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JUNE 2008
Reading: Elizabeth Massie, Tudors: King Takes Queen   ·   Listening: Yes, Essential Elements   ·   Watching: Pixar Movies

  • 2008.06.26:   BORG-ified
  • 2008.06.15:   "My" Day
  • 2008.06.00:   What I'm Reading / Listening to / Watching this month...

    26 JUNE 2008: BORG-ified

    Well, I've finally succumbed. From now on, all new "standard" entries to the ol' ICRVN will be posted at "http://www.icrvn.com/blog". Yep. I'm no longer gonna hand-code the basic stuff, in favor of actually getting stuff, you know, posted! (What a concept!)

    Longer stuff, reviews, and other sundry items will be here at "ICRVN Proper," though. So don't think that this particular URL is going away.

    Also, the visual look of the Blog will change when I have a chance to make it - well - better.

    15 JUNE 2008: "My" Day

    In all honesty, up until three years ago there never was any reason for me to keep track of Father's Day. Unfortunately, my wife's father died of cancer shortly following our wedding, so we didn't get the chance to share too many Father's Days together. This year made up for that in a small way, and it certainly started goofy enough.

    My wife let me sleep in a bit (good thing too, as I woke up with a pretty nasty migraine), and Sam decided after a while that Daddy needed to wake up for breakfast. For those of you that know her, you know that Sam is anything but subtle, and she had stormed through the bedroom door well before she got to me, so I was already awake when her hand tapped my back and she whispered "Daddy?"

    She and my wife presented me with my Father's Day cards (all three of them, including one that plays the Elfman theme to Batman!) and presents: several jars of my favorite salsa. Since it's only available at a store we stopped going to due to cost and staffing problems, my wife got up a bit early and took Sam to the store in question to stock up. (No - the pitcure at left is not of the packaging the presents came in...)

    My wife then made a big breakfast for us all, loaded with several of my unhealthiest favorites: scrambled eggs, ham, hash browns, and toast. After another viewing of Monsters, Inc. we all took a nap, and we had a dinner of my wife's father's favorite tacos while watching A Bug's Life.

    All in all, a pretty nice day.

    Except for this whole "J-Rob" thing. Not sure what Ant was thinking with that one...

    01 JUNE 2008: What I'm...

  • Reading: Elizabeth Massie, Tudors: King Takes Queen. Slowly...

  • Listening: Yes, Essential Elements. Good compilation, including a cool 1998 self-made remix of their mid-80s hit Owner of a Lonely Heart.

  • Watching: Pixar Movies. Take your pick. Sam has discovered A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo, and will soon add The Incredibles. You can bet these will be on heavy rotation for a long, long time. Thankfully, unlike a lot of older Disney "Classics," the Pixar films are meant to be enjoyed by all ages.