I found a great use for old Technology today and thought I would share.

Such an odd post requires a little background information...I went out to use my grill a few weeks ago and much to my dismay, a bird had made a nest in it.  Grumbling, I cleaned it out, scrubbed it up, and grilled.

The next weekend, I went back to use the grill again, and the persistent bird decided once again to use my grill as a nest.  I had enough of this, so I put the cover on.  After the next time, though, we once again forgot the cover.  In only a matter of days, I noticed another nest being formed.  This time, I went out and there were actually eggs in our grill.  At this point, we just decided to let it be.  I'm not sure why, but I guess there's a little tree hugger in all of us.

In any case, today I got sick of surrendering my grill to the forces of nature.  I found a suitable replacement for my grill - an Ultra Pentium 2 Computer!  Now we're talking...

I removed the power supply to give the bird access to her nest.  I removed the hard drive cage and any cables to allow the bird room to move in and out.  Just for grins, I left the video card, processor, and two NIC cards in the system.  The only reason I did this is just to be a geek (see blog post #1).

You're still with me?  Great!  Without any further delay...here it is!  Who says old technology isn't good for anything...

The Ultra birdhouse!  If anyone would like to place an order, let me know.  You can be the only person on your block with a birdhouse that has dual NICs...unless of course you live on my block!

This just in!  I'm winning the 'Dad of the year' award!  I know, it's hard to believe.  You may even think I'm crazy.  I'm not!

OK, maybe I am crazy.   Abi and Daddy have had a rough month!  Now that we're recovered from our little incident involving a gaping wound on her forehead (see 'Abi's first Boo boo' in the picture galleries) we have injury round two!

I was putting something in my gun safe this morning and she snuck her fingers in the crack of the door by the hinges and got her fingers crunched by the GUN SAFE DOOR when I went to close it!

Needless to say, I didn't feel like "Dad of the year"!  Everything is OK though, we didn't lose any fingers or break any bones and Abi is just fine.  I guess I may not be dad of the year, but at least I'm not going to jail for chopping off my child's finger and splitting her head open!

I may need to recall my previous post where I likened parenting to playing guitar.  I'm either saying something about my poor guitar playing skills, or I'm lying.  I guess I'll let you be the judge.  

If you're here you already know that I'm a new daddy again.  I thought I would post my experiences the second time around and how they compared to the first time. The whole experience was much different than it was with Abi.  I won't say that it was less special, just different!  

The hour and a half of 'pushing' with Abi gave reality a little more time to set in than with Ben.  He was out in just over one push.  Granted, there were several hours spent laboring in the hospital, but when it came down to the time that really counted, we were done faster than you can get that supersized value meal from the drive through at your favorite fast food restaurant.  That was different than Abi, and certainly not what we were expecting!

Child number two also gives you a little less of the "my life is going to change forever!" feeling.  Of course, it's still there, but a lot of the unknowns of parenthood are already out of the way and you're a little more comfortable.  That's probably a good thing, because the first time around can be intimidating!  Parenting is like playing a guitar.  Some people make it look so easy, and some people are naturals, but sometimes there are people that just aren't up for the challenge!  It's nice to know the second time around that I can already play. 

All that being said, Lora and I are very happy and love the new addition to our family greatly.  I'm sure a week from now I will be a little tired and very thankful for the help we got from all the great doctors and nurses while we were here in the hospital.  For now though, we're doing great and looking forward to the challenges that 'number two' will bring!

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Welcome to my blog!

I have been resisting this for so long.  I'm not exactly sure why - I guess I just figure that anybody who cares what I have to say will just give me a call.  This is 2007, and I am a geek, so I suppose it's about time that I hop on the blog bandwagon.

Where to start?  I suppose I could say something funny...let's give it a try. 

Three pastors walk into a bar...

OK...maybe not!  If you are looking for humor, I suppose you'd be checking Google for pictures of <insert politician here>  doing something stupid.  I find this one quite humorous personally...I'm not sure why exactly.

I've often though about having some sort of 'technical blog'.  I'm sure that all of you would be captivated as I drone on endlessly about the core clock speed of my video card (580mhz) or the cool new UV lights and modular power supply that I just had to have for my 'rig'. 

For those of you who may not know, a 'rig' is what people who have nothing better to do than play games or spend lots of money on a big fancy system call their computer.  For some reason, being able to call your system a rig justifies any expense.   If you'd like to see a picture of my rig, here you go!

Maybe someday I'll think of something clever and interesting to write about.  Who knows, maybe this blog will evolve into a humorous political satire column, or a witty tech blog.  Or maybe, just maybe, I'll do something crazy and talk about my family or something interesting.  I guess you'll just have to check back and see!