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I submitted my third and final semen sample the Wednesday before we left for vacation, and it turns out it came back totally normal. Which, of course, is good and bad. So, next step, I guess, is to head to the fertility clinic for an appointment and to possibly do an IUI treatment. Or two. […]

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Photos here. Still uploading images as I type this. My favorite picture from the trip:

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CID was socked in this morning with fog, so we’re going to try again this evening. United only has two flights a day from Chicago to Cancun, and the latest is at 10:15 a.m., so there’s no way we would’ve made it. We’re just hoping there’s no fog in Chicago tomorrow morning for the flight […]

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In Spanish, that means “until later.” We’re off to Mexico in the morning, and I’m leaving my beloved MacBook at home. You can bet you’ll have plenty of vacation pics to look at when we return next Sunday. Uncle Kevin spent the afternoon at the ER on morphine up in Madison today. Poor fella. He […]

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We caucused for Johnny Edwards last night, and lost. I was actually for Obama, but Leah convinced me to stick with her to help with her liveblogging for Momocrats (DISCLAIMER: I don’t get anything for linking to them, and neither does Leah). It was a fun night. My neighbors are so wacky. At one point, […]

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I think it’s time to take a deep breath amidst all this caucus madness and revisit what’s really important in the world. Namely, my adorable daughter. Here she is, pointing her paint brush straight at you, as if to say, “Back up, please. I’m painting.” In fact, that could well be what she said after […]

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Like mother, like daughter. Leah and Georgie have teamed up to contribute their voices to the doomed ship that is John Edwards’ presidential campaign. Why they don’t hitch their respective wagons to Obama’s shooting star is beyond me. As Jesse Jackson said when he visited my high school years ago, “Up with hope! Down with […]

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My wife is a social animal. Since the vast majority of those reading these words know her personally, this doesn’t come as a surprising observation. But Leah’s social nature manifests itself in some interesting ways. Like online shopping. Here’s how most of us shop online: Do a search for an item. Locate item. Click a […]

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