avablog

I’m at home with Ava again today, as she’s still a bit under the weather and not cleared to go back to daycare. We’ve been keeping busy. This morning we sliced up some veggies to throw into our crockpot along with a pork loin roast for supper. It’s percolating away as I type. Then, we […]

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OK, well, it’s not so private, obviously, is it? And I’m not really ashamed, since there’s not much I can do about the situation. But I love the provocative title, and I’m sure my RSS subscriber(s) do(es) too. Leah stopped off at her Ob/Gyn’s office this morning to pick up another analysis kit for me […]

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The kid’s got a bug that’s keeping her out of daycare today, so I’m home with her. We went to the doctor’s office this morning to get her checked out, and there’s no ear infection and no strep. Before we left, I made Ava some pancakes: Leah’s been hounding me for quite a while to […]

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with these goons? For crying out loud. Gibson went on to say that he “knew this was not a classic hip-hop shooting” once he learned Coon killed himself. Gibson continued: “Hip-hoppers do not kill themselves. They walk away. Now, I didn’t need to hear the kid was white with blond hair. Once he’d shot himself […]

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Here are some pictures I took out and about last evening before the sun set: (manual focus) This lens is pretty wide, which makes it a nice companion to my 50mm prime lens. Next up is to save my pennies for something in the 70-200 or 70-300 range, and I should have all my photo […]

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Went to the dentist this morning for a cleaning and checkup. Everything’s A-OK. Not to brag, but the hygienist positively gushed about the condition of my soft tissue. I’m so proud. She’d know about it, too, because she drove her f#*king little metal hook down into my gums far enough to pull my tonsils (yes, […]

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Grandma Georgie has a set of window decals for every event and season. Here, Ava’s helping G.G. put up the Halloween-themed pumpkins and skeletons on the TV room windows: It’s unlikely I ever would’ve gotten this shot with my A620. There just wasn’t enough light, and by the time the A620 grabbed focus, Ava would’ve […]

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I’ve been looking forward to today for a while. My brother got tickets to Pat Metheny‘s show at Hancher this evening, and they’re good seats. Kevin is driving down from Madison this afternoon to go with us, and it’s always good to see him. As an added bonus, the new lens for my new camera […]

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There’s really no reason why the typical portrayal of technology by television shows should be any more accurate than portrayals of, say, relationships, house renovation, or wilderness survival. Still, I always get a kick out of the funny things I see. Like last night. Thanks to our HDTV set and its internal ClearQAM tuner, we […]

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The instructions for my WordPress software upgrade suggest that I write a post about the upgrade after I’m done. Well, I did the upgrade last night, and all seems well. I think I might come to love the tags support. This morning Ava was pretending to be a baby elephant. She got a Babar book […]

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This past Saturday we attended the long-awaited Ralph’s World concert at Englert Theater here in Iowa City. It was a lot of fun. In the middle of the first tune, Ava declared she wanted to go back to the car. Leah and I were a bit taken aback, but by the third song, all the […]

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It seems like I should make some note of the amazing changes lately in the online music world, since I enjoy music, and particularly music that I can research and buy without prying my big arse off the sofa. Amazon.com recently announced the beta of their online music download store, which offers a million or […]

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So I may have mentioned we’re going to Mexico at the end of the year. Leah’s parents are generously footing the bill. I haven’t given the trip much thought (the day-to-day mental challenges of raising a kid have a way of blocking out everything else), but I decided today that I’m going to try to […]

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I’ve been taking lots of pictures the last couple days. My Flickr photostream is flowing pretty fast. I love running around and capturing as many different images of the same scene as I can. What did people do before the advent of CF cards? I remember flipping through the envelopes of photos my grandmother would […]

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Ssshh! Don’t tell anyone I showed you this: It’s a surprise!

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Meredith Willson would’ve been proud. Between the UI’s homecoming parade on Friday night and the high school marching band competition that took place one block from our house on Saturday, Ava had her fill of drums, tubas, and flutes over the weekend. What’s more, the girls in the flag corps gave me a great opportunity […]

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