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Holy Crap! FLDS (recently raided in Texas for child abuse) has opened an online clothing site.

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I saw a great movie - The Man Without A Past.

Best quote of the movie:

“What do I owe you?”
“If you see me face down in the gutter, turn me over.”

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By now most of us admit that Driving & Dialing is dangerous. Like most folks, I still make calls during my 30 minute commute. Today I looked up from my smart phone long enough to notice a blue sign announcing that I could call 511 for traffic information.

Where does the Florida Department of Transportation believe I’m going to access this information? Obviously I’m going to dial 511 while I’m struck in traffic, after I’ve used google maps on my phone to see their traffic report.

Update: It was my intent to complain, but it looks like www.fl511.com has some pretty cool info for the Florida commuter. Next time I leave the office in anything less than an I’m-So-Damn-Late sprint I’ll check the traffic cams and estimated drive times. Looks like they have similar sites for other states too.

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I pass the same cars on the way to work every morning. One is little green american coupe driven by a middle aged security guard in his uniform shirt. He always drives with the window down, but he doesn’t seem to smoke. He has a bumper sticker on the exact center of his bumper. It reads “My drinking team has a bowling problem.”

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Back at work after a long weekend and I miss my favorite folks. I miss PrettyLady next to me. I miss JC climbing up my legs. I miss holding the soft bundle of BabyGirl.

This morning JC said “I don’t wanna go to school. I wanna go to the beach.” I love to share the beach with my kids. JC is entering that age when he can really enjoy it. Now it’s all about trying to swim. The Gulf’s gentle waves seem huge to him. The few shells we found on this trip were gems. Soon we’ll be able to fish and net crabs. Soon we’ll have BabyGirl in the water. We need a boat.
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I managed to snap a few photos this weekend. I didn’t manage to trim down the redundancy.

Click the pick below to see them all.

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Tonight at supper, JC asked to be put in time out. Hmmm…Pretty Lady has reported time out doesn’t seem to be working for him. JC hit the two’s with tantrums and “MINE” and “NO”, so he’s familiar with time out at school and home.

Supper was pretty good, rosemary shrimp and butter beans. I didn’t cook it, so I didn’t have to take offense that he preferred time out over the meal. So I put him in time out. We walked to the chair, set the timer and he sat there for a couple minutes.

After the timer, he walked back to the table and gave me hug. I didn’t know how to interpret. Did he roll through the ritual to collect the hug? Is he a sadist? Was he protesting the rosemary?

My day, my week, the last few months have been a swirl of baby and work and worry and getting a new job and trying to enjoy all the great things that take all my time.

I’m going to the chair. I get a minute for every year. Daddy’s going to sit in the corner for 37 minutes and there better be a hug on the other end.

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Ran across this very cool video on Vimeo.com. Shots are from the Cinco De Mayo celebration at Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon.

Cinco De Mayo Carnival from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.

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There have been many great moments in Holmes family history;

1. In December 2007, Larry Holmes was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for induction in June 2008.
2. The Senate unanimously confirmed Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s appointment to the US Supreme Court on December 4, and Holmes took his seat on the Court December 8, 1902.

and now this…

JC had grown frustrated with me- I’d been working in the yard instead of pushing him in his swing. So the boy went inside. PrettyLady brought the boy back out 15 minutes later to tell me she’d found him in the bathroom, struggling to get his pants back on and the toilet seat was up.

JC doesn’t settle for sitting down, not my boy.

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The site was down for a few hours.

The classic Dad dilemma - no time for my side projects. I tried to update my blog application (Wordpress) in the 5 free minutes I found between doing my morning check of production database servers and the morning team meeting.

Ah well, it’s working now and maybe I’ll get around to telling you about my son’s latest accomplishment or post new pics of my sweet baby girl.

Ooops. out of time.

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