Shamu on wheels
I was driving from Springfield back to Boston last week and I passed this on the Mass Pike. They had an RV followed by 3 Shamu shaped VW beetles. Good times.
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I was driving from Springfield back to Boston last week and I passed this on the Mass Pike. They had an RV followed by 3 Shamu shaped VW beetles. Good times.
Quick update. Emily is coming up on 10 months old and is standing on her own for a few seconds. She isn't going anywhere, but at least she is standing. She is making sounds much more and is equating certain sounds, ones that resemble 'mom' and 'dad', to each of us. We started giving her Cherrios to snack on in addition to her regular food. She crawls all around the first floor and is able to make her way up the stairs. When she is on something, like the couch or bed, she knows to go down feet first.
That's about it. - Dave
The following is a statement from the CIO of The Hartford in an interview last September.
"Part of [the reason for the recognition] is I think we've tended to be early to market with some business capabilities that were technology enabled and that's always been important as part of our company's competitive strategy."
I count 4, make that 4, buzz words used in one sentence. Not bad for an IT guy.
I finally added the last couple of months of Emily pics. Click here or follow the link to the picture gallery.
A couple of weeks ago, after the floors were done and most of the painting was complete, I thought it was time to put the doors back on the bedrooms. We have three bedrooms and thus, three doors. As I was putting each door back on, I closed the door to make sure it, well, closed. So here I was, Patti doing stuff, Emily playing in her room, three doors back on, me standing in the hallway, when I grabbed the door handle for the master bedroom. As I tried to twist the knob and get into the room, which, by the way, had the TV on, all the lights on, and our stuff in it, I realized the door was locked. From the inside. With all three humans on the outside.
If we even knew the door had a key lock, and knew where the key was, then the story would end right here. But we didn?t know if it had a key. So I sat there, banging my head against the door, trying to think about where the key might be. When we moved into the house, the people left 37 years of crap in the house for us to sort, prioritize, examine and throw out. So to say we found a few keys is an understatement. As Patti called the old home owner in her nursing home at 8PM on a Sunday night, I ran around the house collecting keys. After none of them worked, I decided to drive back to our apartment, 30 minutes away, to get some additional keys we found and for some stupid reason brought back to the apartment. As I was in transit, the old home owner called and said the key was in the top drawer of a dresser we bought from her, which was IN the room.
None of the keys from the apartment worked of course. We had no ladder to get into the room from the outside. So here we were with a big choice to make. We could leave the lights and TV on, sleep on the floor, and call a locksmith first thing in the morning. Probably 50 bucks for him to open the door. Or I could commando-kick the door in like Chuch Norris. This would have resulted in a much damaged door frame, cost to replace: unknown.
Stay tuned for what happened.
Things that will never, or I hope never, be said to me
-?Nice Hyundai! I didn?t know they make it in orange.?
-?How long have you been taking dance lessons??
-?Did you enjoy Ice Capades??
- ?Two adult and one child ticket for the 2 o?clock showing please.?
-?Since when did you start smoking??
-?Man, that pony tail goes all the way down to your back.?
-?You can find ?Swamp Thing 2? in aisle 7.?
-?Are you going to paint a sign for the peace rally??
-?You?re going to the ?N Sync concert too!?
-?Do you want to borrow my copy of Danielle Steel?s latest book??
-?Nice tattoo, I love the way it wraps around your wrist.?
-?Great looking Speedo, I love the lime green stripes.?
-?How long did it take you to finish the Iron Man competition??
-?When did you start singing in the choir??
-?Where did you buy the Virgin Mary statue for your front lawn.?
- ?Mr. Dobrindt, please tell the class why you decided to go to beauty school.?
-?Will the defendant please rise.?
-?Can you go faster, you?re not even going the speed limit.?
- ?We elect David Dobrindt as the president of the Drew Barrymore fan club.?
-?This might hurt a little.?
-?I would never have figured you for being gay.?
Things I will never say
-?No thank you, I don?t much care for beer.?
-?Honey, can we watch ?Seventh Heaven? tonight, I am getting sick of ?Hosiers???
-?I just love changing Emily?s diaper. I can?t do it enough.?
-?I love talking to zealous, opinionated Bush-hating liberals, they are always so insightful.?
-?No, please, give it to someone else. The first class seats are much too big for me. Plus, I don?t care for eating off of china.?
-?Jeesh, it?s just not fair to the other teams the way the Yankees are spending so much on payroll.?
-?I?d like to pay for that other table?s meal, it makes me feel good.?
-?Hon, that outfit looks like crap.?
-?Cook sausage on the grill? Heaven?s no, it tastes so much better when you boil it.?
-?Hold my beer, I?m going to run on the field and see if I can touch home plate.?
-?I feel so bad for downloading music on the internet, I think I?ll send the larger music companies a couple hundred bucks.?
-?I know it?s just a rental, but I feel better putting 93 octane in it.?
-?Hmm. Good point. I really don?t have an opinion about that topic.?
-?Good Lord, there are just too many channels on TV. I fondly remember the days when an antenna on the roof produced three main channels. It was a much better time.?
-?I just love professional soccer.?
-?Quick, turn it, we seem to be getting a free porn channel.?
-?Holy Jesus, it?s hot here in the mosh pit.?
-?I can really relate to those NBA players.?
-?I think pink is my color.?
-?Now that I think about it, you?re right, the Jets really DO suck.?
-"Prison isn?t so bad.?
Emily is doing well. She is almost standing on her own, but no where near walking. She has 4 upper teeth and two lower teeth completely in. The move disrupted her sleep a little, but she seems to be back on track. I have a bunch of pictures going back to the beginning of October I have to put up.
I put some updated pictures <a href="http://www.dobrindts.com/EmilyPicPage.htm">here</a>