December 24, 2008
October 04, 2008
Recent Photos
These photos show a little bit of what has been going on recently -- tooth fairy visits, grandparent visits, rides at the amusement park. Enjoy!
A brief pause in our programming...
Wow! What just happened?
After a hiatus of 4 months I *finally* get around to coming in and updating and I spend 15 minutes putting together a nice piece on our "battle with colic" and then when I save it the f***ing thing vanishes.
Is there a message in there or what?
I'll recreate the piece some time soon -- but for now here are some photos of our wonderful trip to Vancouver island, Canada which proved to be the turning point of our summer and helped us get our life back to some (temporary) sense of normalcy.
More on that later...
Is there a message in there or what?
I'll recreate the piece some time soon -- but for now here are some photos of our wonderful trip to Vancouver island, Canada which proved to be the turning point of our summer and helped us get our life back to some (temporary) sense of normalcy.
More on that later...
June 10, 2008
Is that a light at the end of this tunnel?
It's good to be back! Well it has been a bit of a wild ride over the last few weeks.
The tranquility of the initial two weeks were quicjkly shattered and replaced by an emotionally, physically and mentally exhausting 4 or 5 weeks. Cillian was having problems putting weight on and was spending his days either nursing or screaming bloody murder. Those "postcard moments" of a newborn quickly went out the window!
We finally figured out what was going on and we embarked on a strict feeding regimen which required both of us to be part of a complicated feeding cycle every 2-3 hours.
Anyway -- long story short ---- we feel we are coming out of this long dark tunnel but we are emerging with a much happier, calmer, healthier (and fatter!) child.
Here are some recent photos taken in the last day or so
April 15, 2008
The big arrival...
For those family members and friends who haven't seen Anne recently - here she is just last week.
We are counting down the days ... Actually we are now counting down the hours...
Spring
In preparation for the new baby arriving tomorrow, I am "cleaning out" the camera -- so here is a collection of photos that were on the camera
April 12, 2008
The "calm" before the storm....
Yeah, yeah -- it has been a while...
We have been busy getting ready for our big day next week -- when we expect the arrival of the new young one.
Keep your thoughts with us on Wednesday morning.
This week has been a good one -- we celebrated Cian's birthday yesterday. Thankfully the weather broke for us -- and we shook off the cold, wet April rains and the sun came shining through. It was great. We had a fun party with about a dozen kids running around outside here at the house.
For me, one of the interesting things was that we made it a "no present party". So it was just a good old fashioned get together. I wasn't sure if Cian was going to "expect" things from his friends -- but it never came up. They just played hard for two hours and then stuffed their faces full of chocolate cake. They had a blast.
Parties these days are over-engineered -- with kids expecting gift bags and presents just for coming to the party.
So for those thinking of doing this "no present party" -- do it! For us all -- for the kids -- for everyone. Make it about the fun -- not about gifts.
These last two weeks have also seen Cian start T-Ball. He has his first outing last week -- here are the highlights:
March 17, 2008
Because it is today....
Thanks Rich:
November 03, 2007
Feast or Famine...
Well it seems there is a pattern on this blog -- feast or famine.
It's been 6 -7 weeks since I have posted anything -- and the stuff you want to blog about just gets more and more -- and the inclination to actually get up off my arse to do it, gets less and less.
Oh well -- today saw me upload a bunch of new photos so get ready for some updates....
The weird part of this update is actually sitting here typing it. It's the type of news you want to tell people -- no I mean in person. The good old fashioned way. Face to face. See the surprise. Feel arms wrap around you.
Which of course, we have experienced with lots of folks. And if you see us any of these days you'd guess the news anyway.
So...
Cian becomes a big brother next April.
We are all thrilled by it -- although Anne has had a rough time of in the last few weeks months. We are at about week 15 or so now. All in all very exciting.
I can't wait -- and am happy to be able to experience this journey again. Those who know me well enough, know how much this means to me.
I could gush on and on -- but I'll save that for the real conversations....
'nuff said.
September 15, 2007
An unusual urban walk
So we took an early morning tour of one of the local cemeteries here today. Cian had been asking questions about it whenever we walked past, so we decided it'd be different to go and check it out.
The Lone Fir cemetery is famous for having an almost secret arboretum within its grounds -- so we had a guided tour of the cemetery and its trees - hosted by Portland parks and Rec.
