February 19, 2010
Dog Bows
In the last week or two, I introduced Emily to the concept of sun dogs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog We saw them two days in a row, and I guess the idea stuck somewhere in the back of her head.
This morning, there was a beautiful pre-dawn sky and I opened the front door for her so we could look at it. She saw all of the colors, and said, "A dog bow!" Puzzled, I asked her, "What?" She said, "It's a dog bow, like the other day!"
Awesome.
I asked if she meant "sun dog" and she agreed. I explained that though there were a lot of pretty colors, it was 'just' a sunrise, not the same as a sun dog. I don't know if she 'believed' me, nor cared.
But I hope that forever more, when I see a 'red sky in morning,' I think, "Dog Bow!"
Reason #5873 why this kid rocks my socks off.
July 30, 2009
Boo!
Yet again, it's been far too long since I've posted here. Oh well. Blame Twitter and/or Facebook if you must. Quick hit-and-run run-down:
A) Em's great. I love that little girl. Words and photos fall miles short of describing her awesomeness.
B) I ran a marathon in April and I'm supposedly training for the Chicago Marathon in October, but I haven't run in almost 2 full weeks due to a creeping illness which has taken away all of my energy. Need to shake it off soon.
C) I never wrote a proper Illinois Marathon wrap-up. I thought I had one well underway, but all I can find now is my 'notes' file. Here it is:
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What went wrong:
Inconsistency in first 10 (and throughout). a) Should have had 1-mile paces. b) park route was slow and passing was impossible c) 2nd half was hillier than expected.
Calf cramp - pre-race stretching? Water/nutrition?
Hip fatigue - stride?
Wind/uphills = mental. 9MPH headwinds on the uphill stretch around Mile 18-19.
Tingling in last 2-3 miles.
What went right:
Tim, Chris, Dennis.
Had gas left to sprint the end.
Weather (other than wind).
CROWD/VOLUNTEER SUPPORT!!!
Other points:
The Champaign Country Club mile SUCKED! My slowest mile.
Garmin was good, but it disagrees with reality. It gave me about 0.01 mile extra per course mile. At the end of the race, that added up to over a quarter mile of difference. It's minor, but noteworthy. Also, for whatever reason, my watch time differs from the official chip time but nearly a minute. I'm not sure how to resolve that.
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My photos from the event.
Tim Borbely's photos from the event.
Oh and here, listen to this PODCAST about the Illinois Marathon: 061_2009IllinoisMarathonPodcast.mp3
D) Motorcycling:
i) Not ONLY motorcycling related, but everyone who drives should visit The Black Nail Brigade web site and in particular, read The Black Nail Brigade Manifesto. This is no joke. This is not a fashion statement. This is about life and death and the preservation and prevention thereof. Go. Read. Now. I'll wait for you.
ii) Been doing a bit of riding. Not much on the dual sport, but some here and there.
iii) Got waylaid by a minor accident in May when an ignorant woman pulled in front of me. You can search out details in my Flickr photo stream. I am well or at least really close to it, the bike is well, damage insurance has been settled, injusry insurance is still outstanding.
iv) Just bought tickets to the Moto GP races in Indianapolis at the end of August. This will be my first race experience ever, believe it or not - car, motorcycle, whatever. Should be a blast.
E) Computers - I've been burned out on technology lately in part because a seriese of hardware failures have just beaten the crap out of me both at home and at work. But I've lately heard about some interesting projects which have rekindled a bit of a spark. I no particular order of usefulness to my life, examples are: Xen, eyeOS, Evernote (used it before, using it more now), a cheap analog to digital video capture device from Woot!, some stuff with MythTV, and a few other things I've forgotten already. OLPC or something like it for Emily? Anyway, yeah, tech = cool.
F) Pets: Harrison died back in November. Not sure if I ever posted that. Also, a few months back we got fish. Now we have a TON of them. And a snail. I love watching them.
G) Flying. Have done NONE in a long, LONG time. Doesn't even look like I'll make it to Oshkosh this year. A bummer, but oh well. *sigh*
Ok, I'm running out of steam on this latest hit-and-run. As I always say, I'll try not to be such a stranger. Yeah, right.
Later.
December 04, 2007
Emily's First Song!!!
Emily's first Karma Jam - 20.6MB - 0:11:17
Tonight I set Emily on my knee in front of my keyboards, the Korg Karma and the 88-key controller. She went to town. The only times I pressed buttons was when she got it into a mode that would no longer play. And a few times I pointed out a few buttons/knobs to try and moved her up and down the register, but really, it was all her. I started recording it in progress and left it as I recorded it - gaps and all. Mostly I put it online to share with Mommy who is out of town, but I figured I might as well podcast it :)
Yay, Emily!!!
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September 06, 2007
Can She Walk?
Can_She_Walk.mp4 - 3:00 - 32.3 MB
Well, of COURSE she can!
September 01, 2007
DawnapaDrewza Recap and Em Turned ONE!
051_dapdz_recap_em_turns_one - 23.0MB - 32:45
On the bike again, trying to catch up and recap.
00:00 - Intro
02:09 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - to RIDE!!!
04:55 - DawnapaDrewza 2007
09:03 - Fish Fry Friday - Setting up camp - Drink-in Theater
13:19 - Rainy Saturday - Karaoke Kommandos - My party-foul - Don't break your cool
17:50 - Hot tub time - Killed my bike - First in, last out
21:12 - Canopy collapse - (Almost) Naked in the rain - Crashing out and waking up - No hangover - Leaving summer-camp
25:14 - Nice move, Ass - Bought a didgeridoo
28:05 - Emily's first birthday party - Balloon Animal Clown AND Whinnie the Pooh! - 15 Pounds of Italian beef
31:08 - Holy crap, my daughter is a year old.
31:32 - Voicemails - V.C./D.C. - Hello? I just did a shot of Jack - Outro
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