Last Thursday I went for a run. I had to. It was such a beautiful day here - 80 degrees and sunny with a breeze. I mean, that's great weather at ANY time but right smack at the end of winter and just a mere 4 days after a big SNOWSTORM and man, that made for a good day. There is a trail near our...

After I write a blog where I come down hard on one of the kids, or express my frustration in their behaviour, I like to follow up with something a little more positive. For example Tess is discovering reading. We did not teach her phonics -- we don't even have any teaching tools other than the ...

Nick has started saying "I love you." Of course he "LUBS" everything.  "Dinner?  I LUUUUB dinner!" William finally loves music and dancing.  He used to make me stop singing, now he'll sing with me.  He'll sing parts of Twinkle Twinkle, Poop Goes in the Potty (yeah, thanks, Statia), Put on Your S...

At a time when more people are demanding that their mobile computing devices come with built-in 3G connectivity, it's easy to scan a specs list and delight at the inclusion of HSDPA without thinking. It can be a knee-jerk reaction: we see 3G, we're immediately happy. But when the object of our affec...

Though there are three different models of the Sony Vaio P in the US, each one runs on the 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor. In other regions, the 1.6GHz Z530 and 1.86GHz Z540 chips are available and paired with the same 60GB hard drive and 64GB/128GB solid state drive storage options offered in th...

I know I haven't posted in awhile. I'm sorry. It's not that nothing has gone on at the house, it's just...I've been busy! Since I've last posted, I've turned 30, gone to Vegas for a week [with a day trip to LA to see a friend I haven't seen in 11 years] and have been ...

Following NaviGadget's discovery of the FCC documentation for the new Samsung Q1EX, Engadget found that the Nano-powered UMPC already had an official product page full of specs, some photos, a user manual, and other details. Since then, Samsung put the device up for preorder for a fairly reasonable ...

Recently I noticed my blackberry randomly dumps emails from my inbox. Upon doing a search on The Google I realized it was because I had too many pictures stored in my phone. Okay. Fine. I downloaded them into a folder on my computer, erased them from my phone and promptly began filling up the memory...

I know I don’t normally talk about local Arizona politics on this blog, but recent state-wide idiocy has really gotten me up in arms. Arizona is one of this country’s last true bastions of Spaghetti Western libertarianism, where “get your government off my guns” meets “...

Finished working out, sorer than usual, I pull up in front of the house and feel sadness pressing down on me like one of the weights at the gym.  I slowly climb the five steps to the porch, feeling each muscle in my legs, and pause for a moment before opening the door. Do I really want to go in? F...