It seems families planted trees beside graves in memory of their loved ones, so the cemetery has become a haven for maples, douglas firs, ginko trees, dogwoods, oaks etc. It was a really different and fun way to pass the morning.
Highly recommended.
Here are some of the shots:
July 30, 2007
Shameless Self-Promotion
In case anyone is wondering what the heck I have been doing with my time recently – I just posted a new blog entry over at my other blog (should I call it "my work blog"??), which captures some of the “adventures” that have been going on recently.
I feel pretty proud of what has been accomplished in these last few months – from a crazy idea to a fully fledged charity that is getting kids outside. And all within 6 months.
Here is the blog: http://www.ChildrenOutside.com/
- I have been regularly found, just hanging out at my son’s preschool (up until 3 weeks ago when he "graduated"). I would bike to school with him and then would end up chasing the kids around outside or even doing foolish things like reading books or telling silly stories. Then before lunch, I’d head home (and look forward to 4.30 when I could bike down and pick him up). Such a sorry and unproductive existence.
- I now spend 7 days a week with my wife and child and I seem to be riding my bike more than can really be healthy for me (and my car misses me so much)
- While we have been going away camping and such – we seem to only get places during the week, when no one else is around! For one trip we even ended up with a large section of the Oregon coast to ourselves. It was hard to figure out what to do with just sand, kites and Frisbees around.
- I miss the weekends – in fact all they have turned into are the two days of the week when there are more people around. How can I recapture that "Friday feeling"????
- I have noticed that my use of acronyms has diminished greatly. I worry that I may in fact, lose the skill entirely.
- The same concern applies to monthly status reports and other favorite past-times. (my wife has found me in "my office" just sitting on the phone, pretending to be on a conference call)
- And then there is the terrible question ---- "so what do you do..?". How the hell are you supposed to answer that one!
- Even more strange, I have found myself attracted to "causes" – and I now find most of my time consumed by a passion to get children out into the wilderness. I am founding a not-for-profit called WILD. I hope soon to be able to build it to the point that I need a systems roadmap and a general infrastructure which will force me to contemplate outsourcing something to someone else. I can only hope……
Here's to the WILD life!
July 24, 2007
Our consolation
It's time to update and catch up...
So instead of the planned trip to Ireland (see earlier saga) we decided to head out to the Metolius river and Camp Sherman in central Oregon (close to Sisters).
I guess this is one of those places that as people find out about, they decide to keep quiet about it -- because it is such a great place.
(Aside-- we however are bucking that usual trend of secrecy).
We stayed at the great Lake Creek Lodge and did some nice hiking and relaxing for a few days. Just the tonic that the doctor ordered.... Here are some shots - just click on the play icon to get the slideshow started (about 20 photos).
Look at them trees!
Our recent trip to the redwoods really opened our eyes. What a wonderful place -- we camped in Elk Prairie in the Praire Creek redwoods State Park (map here and park info here). Here are some snapshots of what we did (What is not captured are the great camp sites and the fantastic ranger programs at nights for kids --- ours was all about banana slugs)... A really wonderful trip -- just click on the play to see some of the pictures....
July 13, 2007
Taking my mind off....
So in order to try and block out the fact that we aren't going to Ireland, I decided to take my first effort at video editing. We used the video camera on our recent trip to California with the Frauenfelder clan -- and here is what I put together....
This one is a fun one too...
July 12, 2007
And Friday the 13th is supposed to be unlucky?
I hope that Thursday the 12th has seen us use up all of our bad luck. What a miserable day...
It started out with me forgetting about the bikes on the roof rack of the saab and trying to park the car in the local grocery store's garage.
**CRUNCH**
I have often thought about what would happen in the event that I was stupid enough to try to squeeze the car + bikes into such a small space.
And if you have ever had such similar thoughts -- let me help you fill in that particular void.
Well firstly I destroyed the saddle post on the bike and I think I managed to bend the rear forks and/or frame of the bike...
Secondly I managed to twist, warp and snap practically every piece of the roof rack -- cross bars, locks and of course those fine bike mounts that go on the rack. Yes everything....
Thirdly (and finally) I managed to gouge the roof of the saab with the bikes and the bare metal from the roof rack as it came crashing down and skidding along the roof.
So now you don't have to put yourself through the hassle of driving your car, rack and bikes through a small space, just to see what will happen.
