tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91143402011-06-08T00:29:55.741-06:00Oliver, Holly, and Tim makes 3!Tim Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488263031217060632noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114340.post-64224646578034839652008-09-27T20:12:00.002-06:002008-09-27T20:15:35.371-06:00

Did you even notice? Our blog is now located at blog.yumnuska.net. We're mainstream now, baby.

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Yes, I know I haven't blogged in a while. No, I probably won't get better anytime soon. But Oregon pics are here.

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It was really blustery today, so we went for a walk at Cypress Falls because I'd heard that it was beautiful and pretty sheltered. Correct on both counts; pictures start here.

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Soooo... yah. I've managed to neglect this blog for some time now. The good news is that it isn't due to working to much, instead I've just been lazy.We're obviously back from Europe (old news). The trip was fantastic, and having had some time to digest the experience, I can say that I can't wait to return to some of the places we saw. Barcelona is now on my List of Top 10 Cities in the World.

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We're 3/4 through our European vacation (updated pictures). We started out in Frankfurt for one night to see Holly's youngest sister, then on to Rome to meet her other sister (who's living in Barcelona). We've been their mom joined us en route in Toronto, so it's really been a family vacation.Rome is lovely, but dirty and overrun with tourists. Still, the sights are incredible, and photos and

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The past two months have been one of the most incredible, amazing, depressing, satisfying, upsetting, enlightening, and wild experiences of my life. Why, you ask? I can't tell you... but I will anyways, and you can fill in the blanks for yourself.I've just spent the better portion of two months (which you can interpret to mean, nearly all my waking hours, and a many of the sleeping hours, too)

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Thanks to recent changes in the US, Pandora is not longer available to users outside of the US, including Canada. Holly and I were addicts, so we're pretty disappointed.Luckily, there's last.fm!! I'm a member, and so far, I like it.

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You probably know him, and if you don't, Holly or I have probably told you all about him. Our friend Dave has a couple of projects on the go that are worth checking out.First, Dave's own website -- http://www.david-scott.com/ -- has his own music and writing. I'm listening to Empty Spaces as I write this. As we would expect from him, it's awesome, and deserves notice. I hope you enjoy it.Once

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On Friday, while I was at work, 3 large men showed up and moved all of our stuff from our old main floor to our new house! We've mostly settled, and love our new digs. Oliver really enjoys the playground out back, and there's another one that's a bit bigger and not too far away that he enjoys also. I'm hoping to check out the biking around here next week.

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This was Oliver's first "real" Easter, since he was still a lump of infant last year. The Easter Bunny left a few treats for him, and I caught some of it on video (click here).

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The other day, I stumbled upon an interesting Family Tree "manager" at geni.com. I've added our family tree and started to fill in the details, but we're going to need help to fill it up! If any family members are interested, drop me a line and I'll send you an invite. Also, for anyone already added, feel free to invite others to see it.

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After searching for three months for the "right" home, we've found it! We're still renting, but in a months time we'll have a whole house all to ourselves. It's a 900 sf house with a semi-finished basement, so there's more functional space, plus decent storage to boot. Plus, there's a tree house in the yard and a playground just out the back yard for O. It'll about double my commute (to 15

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Last weekend was supposed to be rainy, but we lucked out! We spent Saturday walking on the beach at Boundary Bay (near the Tsawwassen ferries); here's a video.Sunday, I took advantage of the weather and mowed the lawn (in February... that's a first for me!!).

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Good Question. I've been having all kinds of computer troubles lately, so please forgive my lack of everything.Oliver:Man oh man! He never ceases to amaze me. He's started to say what could be considered "words", and I swear he has Daddy and Mommy down (although he calls mommy, "monny"). He also says, on occasion, "mo" (more), "jushe" (juice), "doon" (down), "ep" (up), "no" (no), "dowantoo" (

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You might need to turn the sound WAAAAY up, but it's there!

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 We finally bought a new camera to replace the one that was stolen, so we can take pictures again! Here's the first.Somebody told me it wouldn't snow in Vancouver. They lied. We've had nearly 20 cm since last night. It's been fun! 

