It appears as though either tomorrow or early Saturday I will be a father. Yesterday was the actual due day, and she started having some minor contractions last night. But they are going to give her some drugs to speed things along due to her elevated blood pressure. I am just home to see to the two varmints and get our bags. We did not think ( Read more... )

So the due date has come and gone, with no particularly promising sign of the impending birth. We think that the doctor got the due date wrong, anyways. It looks like an error on her chart led to the due date being calculated a week early. The ultrasound pegged the date as this Saturday. So right now we are anywhere from thirty-nine weeks and a ( Read more... )

Still no baby ( Read more... )

I really like the writing of Matt Taibbi. I find he has a blunt style that can cut to the center of an issue, while also being an entertaining writer to read. I have been a fan of his since I subscribed to Rolling Stone, and have looked up some other writing of his on the internet for a couple of independant newspapers, one from when he was ( Read more... )

I was watching a newscast the other day, and the anchor talked about a "celebration" of the September the Eleventh attacks. I just don't think "celebration" was the correct word she was looking for ( Read more... )

There is the ULTIMATE white trash story that has been followed by the local news. It all started our as a feel-good story about a 500 pound woman (I think that is probably a conservative estimate) who literally could not fit through the door to her house. A local hardware store though donated the time and materials to widen the door so she could ( Read more... )

Last Thursday I actually called in sick for the second time in the over four years I have been at this job. Wednesday night, at work, I came down with some kind of stomach virus. I was supposed to be off Friday and Saturday, but I ended up working Friday night even though I had had very little to eat, and was still not feeling up to par. I am so ( Read more... )

My friend who was my lovely (and excruciatingly pregnant) wife's friend from her former place of employment is no longer working for my company. Apparently there was some sort of disagreement between him and the boss of all of the bakers in the franchise, and rather than eat humble pie he chose to walk out. I do not consider it unmanly to admit ( Read more... )

I'm going to perform the phenomenally difficult task of posting sober ( Read more... )

Holden: I don't consider it trolling when I'd honestly like feedback about anything I write about, whether I agree or not. I respect everyone's opinion, and often alter my own when what people say resonates with me. It seems we really do agree about religion though. I don't want a child of mine to be an "hardline atheist" just because I am. ( Read more... )