I am not the first one however -- here is a 1998 article on "Wheel Crunchers Anonymous".
From now on I will put a sticker in plain view with the motto "watch for the bikes you fucking moron".
Donations through PayPal to help me rebuild/repair/repaint are gratefully accepted.
And if only that were the whole story....
This evening as we began packing for our trip to Ireland, Anne checked the passports only to find Cian's passport expired last week.
This day is getting better and better, I tell ya!
So after 3 -4 hours of calls to the US Passport folks, the Irish consulate in San Francisco ("can't I just let him travel on my Irish passport?.... PLEASE?"), calls to the airlines and calls to the travel agents -- we have come to the harsh realization that there is no way in hell we can get on a plane tomorrow morning and fly to Ireland.
So then comes the issue of getting him a new passport and changing our tickets. The US passport folks won't say how long it'll take to renew the passport ("expedited cases are currently taking about seven business days") and won't even give us an appointment until we reschedule our flights. But we can't reschedule our flights until we know we can get a passport. And no passport without rescheduled flights.... Huh?
Chicken or egg, anyone?
And now there is the slight issue of changing the travel dates for our flights. Expedia just informed me I will have to pay $3500 ON TOP of the original $3000 we paid if I want to try and fly next Friday.
Oh ok -- so let me pay $6500 to maybe fly to Ireland? Pay for new tickets in the hope that I might actually get Cian a new passport and just might be able to catch the plane...
And what happens if I miss that flight next week -- how much will I have to pay then?
Fuckers...
As with the bike/roof rack debacle -- donations are being (gratefully) accepted to help fly us to Ireland. PayPal me.
And in the meantime -- here's to not having another day like today.
Ever.
Really.
Forever
And
Ever.
June 14, 2007
Dad's Roses
We took a jaunt up to Washington Park to the Rose Garden to check in on the field of blooms and, most importantly to check in on how some of my Dad's roses are doing up there.
The full screen slideshow can be found by clicking here or alternatively just click on the photo below to navigate through smaller photos.
June 07, 2007
Chasing Waterfalls
A recent jaunt in the gorge led to this find:
June 05, 2007
New Look
Yes -- we have had some late night renovations here at the blog. More to come, I am (kinda) sure...
And with that, I am off to bed. Good night.
Portland Rose festival
Wow -- where does 5+ weeks go? I got back from Ireland, got over the jet lag and have been basically spending time on WILD and with the consulting stuff at Nua.
Of course there has been plenty of time for hiking, biking and generally goofing off.
It's Rose Festival week here in Portland -- so in hono(u)r of that, here are some shots of my Dad's roses which are suffering much abuse in our garden....
Click on the photos to get arrows so you can navigate through the photos....
April 29, 2007
Sundays in Dublin
So when the weather is good, and it's still only April, and you find yourself in Ireland ---- there is only one thing to do....
GET OUTSIDE WITH THE KIDS!
And that is what we did earlier today:
Keeva warmed up:
Eva became one with nature:
Sean showed us how to put some power into a kick:
A simply great day for us all.....
Coyote on tour
Before departing for Dublin to visit my family, Cian gave me one of his favo(u)rite "cuddlies" to keep me company. So coyote was stuck in my bag and over to Dublin we came.
We (coyote and I) cannot believe the good weather we are having -- and are enjoying hanging out with the family. Here are a couple of quick shots of coyote hanging out with Cian's cousins.
Eva reads him a story:
Sean and Ciaran show their tender sides:
After all that socializing however, Coyote felt like all he wanted to do was go and have a good howl at the Irish moon.
April 14, 2007
The most expensive cupcake (ever)
So it has been a hectic but fun few weeks...
Cian turned 5 -- which, naturally, led to heightened excitement throughout the house. We had a joint birthday party over at our house -- a party shared with his friend Hannah. It was a great time -- and some great photos of apple bobbing etc can be found by clicking here.
During the course of the party, it seems the dog managed to somehow gobble down one of the delectable chocolate cupcakes. (For the uninitiated -- chocolate and canines do not mix)
So after a Sunday of a very sick dog (I will spare you the mopping up stories from 4AM), the vet decided to admit him to hospital on Monday morning.
The long story short is that he is now home and (still) recovering.
Needless to say -- lesson learned.
Good job birthdays only happen once a year, eh?