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Over here!

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We had to get the windshield replaced in the car. See, BC won't let you insure an out-of-province car without an inspection, and a broken windshield is an automatic fail, and our windshield was broken. Bummer.So Holly called a local Kia dealer, since our car is a Kia, and was quoted around $600 for the replacement (WHAT???). The rep suggested that she try getting other prices, however, so that's

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Un-freaking-believable!Our house was broken into last Friday. Thankfully (for the thief), we weren't home, but they got away with both of our flat screen monitors, our CD collection, our digital camera (with O's first Halloween pictures!!!), and some other odds and ends. We haven't even lived here long enough to feel like somebody broke into "our" home!Other than that, things are great out here.

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If you're having trouble watching the videos, you might need to get the latest version of Shockwave. You can get it from the Adobe website at this link.From the YouTube help:All of the videos on YouTube are streamed through a Flash player, so you need to have the latest version of Macromedia Flash installed on your computer. To download it, please visit Adobe.

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We went for a drive up to Simon Fraser and Burnaby "Mountain" today. O decided that it would be a great place to try his walking skills! I got some video on my phone, but can't figure out how to get it off, so I can't share that. Luckily, O was still in a walking mood when we got home, so I got this video! (Once again, there is no sound. My camera doesn't record sound. Once he starts talking,

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Sorry about the quality at the end.There's also a couple of new pictures here.

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And what a week it's been! First some background.After getting the position at EA, Holls and I came out to Van to find a place to live. We lucked out and found a place about 5 minutes from the (incredible) office, near a shopping centre, library, and Skytrain station, and not to close to any hookers! That set the stage for us to move out here, so we got everything coordinated and sent our stuff

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Big News! For anyone who just wants to know how Oliver's doing, skip the next few paragraphs! ;)I've accepted a development position with Electronic Arts in Burnaby, BC! It's been in the works for a while, so I apologize to all my friends who were in the dark about this. I've been trying to keep it fairly low-key in case it didn't pan out. We're moving right after (Canadian) Thanksgiving, and I

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I've had a few people question my last post, so here's the scoop. It's a spam message that I received a while back, and it made no sense to me. But on some level (perhaps a level that only I exist on), it seemed a bit poetic. So I thought I'd share it. The past few weeks have been interesting. O is nearly walking (still), and really growing. His last checkup had him about the same size as a

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SociologyOverviewHugs At Office Yourself Fireworks Lakewonderful free ecards forended .or betaReserved. providedIS Samsung Panasonic Lumix DMCFZSOCIETY HOMEmodelSolutions Cell Phones Bluetoothpeace unity.ongoing ego fame longer incentive factors numbers language universeGoalBetter Adobereg connected SprintDeutsch Flashpoorhousehold life.Control gainingSanskritThursdaygeneral chalked authors:size

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Quite a night. We went and watched open mike at a coffee shop, because a couple of friends were playing. The music was fantastic, and (happily) Oliver made it through the evening without melting down! He loves watching people play guitar, so that's not completely suprising. On the way home after, I had the most interesting question asked of me: "Hey, man, you wanna buy a pair of bib carharts

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Erik MongrainNever met him, don't know him, but was mesmerized by this.

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After a rather rushed start to the summer, things are starting to settle down. We spent the first two weeks of June in Red Deer while Holly finished her courses, which gave me the opportunity to play Mr. Mom. I gained a whole new appreciation for being a parent. O started crawling half way through the vacation, which changed things drastically - baby gates and cupboard locks are high on the to-do

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fell off the face of the earth!The past 2+ months have been incredible. We've painted and moved into our new home (coming up on 2 weeks now), and couldn't be happier. The neighbourhood, which we were a little skeptical about before the move, has turned out to be fantastic (if you ignore the hookers a couple of blocks away - we're just off 118 ave.). We've met all of our neighbours, and they seem

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 IT'S OVER!!!We finally found a new home! It took some doing, and a bit of patience, but we found a home that we LOVE. It's a 1920's two storey that's had a bunch of work done. There are a few more photos here. 

