Elise is photographing a wedding with Marc tonight at the Barr Mansion (the same spot where we had our wedding reception seven years ago). She left around 4:30 this afternoon which left Maly and me to fend for ourselves.
First we hit Bed Bath & Beyond for a much-needed countertop compost bin (our makeshift tupperware [...]

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Maly starts her Parent’s Morning Out tomorrow morning. For me, it’s somewhat of a reality check…
“Okay, Mr. Janicek. We’ve given you and your wife two years and four months to instill morals, values, respect, common courtesy and long division in your daughter. You can leave the rest up to us now. [...]

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This weekend has lead me to realize that my short-lived life as an adult is over. We were obligated to attend not one, but TWO birthday parties. And these aren’t the birthday parties from the days of lore when you had to wake your friends up the next morning from their cozy resting [...]

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Tommy saw my post from yesterday this morning about the not-so-turbo RoadRunner Turbo broadband. He sent me a text message this morning to tell me that he’d get it taken care of. It’s good to have one of your best buds that works at Time Warner.
Here’s a test hardwired straight to [...]

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Before RoadRunner Turbo:

Hmm… first try:

Second try. Closer to router:

For kicks I tested my neighbors connection (no clue which neighbor this is):

Reset the modem again. Also reset the router. Tested in office near router:

Back on the couch, where I was sitting before I signed up for an addition $10/month for “Turbo Charged Internet!”:

I’ll [...]

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Today I decided that I want to get a plastic tire swing for Maly. I found the perfect branch from which to hang it from in the oak tree in the backyard. I was looking for a very specific tire swing — the same one that I had when I was growing up [...]

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“Daddy, draw a funny face right dare.”
“Um. Okay.”

(Simmy is referenced here)

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This evening Maly and I took a walk to the mailboxes to get the mail. There was an envelope from the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center. When we got back to the house, I put Maly in the bathtub and while she was taking a bath, I opened the envelope. I [...]

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Thanks go to Rob for introducing me to Fantastic Contraption. Now my free time is spent working on physics projects in a Flash game.
Here are my successes, and some failures:
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