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I was told last week by Andy that two posts in one week from me would be unheard of.

We've got some cache-ing up to do

Hello, pleased to meet you.

"It Happened."

Many of you know that Dawn finally had our baby this past Friday night. His name is Evan Connor Siskow and he weighed in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 19.75 inches in length. He was born at 7:28 in the evening and is pretty much the most incredible little thing …

Nursery. But no baby. Yet.

As promised, here are some photos of the nursery, enhanced by my wife's vision and my friend Ed's artistic abilities.

And by the way, no baby yet. Nearly a week after the due date. We go in tomorrow to schedule an induction date. Yes, we're getting antsy.

I'm Pregnant!

Baby Pictures!

Happy Midwifery Week!

We just had another two-week pregnancy appointment with Midwife Services (that's how I know that October 7-13 was National Midwifery Week). The appointment went well once again -- Dawn is measuring right on track for being 32 1/2 weeks along, and our son's heart rate …

Rubber Baby Bloggy Bumpers.

I guess it's time for me to update my blog (everyone say it with Cork: "Finally!"), since a few noteworthy things have happened since my last post. Number one (and the only thing really worth mentioning for now), is that we found out Dawn is pregnant. In eight weeks, …

The OTHER Local Boy

It seems like everyone around here that follows professional sports is real high on local boy Kyle Orton (former Southeast Polk High School quarterback and successor to Drew Brees at Purdue) and his role as starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears. And with good cause …

Coldplay

I'm not even going to get into why I haven't blogged in so long. I'm just gonna get right to the meat and potatoes.

By "meat" I mean Coldplay. And by "potatoes" I mean...well, Coldplay. Back in November I had my finger on the left-click trigger of my mouse ready to buy …

One of the Best Sports Stories Ever.

I saw this story this weekend and it blew me away. It's the antithesis of the corruption that scars professional sports, and really captivates what sports should be all about.

*Broadband users: make sure you watch the video on the right side of the screen.

Sports

I'm riding a wave of team pride that I haven't experienced for quite a few years, and it's getting me back into sports, moreso than I've been in a while. Sure, the Illini made the NCAA basketball finals last year, but there was no hockey -- the sports fan in me just …

Amazin'!

I'm going on fast tonight for the holiday, and I won't be back online until Monday...

...so I leave you with this, probably the most clever thing I've ever seen on the Internet, hands down:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8547285560243429315&q=RBI+baseball&pl=true

Good/Grief 1

There are so many little things going on right now, I don't even know where to start. Here's a fairly random synopsis of the recent goings-on.

SPORTS: The Devils miraculously won the Atlantic Division, after winning -- that's right, winning -- 11 straight games. …

Hair: Always where you don't want it, never where you do.

Everyone has it, and some people are obsessed with it. It takes some people three hours to style, others it takes three minutes. Some choose to rid their body of it (though they never can TOTALLY rid themselves of it, which is why Gillette will always be in business), …

"Soul Patch Paranoia" or "Does Aaron Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Six degrees of weirded-out.

I went to sleep last night very disturbed. Was I wrestling with some sort of daily problem or stressing out about work, you ask? No. Was I feeling down or depressed about something? Not at all. In fact, I was in a really good mood when Dawn and I tucked ourselves in …

If They Only Knew!

At one point this week, I felt like my blog should be about a certain television concept I find absolutely absurd. And while it's not really going to stray from the absurd too terribly much (the topic du jour is quite strange and laughable to me), I just couldn't find …

It's Recap Time!

I hate it when my job sits at the top of my priorities list, but sometimes I guess it has to if I plan to not get fired. And when that happens, different parts of my life get shifted down the ol' totem pole - things like disc golfing, spending all day on YouTube, and …