And of course amidst all this we had easter -- we managed to get up to the grove of magnolia trees in Hoyt Arboretum -- and it was just at the right time. Some great shots can be found by clicking here.
here is a taster:
The great excitement of course was the "real' birthday -- as opposed to the day of the party at home and the day of the party at school (typically excessive) -- and Cian graduated to a big bike. He has been flying around on his other bike, knees clattering into elbows and generally pedaling like a maniac. So he got a great surprise -- check out the following:
And away he went!
The whole story in photos can be seen by clicking here.
So all in all -- a great few weeks.
March 27, 2007
10 weeks of "life after intel"
Allright -- so it feels like it is time to come out of the proverbial closet.
I quit intel a little over ten weeks ago -- and what have I *really* been up to aside from all the important stuff:
- hanging out with Cian and Anne
- visiting the mountain for snow play
- hiking out the columbia river gorge
- hanging out in santa fe for a week
- watching Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back with Cian
- running out in the local forest (getting up to an hour a run now)
- finally updating this bleeding blog
- you get the picture....
I took the leap of faith from Intel so I could pause and generally slow down and see what else is out there.
So over the last while, I have managed to start up the shell of two businesses.
One is nua consulting -- which will be my "storefront" for my own consulting. Focusing on the HR & IT work I have been doing for too so long.
www.nuaconsulting.com
A little more exciting (for me at least) is an outdoor adventure organization that will try to get Portland families and their kids outside into the wilderness. I could go on about this -- but I did that over at the blog for this new venture.
I have become more and more intrigued by the widening gap between kids and our local wilderness -- and want to try to give kids the opportunity to get dirty in the wild.
WILD is what we will call it -- Wildlife Introductions for Learning & Development.
Check out www.childrenoutside.com for Ronan 2.0
Adventures here we come!
Fun Weekend
So Anne left Cian and I, up to our own devices this weekend -- and one of our guilty pleasusres was sitting in on a miserable wet Sunday morning and watching the Empire Strikes Back.
Ah yes -- it was one of those father and son moments. Although I was surprised (and touched) when at the end of the show he started to cry because "Han Solo was my favourite guy -- and he got frozen!!".
What a movie! (I can't wait for Return of the Jedi to be shown!)
Otherwise we had a fun time -- Fiona came over to goof around and they had some laughs while they collected flowers:
The flowers were going to be used as presents for their mothers' return (Fiona's mum was away with Anne). So we created a fine welcome home for Anne -- with a tray of camellia's at the front door awaitng her along with a "welcome home! mama" note inscribed by Cian.
Cute, eh?
March 14, 2007
Happy Birthday Nonna!
Just returned from a few days (Thurs - Tue) in Santa Fe, with Anne's parents.
It's always a pleasure -- good company, 1961 Lafite-Rotschild, sunny weather and, oh, did I mention the wine?
We were there to celebrate Verena's birthday -- and Cian decided he wanted to wear something special. So he donned his Chinese dragon outfit to mark the event:
It was a fun evening -- with the birthday girl getting into the festivities:
But, as always we had time to explore and play outside too:
As ever, a fun visit.
February 19, 2007
Life de-cubed
So the last month has seen me going through the de-cubification process. Life without a cube has proved itself to be more worthwhile than I had imagined to be honest. How quickly it all just washes away.
What the hell am I babbling about? At this point if it doesn't ring a bell the rest of this rant may just bore you. Otherwise read on.....
Catching up....
Christ I think I could write a book on the last few months -- and yet I somehow have managed to avoid this blog for three and a half months. You know the way you leave something aside, with the best of intentions, and then you just leave it there, casting guily glances toward it every once in a while....???
Well anyway that is how it has been recently.... And while I have been casting those guilty glances, Christmas passed us by, I quit Intel after ten and a half years there, Cian learned to ride his bike, I set up the framework of my consulting firm (and subsequently got bored by it), Cian got his first stitches after a nasty gash left its mark on his virgin forehead (nothing to do with bike riding by the way), Anne went to Switzerland for 12 days for a family funeral, we have started figuring out schools for Cian this September, we got our annual snowfall here in Portland and (coinciding with the snow) Colum arrived to launch his new book. Oh and our kitchen got (kinda) finished too....
Ah..... Life. We are faced with insurmountable opportunities.