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 Thanks, D, C, and H! Oliver LOVES the Jolly Jumper! 

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 Watch out, ladies! (and Darren... somebody with more style?) 

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 I gave O a book to play with today. To be honest, he spent more time trying to get it in his mouth than looking at it, but I managed to get this shot. 

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 We started O on rice cereal today. I think he likes it! I'll be much happier when he gets more in him than on him. 

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 I think this might come back to haunt Oliver... say at his wedding? 

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Oi. Sometimes the responsibility of keeping a blog updated isn't so easy to meet... The last month has flown by, and (as unforgivable as this is) I haven't had much time to tell everyone what's been going on in our lives. Or even just in Oliver's life, which is all everyone cares about now, really. No pictures, sorry. I've been having trouble getting them to post lately. (If anyone knows of a

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 Some people think that O is always happy. Riiiiight. 

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Oliver turns 3 months old this week. He's been standing with assistance for a while, but now he's strong enough to stand with only the couch holding him up. He's still pretty unstable, but he has enough sense of balance stay up for a few moments!

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What else can a proud father say?

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We just returned from a 2-night trip to Jasper. This picture is from the first bridge at Maligne Canyon. We were hoping to do the floor walk, but the river wasn't frozen over, so no such luck. Instead, we slipped around the first two bridges before deciding it wasn't safe for me to carry O all the way down and back, and then took off.We went to Sunwapta Falls next, and, leave it to the mountains

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A while ago, I posted a comment about a site that suggests music for you based on what you tell it you like. I've found Something Better! Pandora [http://www.pandora.com/] is an online streaming radio station that plays music based on what you tell it you like. Very Cool.

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Thanks to everyone who made Oliver's first Christmas so special.We spent Christmas Eve at Gm. Mary's with Aunt Jacqui and Aunt Victoria; Christmas Morning we went to Gp. Rob's; and Christmas Dinner was at Gp. Don and Gm. Joan's with the Arnetts - all 16 of us had a fabulous time!Hopefully we'll see more friends and family this week.Happy Holidays, everyone!Tim, Holly, and Oli. 

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Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, and a healthy, safe, and fantastic New Year. Oliver, Holly, and I surely will.This is an older picture... hopefully one of our photographer friends can help us with an update! 

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I'm in Orlando for Autodesk University 2005 right now. 3 days in, and my brain is fried fried fried. It's been an adventure.   When I got to my hotel, I wanted to put my passport in the room safe. Only problem; I couldn't find my passport. I determined that it had most likely fallen out of my bag on the airplane, so I spent the next two days on the phone with Air Canada and United to see if they

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It's actually a couple of days old, but it's too good not to share...

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We've been busy busy busy!I've been back at work since last Monday. It took some adjusting, and I still would rather be at home than at work. I feel like I'm missing so much by not being there during the days. Oliver changes so fast right now that I almost feel like he's a new person every time I get home. I'll put a new photo up soon.Last Sunday, we sat and watch football all day. I had him on

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I went back to work this week. I'd much rather be at home, to be honest. O seems to change every day, even if just a little bit. His Grandpa Norm came into town last night, so we'll be visiting a bit with him over the next few days. Otherwise, not much else is going on... especially not sleep! I seem to have caught a cold at the office as well, which is making me even more tired. And Holly's up

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Oliver was two weeks old yesterday. I didn't have a chance to post it until now, but here's a picture from late last night.

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We went to visit Holly's grandparents yesterday. This is Oliver with his namesake, Great Grandpa Neil.

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Oliver is two weeks old today, and I have newfatheritis. I'm constantly awed by the way he changes from day to day. He's started to look around, and it seems like he's doing it on purpose. When we go to get him from the crib, he'll look towards us. When he's awake in the living room, he moves his eyes around, and keeps his eyes focused when his head turns. His arms have started to move with a

Tim Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488263031217060632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9114340.post-1131247112118532702005-11-05T20:16:00.000-07:002005-11-05T20:19:25.243-07:00

The other day, my mom and dad brought this picture by. At first, I thought it was Oliver, but no! it's my baby picture from 1975.

