Traci was all dressed and just about ready to go, when she had to change Declan who had waited until he was changed and dressed and then decided to poop. So she changed him and when she picked him up, he spit up. Less common these days. Of course he did it when she had Read More …
Author: charpman
Personal experience on emotional reaction to tech gadgets
Yesterday I dropped my iPhone4. Nothing terribly unusual about that. I’ve done it before. But this time… it would not turn on. No cracks or new dents…but no power either. I tried all the rebooting strategies I could find. Nothing worked. I had an emotional reaction to this beyond “shit I broke my phone”. I Read More …
Construction Stupidity
Trying to drop Traci off at work this morning and I ran into stupidity. I’ll admit that with this variety of stupidity I’m not so good at dealing. Others seemed to have figured out the puzzle with less problems than I did. I needed to get to the Battelle for Kids parking lot which is Read More …
It’s the little things
Greyson has his own alarm clock and he’s been really good about getting up when it goes off and then coming down stairs. Recently he seems to have forgotten which button is off and which is for “sleep”. I think this is due to the time change and him not yet being 100% adjusted. He’s Read More …
Who’d have thunk it?
After spending 4 hours at Zoombezi Bay on Saturday we were getting ready to leave when all of a sudden I realized my car keys were in my pocket. In addition to the normal remote lock/unlock/trunk, the TL has the cool key fob that you just have to have on you and doors unlock when Read More …
Health Care Victory?
Am I the only one disturbed by the recent trend of passing laws that mandate we purchase a company’s products? First it was auto insurance, now health insurance. We are now under government mandate to purchase 2 products from insurance companies. We should all be very concerned with the way this country is heading. For Read More …
More on Car
Okay, so I need to brighten up the photos on the last post…. Anyway… Finally getting around to transcoding a bunch of VOB dvd rips into h.264 with AAC audio with AC3 pass-through. Using Handbrake to do the transcoding. Averaging between 65-70fps with all 4 cores above 98%, usually at 100%. I have an Archos7 Read More …
A flurry of activity sparked by an unexpected acquisition
The short version rather than extending the lease on our 06 Acura MDX, we ended up trading it in for a 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD w/Tech Package. Lindsey Acura really wanted the 06 MDX for resale in the used market and made us a great deal on the TL. Below dealer invoice, which appears common Read More …
A new one…
I arrive home today from the doctors and as I’m pulling up the garage while the door is still opening something large falls, darts, swoops down in front of the car and I slam on my breaks. I then sat there watching in amazement as a hawk darts out from under my car and flies Read More …
BP back online….
It seems the link to my blog site was broken. I’ve fixed that. And maybe I’ll remember to actually write more. It’s been a busy weekend with Greyson having two play dates. Yesterday at Adam’s and today Adam came over here. He had a great time, and last night was falling asleep in the car Read More …