So lots to cover... I'll try to break this out into a couple of different posts -- so I won't spill my guts in one brief post -- I will come back with more.... In the meantime here are some snapshots of a Christmas visit to the beach:
October 27, 2006
Halloween Preview
Anne has managed to come through (again) for Cian's Halloween costume...
As a background, first he was Elvis, then Thomas the Tank Engine, then a dinosaur and now this year a dragon. THe great part about is that she makes the costumes herself -- and does a wonderful job at it too.
Here is the photos of the first unveiling of the costume:
October 22, 2006
Autumn is here
Lots to try and write -- but most fun of all has to be the annual play in the leaves in Laurelhurst Park. It's becoming a family tradition -- and with the weather we've been having, this is a wonderful year for it!
Check out the photos we posted in the photo gallery by clicking on the photo:
September 24, 2006
Autumn - how did that happen?
Already the leaves are showing tinges of new colours... But the weather sticks at 89 F (31 C) with the evenings cooling down. Just beautiful -- my favourite time of year. Especially here in Portland -- we are reminded that the seasons are upon us. We can see the mountains in the distance and see that they already have a dusting of snow...
And its not only the weather that has been changing -- there has been plenty going on with us... Where to start?
Well firstly, we had to make the difficult decision about Lupo and we found him a "new" home. Anne's allergies took a downhill turn as soon as he arrived -- and it never got better. So despite a fun 4-5 weeks, we found him a good new home. Cian handled it all very well -- although it is clear how much he misses Lupo. He *finally* had a dog that would listen to him and play with him (Austin suffers Cian -- but doesn't really listen to him). Another day will come when we will have another dog -- I am sure.... But for now all focus is on Austin.
Otherwise -- our kitchen has been ripped up for 4 weeks or so now. No water in the kitchen.. washing dishes in the bath downstairs.. wondering where the hell everything is... These photos should paint the picture...
This week will see the counters installed -- and there will be water back finally come Thursday. That will mean at least a partially usable kitchen -- we will be soooo friggin happy to have just the water back running in the kitchen... We will start packing the dishwasher on Tuesday in preparation (no really -- I mean it).
August 12, 2006
Insanity strikes in NE Portland
Not fully sure what transpired today -- but somehow we ended up at a dog shelter today -- and brought "Shiloh" home with us. We rapidly renamed him Lupo Speeder -- the latter to keep Cian happy. We'll just call him Lupo.....
Cute, eh?
He is a 10 month old German Shepherd mix -- mixed with who knows what (Australian Cattle Dog mixed with some Pug ???!!) -- he is about half the size of Austin and will probably not grow too much more.
Very calm and quiet disposition (so far). He seems to be fairly smart too -- so we will have our challenges there too. Should be fun.
All in all he seems to be taking to the new surroundings:
Cian was so excited -- he wanted to call his friends and start reading about training too:
Click on the link below for more photos:
August 10, 2006
Feels like a new home
So finally we get a few days respite from all the work that has been going on around the house.
The painters finished the outside of the house today -- and they really did a wonderful job. We are thrilled with how it all turned out. The photos below won't do it full justice -- compressing an image with screw with the colours and all -- but at least it'll give you an idea of what we are looking at these days.
Here is what it is looking like on the east side:
Now remember -- not too long ago it all looked like:
The back view of the house is:
And the front view -- I will take some better photos -- without the contractors sign there (I promise):
And if you need a refresh - this is what it looked like back in July (and for the last 5 years we have been in the house):
So happy days! Some other views:
If anyone is interested in what we did to the house -- the photos of the place while it was being stripped etc are here.
We think we have a week before they all return and start ripping out our kitchen!
July 23, 2006
House Update
So... the homestead has been undergoing a transformation in the last few weeks. We had 96 years of paint scraped and burned off the exterior which finished last Wednesday -- and the painters have been priming the wood.
So here is the house in its current state of disrepair:
1. Back in the good old days
2. Stripped naked on the east side:
3. House stripped and primed - as it looks today:
4. The porch:
5. So what are we thinking for colours for the "new house"? Our original thoughts were, shall we say a little "misguided" and the test patches made it look like a jelly bean on the hill.... Well thanks to Stephanie (Gordon's wife) we are now thinking sensibly. The front porch is the test area and currently looks like:
July 22, 2006
Barcelona Photos
I just stuck up some photos of our Barcelona Trip up on the Photos section.
Get them while they are fresh!
Get them while they are fresh!