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Last night was the hardest night so far. I think O had a bad case of gas, and as a result he would NOT sleep. I tried, Holly tried, I tried again, we changed him, Holly fed him, we rocked him, we held him... no luck. He finally fell asleep at about 2 am, after about 5 hours or trying. The good news is that he slept until 6 or 7, and is sleeping again now, so at least Holly can catch up a bit.

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We took O for his first doctor's appointment this morning. Everything is good. He's still a bit jaundice, but is getting pinker by the day, and weighs in at 7 lb 2 oz. That's 2.5 oz down from his birth weight, but 5 ounces up from when he left the hospital (all babies lose weight right after birth). Last night he slept for arond 4-5 hours, twice! Very nice. I think it's the sheapskin blanket a

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Oliver Neil Gibson. Where does this name come from?Oliver is a name that Holly and I both love, and it has been at the top of our list since before Holly was pregnant. We happen to live in the Oliver neighborhood at the moment, but that's purely coincidental.Oliver is of French origin, and signifies the olive tree. The biblical olive tree symbolizes fruitfulness and beauty and dignity. Extending

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We're home, and everyone is healthy. I'll post a report once we're settled. Visitors must bring food.

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Oliver is awesome. I could leave it at that, but here're some details. We tried to get him breastfeeding. He's latching (sort of) sometimes, and we're working on the sucking part. He's still feeling the effects of the epidural and general anaesthetic that Holly had yesterday, so he slept through most of the day. We should be so lucky. We had a few visitors, and hopefully we'll have some more.

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Holly's water broke monday morning. She had light contractions all day monday, and we went to the hospital at about 10:00 monday night. They admitted Holly, but since there were no private rooms available they put her in the induction suite for the night. They were planning to induce Holly on tuesday morning, but she went into labour on her own at about 5:30 am. Rebecca (our doula) and I had gone

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Here's another pic before I crash.Also, some spammers have found this site. Spammers suck, and unfortunately this is a PITA for everyone else. If you want to comment now, you'll need to type some letters in to verify that you are a person and not a computer (or at least that you're a smart enough computer to be my friend). If that' wasn't funny, too bad. I'm tired. Goodnight.

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Oliver Neil GibsonOctober 26, 2005 at 00:43 hrs7 lb 4.5 oz20 "More to follow.

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We took Holly to the hospital at about 10:00 this evening. She's 1 cm dialated, posterior (station 2, whatever that means), and had no contractions after we got into the assesment room. She's been admitted, but since there're no open beds, she's sharing a suite. That means that I sleep in our bed tonight and go back in the morning -- unless I get a phone call sooner. I need to sleep.

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We're on our way to the hosptial now... not much is happening. The contractions are 9-15 minutes apart still, but we've been sitting around for about 8 hour and need a change of scenery. Hopefully the next post will have a name and weight attached to it!

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OK, so here's the deal. Holly called me at work at about 10:30 to say her water broke (it actualy broke before I left for work, but she wasn't sure). I was in a meeting, so I finished that up, and took care of some paperwork that had to be dealt with while I was away, then left. Now we're both home, and Rebecca wil be on her way over soon, so we're just waiting for the contractions to pick up.

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Holly's water broke. I'm taking off from work now, and will be busy for the next 18 years. Keep checking back here for updates!

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... for now. The proposal for MacEwan went in on the 23rd. I wish I could say more (and I will when we get it), but for now just believe that we worked our assets off for this building. If the college decides to go with our proposal, Edmonton will get a world-class piece of Architecture that we can all be proud of. In other news, Holly and I have finished our pre-natal classes, so now we're

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I've been tagged by Dan and Carmen. What the hell is tagged? Here is the deal: 1. Go into your archive. 2. Find your 23rd post. (I only have 14!!!) 3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to). 4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. 5. Tag five other people to do the same. (I'm skipping this step, since I don't know 5 other people with blogs!) I only have 14

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We had another ultrasound this morning. The baby is 5 lb. 1 oz. plus or minus 12 oz. This puts him in the 50th percentile, which (if I remember those traumatic stats classes) means he's about average. I think this means that he could grow to about 9 or 10 pounds, give or take. (AVERAGE!!???!!)He's head-down and ready to rock it out, too!

