So in the midst of “Arctic Blast 2008″ we decided to get stranded with my family up at my sisters house. We came over on Saturday morning, and as the snow piled up we decided to have some fun. Their deck is a few feet up from the ground, so we piled the snow up, [...]
Categories: Being a Kid,Family
Tagged: Arctic Blast 2008, sledding, snow
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- December 22, 2008 – 1:49 pm
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- By JASon
Up until today I’ve only been on the same flight as one public personality — that I’m aware of. At some point in the early 1990s we were flying back to Cleveland to see my family back there. On our Portland to Chicago leg of the trip we were on the same flight as the [...]
Categories: Being a Kid,Grown Up Stuff
Tagged: Buck Williams, flying, Ron Wyden
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- October 30, 2008 – 9:24 pm
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- By JASon
Judah has been walking around tonight talking about Artoo, Prince-a Way-a, and Yoyo. He can’t find Artoo and Prince-a Way-a. “Where’s Artoo, dad?” He might be the youngest boy ever to have a crush on Princess Leia.
Categories: Being a Kid,Family
Tagged: Princess Leia, R2-D2, Star Wars, Yoda
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- April 14, 2008 – 6:48 pm
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- By JASon
My wife sent me this link today, and I was blown away. Do you remember those wooden block and marble sets that you could build tracks for the marbles with? My grandparents had some, and I enjoyed playing with them. This is like that, but taken to an amazing extreme. The video is 12 minutes [...]
Categories: Being a Kid
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- April 22, 2006 – 11:55 am
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- By JASon
This Halloween Judah will be doing his first trick-or-treating. His costume isn’t quite ready yet, but look at it so far.
Categories: Being a Kid,Family
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- October 20, 2005 – 6:07 pm
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- By JASon
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, so I’ll try and sum it up for everyone. We bought a house, as I mentioned here. With home ownership comes the responsibilities of a home owner…like managing a lawn, cleaning windows, and having a pet We got us a kitty, which you can see here. His [...]
Categories: Being a Kid,Grown Up Stuff,Open Source,Red Sox,Sports,Windows
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- September 18, 2005 – 9:56 pm
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- By JASon
I know that Judah is only now starting to crawl, but it’s got me thinking about the things that I want to do with him when he gets older (and his siblings too, when they come into the picture ). One of the things I lots of good memories about as a kid was riding [...]
Categories: Being a Kid
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- May 17, 2005 – 10:42 pm
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- By JASon
As I’ve mentioned before I was a high energy kid. I was always moving around. Well, the time has come that my son is starting to move around. We think he is going to be a high energy kid just like his old man. Oh boy, this is going to be fun! Check out some [...]
Categories: Being a Kid
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- May 17, 2005 – 6:47 pm
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- By JASon
I remember as a little kid getting to play softball with the grown-ups at church picnics. Now I’m the grown-up and I am, for the first time, participating in an adult sports league. I’m playing on a city league softball team from my church, and let me tell you, I feel like a kid out [...]
Categories: Baseball,Being a Kid,Grown Up Stuff
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- May 12, 2005 – 10:42 pm
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- By JASon