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It Just Doesn’t Work That Way

Posted on October 3, 2007 by JASon

So last week Judah stuck not one, but two CDs in my computer…at the same time. I was able to get them out, but it was a bit of work to do that. Ever since then it just hasn’t work right. So, tonight I decided to try and figure it out.

Since it is a Mac Mini it is a little harder to work on, let alone get into it. After I got it open I had to figure out how to “service” the optical drive. After finding some guides online I was able to free the drive from the chassis, and open it up to find…Fred Bear stickers! Apparently Judah stuck them in at the same time as the CDs.

Fred Bear stickers + optical drive = no workie = unhappy dad

Stickers out, everything back together, and working again. He lives to wake another day.

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Judah’s Favorite TV Shows/Personalities

Posted on September 27, 2007 by JASon

Judah has three things related to TV that he asks for all the time. In no particular order they are:

Dirty Jobs, and host Mike Rowe; this is often presented as one word, “DirtyJobsMikeRowe”
Mythbusters, complete with a countdown (3..2..1..) and explosion noises
Alton Brown

The last one is a bit of a recent phenomenon, but we enjoy Alton as well, so it’s all good.

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I Play by My Rules

Posted on September 5, 2007 by JASon

Actually, they are Jim‘s rules:

There will be no rules posted here, nor will I “tag” anyone, but here are a few random facts about me.

I was tagged for a meme, and so I will post 8 random facts/stories about myself. Here goes.

This is the first meme that I have ever responded to.
As a kid I wanted to prove that man could live on bread and water alone.
For all of the Microsoft bashing I do, I consider Excel to be one of the best software titles ever.
It actually hurt me to type #3.
I am responsible for Judah’s haircuts in the summer months. I guess I’ll cut Abel’s next summer, too.
I’ve had five concussions. But get this, for some reason I have a sense that I’m forgetting about one. They are (in chronological order [the ones I remember]):
1. toddler in the church nursery
2. elementary school age playing in a sprinkle, hello sidewalk
3. middle school age playing football at recess
4. high school wrestling match
5. college Bruin Brawl
Growing up I tried to avoid yard work. Now it is something I strive to do well at.
The “formal” announcement is just coming out that I am shifting my responsibilities at work. I will continue to work in Admissions half-time. My other half-time will be in IT, doing software development and system administration.

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When you see caution/police tape…

Posted on July 23, 2007 by JASon

Walk away! On Friday my office was involved in a division picnic at Cook Park in Tigard. When they arrived they found sections of the park roped off with caution/police tape. One of the activities of the day was people could go canoeing down the Tualatin River. The picnic ended up moving to another park, but that park was up-stream from Cook Park, so those canoeing ended up going by Cook Park. Anyways, the “person canoeing” in this story is someone I supervise. Weird.

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Translations

Posted on July 5, 2007 by JASon

Two translations for you from the Judah Language Institute:

No-bah-wat-ton: “No I don’t want to” or “No I’m all done”
A-bow Gee: Evil Genius

The “a-bow gee” stems from him being able to work the TV and DVD player, and his mother calling him an evil genius.

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This I Believe

Posted on July 1, 2007 by JASon

NPR has a segment called “This I Believe.” I gave Judah my rough impression of NPR as I got dressed on Friday:

“I’m wearing a red shirt today. Do you know why? [silence] Because we can believe in basketball again.”

If you don’t know what I was referring to, perhaps you should read this and this.

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Request Fulfilled – The Boys

Posted on June 12, 2007 by JASon

Ask and you shall receive.

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What’s in a Name

Posted on June 12, 2007 by JASon

My initials are JAS. Adrienne’s are AjGS. Judah’s are JJS. You see a pattern here? Abel Anders came about in two ways, middle name first.

My middle name is Andrew. My mom is 100% Swedish, so that makes me 50% Swedish. Anders is a Scandinavian varient of Andrew.

That one settled, now on to the all important first name. We wen’t back and forth on this a while. We had a few names to choose from, but once I saw him none of them “seemed right” to me except Abel.

Not too exciting of a story. But, hey, it’s a story.

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More Photos

Posted on June 12, 2007 by JASon

Here are some more photos. Don’t forget that these (and more) are all over here.

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A New Mii to Make

Posted on June 11, 2007 by JASon

So someone decided that today was the right time to make himself known to the world, and I have a new Mii to make.

Abel Anders Schwanz was born this afternoon at 3:42p. He weighs 7lb 2oz, and is 19.75 inches long. Mother and baby are doing very well. Enjoy the pics below, or all of them here.