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Yesterday I was (mostly) surprised by my wife and friends. You see, I turn 30 on September 13. We went out to Lion's Park in St. Albert for a "picnic" which turned into an awesome time with most of my friends. Then those of us without kids (yet) we went to the Druid for a few hours and beers. Finally, thanks to JoJo, we saw The Exorcism or Emily Rose(cheesy, cliche, but decent).I'm incredibly

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Holly and I went for another doctor's appointment today. Surprise,surprise, Holly is showing about a month ahead of schedule. The doctor wasn't concerned about her weight, since from the last appointment to this one, she's gained the right amount. Apparently baby had a bit of a growth spurt before the previous appointment, though. We may need to go for another ultrasound in a few weeks, just to

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Some people are like slinkies - Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.On another note, we've been home from our trip to the Broken States of America for a little while. I'll post a better report when I have some spare time.

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Holls and I went for the first ultrasound yesterday. I though the heartbeat was cool! The tech had Holly in the room for about half an hour before I was allowed in. Once I joined them, I saw my baby for the first time! The little bugger wouldn't stop moving, and it was hard to get a good image, but I saw hands, feet, head, spine, and... something else! If you want to know the sex, you'll have to

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What an amazing weekend! Pembina River Campground is still the best place around Edmonton to camp. We had the group campsite booked last weekend, and were lucky enough to share it with a bunch of friends. The weather was fantastic, so we spent half of Saturday lounging in the river. The rest of the time, we lounged around the campfire, played poker all night, and relaxed.Pictures to follow, once

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We had our first camping trip of the year this weekend. There we 13 of us in two sites at Wild Willie's Something or Other, just outside of Drayton Valley, AB. We were supposed to go to Pembina, but (big suprise) it was full by Thursday night. Willie's was pretty nice, and cheaper than most other developed campgrounds - $16 per night, includes firewood. It's right on the North Saskatchewan River,

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We celebrated my friend Eddie Z's 25th birthday last night. Thanks to his parents for putting up with all of us, for dinner, and for the use of the house to make the suprise work. A good time was had by all, right down to the high-stakes poker games!

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We went to see The Hitchhiker's Guider to the Galaxy last night. I'm still undeceided about it. Overal, it was a pretty good show, but I was a bit disapointed with some of the effects and a lot of the acting. I laughed my ass off a few times though, and that was all I really wanted.I give it a 7/10.

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I don't want to say highway robbery, but WOW! I took the car to Bubbles today for a spring cleaning. 40 bucks for a basic in and out clean with wax. Not too bad, but the salesman tried to push the full shampoo "deal" on me, for a mere 120 bucks. I DON'T THINK SO! That's just silly.

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This week I had the most amazing experience of my life (so far, at least). Holls and I went to the doctor to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time.It blew me away. Holly's just into the second trimester now, and the baby is about as big as a lime. The doctor put the microphone on Holly's belly, and the heartbeat was so loud that I was initially amazed that we could hear Holly's heartbeat

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This is something that I stumbled onto a while back. If you're into music, it's the best thing since sliced bread -- even better than American Idol!

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This week...Hub Cigar Store on Whyte Ave burned down last night. The building was built in the 1890's, so in that respect alone it's a pretty big loss. Never mind that the store held memories for so many people.Revit 8 was released, and was available for download to subscription customers (like me!) today. I can't wait to get people using it!Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will be released

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This blogging idea is neat, but it's tough to keep on top of things. So I'm trying again, and this time I'll do it properly. Promise.And Yumnuska? It's a mountain in the Canadian Rockies. I like it. So there.

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