July 17, 2006
Busy Month
Man oh man -- how time has zipped on by... It has, however, been a busy month since the last flurry of entries.
- France managed to lose the World Cup...
- We have spent two weeks in Barcelona for Orlaith and Justin's wedding (Wow -- more to follow)...
- And we have had all the paint stripped off our house and had it taken down to bare wood... More stress than it should have been...
- And work has been generally miserable with layoffs weighing on everyone's mind...
I'll break this entry into multiple sections because there is plenty to get caught up on -- so if you want to know more of our impressions of Barcelona - click below....
I will later on get some photos etc of Justin's wedding up -- but for now it is just my Barcelona diatribe.
April 19, 2006
Portland Public Schools "Restructuring"
So I went to my first real school meeting last night.... Portland Public schools are in disarray --- they are consolidating (AKA closing) certain schools and trying to restructure a lot of our neighborhood schools. So for anyone who is interested -- here are my notes form the meeting.... (If you're interested in meeting schedule --it is here)
Format was quick overview of what the plan is
Powerpoint slides giving some details (selling benefits of K-8; test scores for the schools, trending of scores once kids went to Fernwood etc)
Map of new proposed boundaries for our local schools (Watch out its a 3MB .PDF file)
Then lots of discussion and questions -- the meeting was about 2.5 hours long and was very informative for me (remember I am still getting used to how the school system here works)
Here is my synopsis of the meeting and interpretation of the evening based on questions and comments from the audience:
Plan is not well worked out -- and does not have the detail it should have. No goals for how much $$$ it'll save and no goals for how test scores will increase
Plan does not have any idea as to what it'll cost to retrofit Fernwood for younger kids, neither does it take into consideration what will need to happen to Irvington and Laurelhurst to ensure the 6th-8th graders have their needs met.
Overwhelming support for questions like "how can a board of directors be made to vote on a proposal that does not have the appropriate detail?"
One comment that stuck with me which came from a parent was "I have two words for the Board -- due diligence"
I think there was an undertow of support for the K-8 initiative
People (parents + teachers) felt it was being rushed too much -- not enough time to plan transitions and curriculum changes
- A lot of discussion about Fernwood and how viable it'd be for young kids. One other very interesting point was made about it.... That is:
If they move 3rd graders into Fernwood in Sept -- there will be no 4th or 5th graders there -- so the closest class would be 6th graders. There was a lot of concern about introducing young kids into an environment like that where the next class is 3+ years older. If I had a kid slated to move into Fernwood in Sept -- I'd be pissed.
Some topics I hadn't thought about included what about brothers and sisters -- if someone is going to Laurelhurst now and their sister is slated to go to Fernwood -- why can't we grandfather them into Laurelhurst. "Keep families together". Also what about transfer students?
The overall feeling of the meeting was -- Laurelhurst and Irvington are OK to go with K-8 but not Hollyrood. And the message was very clear -- please don't do this for Sept 06.... For all the feeder schools for Grant.
All in all, an eye opening meeting for me.
April 12, 2006
Phew
So it really has been an interesting few days -- Cian turned four yesterday and had a great day. He got a great story about Pegasus from Pops, and phone calls from many other family members. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts.
At his request we ended up eating a birthday dinner at Bread and Ink where he always gets royal treatment. What a great local neighborhood place.... breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Earlier in the day, he helped make his birthday cake (chocolate of course) and we all attended his second soccer "class". What a blast. Photos are here.
And amidst birthday celebrations, I think I have Anne and Verena (Anne's Mum) worried about me. I have spent the last few nights up later than I should be working on the site --- it has however, been a blast. I am even starting to understand style sheets and PHP scripting.
Yikes.
But it is fun.
Looking ahead -- the good folks over at ExtraMSG remind me that the Farmers' Market is underway again. Great.
That'll hopefully work in nicely with Voluntary Simplicity effort we hope to kick off in a few weeks with friends. This whole slow movement has been really catching my attention -- and now I am excited to maybe do a little something about it. Also on the bookshelf is Faster: The acceleration of everything - an interesting read.
April 08, 2006
Here we go again
Well one more foray into the world of blogging -- this time thanks to the fols at Movable Type and Yahoo hosting -- for making it so easy.
Today was the day of Cian's birthday party -- although his real birthday is still 3 days away. We rented out a room at a SW Portland community center and frolicked in the pool.
More to come...