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Ok, so it’s gray here.

And cold.

And gray.

And rainy.

AND WHERE IS THE %&*$#ING SUN.

Yes. All those things are true about Chicago in the winter. Especially this time of winter. I don’t actually mind the cold and the gray up until say the Superbowl, because I’m sorry it should be cold during football season. Then the superbowl [...]

Awhile ago Rainn Wilson (everyone’s favorite office mate) tweeted (yes I follow famous people on Twitter…then I can feel like they are my friends….no I’m not a loser), that everyone should be listening to Josh Ritter. Or something to that effect. I was in need of some new music and thus my love for Mr. [...]

While here at CERN my life is pretty much physics, not sleeping then some more physics, coffee, physics, coffee, physics….no sleep…oh wait? Is there a pattern? Maybe. I would like to blame my sleeping problems on the numerous coffee breaks the EDIT school has, but I drink a lot of coffee at home and I [...]

After the massive Thunder Snow, it was time to bundle up Lu and let her experience her first really real snow. There’s not too much to be said that hasn’t been said, you know, *everywhere* on the internet, so we’ll just go with pictures:

All bundled up to face the drifts

Look! Snow!

Lucy out [...]

Leah’s plane officially touched down in Geneva this morning at 12:38 am Chicago time (7:38 Swittzy time) and so, as of today, I’m on my own with the Lu-Dog.

Much like Kevin McCallister, I figured that now that I was home alone, I had to assume the roll of Man of the House.  And, just like [...]

Those are the times I’ve been waking up during the night. Some of that is baby crying and so one of us just goes and just reminds her that we are still there and she goes right back to sleep. Actually, I don’t think she’s even really awake, but she likes the visit from one [...]

Not, not that!  Lu!

Yes, just when you thought little Lu couldn’t get any cuter, she started hugging!

Don't even THINK about picking me up

You might remember some talk in the past about how Lu was as cuddly as an arthropod. As soon as she learned she could move, the last place she wanted to be [...]

Recently at work, I’ve been mixing up my podcast listening (Steve Dahl show) and same-ol’-shit iPod listening (Decemberists, Weezer, Johnny Socko) with this crazy new thing, Pandora.  Hey, guys, have you heard of this wild new mixed-up craziness called Pandora!  It’s totally new and crazy!

Why yes, this is 2005.  Why do you ask?

So yeah, Pandora’s [...]

Ophiuchus?  What the hell is an Ophiuchus?

Leave it to the stupid tilty earth to throw a monkey wrench (Monkey! Wrench!) into my child rearing.  Damn you tilted axis, you’ve screwed me for the last time!  First seasons, and now this!  Everything I know about my daughter was predicated on the knowledge that I was raising [...]

Having only been a parent for a short while, it’s hard to say what the words you least want to hear about your daughter might be (stripper poll?), but at just over one year, “pink eye” ranks up there.

Maybe it’s just due to the influence of Knocked Up, but pink eye will forever resonate with [...]