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but daddy, which one?

Posted in Being Daddy, Conversations, Family, Fun, Kids, Life on October 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Chloe: Daddy?
Me: (desperately trying to maintain unconsciousness) What?
C: The cats are fighting!
Me: (consciousness is coming…noooo!) Well, pop one of them on the head and don’t worry about it!
C: But Daddy, which one? They’re both too cute!

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because i’m a geek at heart

Posted in Fun, Life, tagged , , on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The new 5M15 rocket engine. It runs on liquid methane, which has a whole lot of geeky advantages associated with it.
I just think it looks cool.

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this should teach you a lesson!

Posted in Being Daddy, Conversations, Family, Fun, Kids, Life on October 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Hyrum: Daddy, can I have a time out?Me: (incredulous) A what?!
H: A time out!
Me: Why?
H: Because I was being good.
Me: Uh, okay…(sternly) Hyrum, you’ve been a really good boy! Go sit on the couch until you can be bad!
H: (gleeful) Okay, Daddy! Thanks! (runs off and sits on the couch)

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hi, my name is rik

Posted in Emotions, Fun, Life, tagged , on October 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Hi, Rik.
And I can’t put down certain teenage vampire romance novels.
Somebody, please help me.

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a very handy dandy reference for you to bookmark and remember forever

Posted in Blogging, Food, Fun, Life on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Because you’ve always wanted to know what 200 calories of your favorite foods looks like.
That’s right, folks, I’ve got quite the place for you to go for whole minutes of fun and enjoyment. The folks over at wisegeek.com have put together a fine assortment of photographed foods, all measured out in 200 calorie quantities. Some [...]

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kids say the darndest things…and they’re even darndester when they say them in icelandic

Posted in Conversations, Fun, Language, Life on October 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »

So, as you are probably aware by now, I really enjoy putting up here some of the unexpected things my kids sometimes say. It’s loads of fun for me and, I believe, will be fun for them when they are old enough to appreciate their own development and past.
Recently, I came back across a video [...]

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yeah, it’s almost exactly like that

Posted in Conversations, Family, Fun, Kids, Life, Work on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Anonymous Daycare Child*: Hey, guess what I’m going to be for Halloween.
Me: I don’t know…what?
ADC: No, you have to guess.
Me: A frog?
ADC: Nope.
Michelle: A pumpkin?
ADC: Nope.
Chloe: A princess?
ADC: Nope.
Us: A pirate? A ballerina? A cat?
ADC: Nope. Nope. Nope.
Us: A bank teller? A superhero? A garbage collector?
ADC: Nope. Nope. Nope.
Me: (going for something as random [...]

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something i’m semi-excited about

Posted in Family, Fun, News, Photography on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

It’s about my photography. And it’s posted over here.

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you know you are cool when

Posted in Blogging, Fun, Life on October 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »

…you compile a list of 24 useful things to do with index cards. My favorite is number 3.
Man…I am so uncool. I need to make one of these lists-of-things things.
What can I make a list of? Any ideas?

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adding insult

Posted in Being Daddy, Family, Life on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

…to more bodily waste than most people should have to deal with in a day, I didn’t do the dishes this week.
It’s a good thing that Michelle goes to Tae Kwon Do tonight to release some stress because I would be real sore in the morning if she didn’t.
And yes, the kitchen will be clean [...]

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