertising for a carwash. The only people that you're going to get that way are the parents and the sexual predators. I realize that your trying to raise money for an elementary school or some ( Read more... )

Yeah, these days it doesn't seem that I have much time to post anymore and thus have no time to think of a witty subject ( Read more... )

Improving a house is an oddly satisfying endeavor ( Read more... )

I hate the fact that I don't have time to do in-depth movie reviews anymore but I thought I'd talk about Thor and X-Men: First Class ( Read more... )

Amelia Renee was born at 1:15 last night. Beth did not take any pain meds and both she and Amelia are doing well.

We've been admitted. Beth is at 5cm. We'll hopefully be seeing the baby sometime this evening. I will keep everyone posted.