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  • List Update

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    Here are some things that are going on with me and mine
    Xavier is officially a walker.Xavier has his first pair of shoesXavier just started a new day care that is closer to homeOliver is getting better about recognizing letters and numbersMy wife is going back to work full timeWe [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2008, 9:37am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • In which I step back between the pipes

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    Everyone has a set of characteristics that they want other people to view them as having. For me, one of those defining characteristics is helpful. Which is how I found myself Sunday strapping on a set of goalie pads for the first time in five years.

    When I was [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2008, 8:33am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Book: Vital Friends

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    As a member of the Gallup poll, I get to regularly voice my opinion that President Bush is doing a terrible job. If that weren't satisfying enough, a couple of weeks ago Gallup sent me a book, Vital Friends by Tom Rath. This past weekend, I was looking for something' [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 5:48pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Favorite cheap places to take the kids in St. Louis

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    1) The Zoo - An obvious choice, it's good all year round. Educational and free - how could you go wrong.

    2) The Science Center - Another obvious choice. That it is all pretty much indoors only adds to the appeal in the winter.

    3) Tower Grove Park' [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2008, 11:28pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Interesting Java behavior

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    I recently was working with a generic list that was being populated by Hibernate.


    List fooList = getFooFromHibernate();
    for (Foo foo : fooList)
    {
    // do stuff
    }

    I was getting ClassCastExceptions while iterating through the list. It took a while to figure out, but the getFooFromHibernate [...]

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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 1:41pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Learning from a bad book

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    This past weekend my wife picked up Rich Dad, Poor Dad from the shelves at my parents' house. The book is a "non-fiction" fable of a self-made man who has become rich from the advice from his rich father figure. His actual father, aka Poor Dad, is the source of' [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2008, 12:55pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Still ticking

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    I had surgery today on my nose. The idea was that the doctor was going to be able to fix it before it healed up in the wrong shape. However, I think that all the king's horses and all the king's men were busy today. So it's better than it' [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 11:30pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • List update

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    Here are some of the things that are going on with me:

    Looking at sending the kids to private school. Looking at paying for sending the kids to private school. Thinking about refinancing the house. Thinking about moving into a better school district. Significant changes in my birth family. [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2008, 12:36am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • My first day is Monday

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    It didn't take too long. On Monday, I rejoin the working class. I knew my life of leisure couldn't last forever. Thank goodness. [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2008, 10:21pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • I have had better weeks

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    If I separate the situation I'm in from how I got here, I look at this as a fabulous opportunity. I have a skill set that is very much in demand. The job market is really good right now. If I do this right, I can find a place that' [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2008, 8:02am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Shock to the system

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    I got fired today.

    Anyone looking for a developer with ASP .NET and C# experience? I think I know one. [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • If I ruled the world

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    I just finished an interesting exercise. I started writing a list of all of the events that I would like to attend this month. In a 30 day month, I came up with 16 different things that I wanted to do. And here is the catch - none of them [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 1:07pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Montessori day

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    My wife and I went to a meeting at Chesterfield Montessori today. Afterwards we toured the school. It was a very nice place, flooded with natural light. It was remarkably quiet too even though no teachers hovered over their charges with ruler in hand. The campus is very nice with [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 11:01pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Having trouble maintaining motivation

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    I've lost 25 going on 30 pounds so far. I feel lighter. I've moved from a borderline 38 waist to a solid 33 waist. I need to do some shopping as belts can only help so much. I am finding myself wearing less baggy clothing as I'm less ashamed of' [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 10:44pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • 25 lbs and counting

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    This morning I weighed myself in at 188 lbs. This makes more than 25 lbs in total weight loss since I started doing the Weight Watchers Core Plan in January. I'm solidly in a 34 waist and eying the 33s in the closet. I've also gotten a number of comments [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 9:32pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • What to do

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    We're happy with our house. We have few major projects left to do. We like the neighborhood which is conveniently located near an elementary school, parks, and my office. There are a lot of young families with children near our children's ages. And so of course we are starting to [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • The political process

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    My theory on elections is "Vote early, vote often." Yes, I'm from Chicago, and yes, my family has a tiny Massachusetts political history. But I'm applying that statement to a whole life of political activity. The Vote early part means that you should register to vote as soon as possible. [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 10:54pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Health and Well Being

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    You know it's a bad sign when you are in the doctor's office so often that the nurses feel like they should make small talk with you. The past couple of months we've called or visited the doctor's office on the order of once a week and sometimes more often [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 10:33pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Not on my game

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    It's been a while since I had to write anything that didn't involve curly braces in one way or another. It feels like I'm not quite hitting on all cylinders - more Pinto than Porsche. Thanks for your patience while my brain gets back up to speed.' [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 10:24pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Cleaning

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    My wife and I have very different organizational styles. It usually isn't a problem until one of us decides that it is time to clean the house. My wife's style is to create a number of small piles of related items scattered throughout the house. She knows what is in [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2008, 1:11pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Happy Birthday to me

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    Every year for my birthday I have a potluck, Thanksgiving style dinner for my friends. I make the turkey and the stuffing, provide the drinks, and clean the house. The couple of weeks beforehand are always a challenge because I have to make the guest list and clean the house.
    [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2008, 10:00am EST
    by mypetrock

  • Why parents get gray hair

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    So my wife picked me up from work with both boys. We headed to the grocery store to pick up some food. When we got out of the store, I went to put the groceries away in the trunk and my wife tried to get the boys into the car [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2007, 11:01pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • A real, live boy!

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    After five days of moving like an old man, I'm starting to be able to move like myself again. I don't have to contort my arms and shoulders, to wriggle my body and to finally push myself up into a semi-sitting position. I don't have to use both arms to' [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2007, 9:58pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Oversharing

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    Is it oversharing to say that when I finally went poopy in the potty that I was so proud of myself that I wanted to show someone? Thankfully, no pictures are attached. [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2007, 7:53am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Let the healing begin!

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    I've got a brand new scar and a pain in my groin that keeps me close to horizontal. I've had a couple of vertical jaunts that levelled me, so for the time being I'm going to avoid the big V. One trip to the bathroom in the middle of the' [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2007, 8:27am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Thanks to Super Nanny, we're potty training

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    My wife has been saying for months that Oliver was ready to start potty training. But I hadn't really been on board with it, as I know that it takes boys longer to get potty trained than girls. When we had tried it before, he had a lot of accidents. [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 11:08pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Just a simple task

    Friday night, my wife said, "I'd like for you to paint the garage this weekend. Oh, and there are a couple of rotten boards that I'd like to replace." So, in the morning, I went out to the garage and took a look. There were a few boards that had [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2007, 8:55am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • One of these things is not like the others

    As I was drying off the other day, I chanced to lean against a counter. I noticed it because my substantial weight was not distributed evenly across the counter. There was a bump in my groin. Usually it would be a moment of pride to look down and see a [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 12:22am EDT
    by mypetrock

  • On cloth diapering

    In my dreams, reporters ask me all the time why it is that we use cloth diapers. I'm going to have to come up with a better reason because "My wife told me so" makes the imaginary reporters mock me. I'm not quite sure what that says about my mental [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 11:01pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Dootie duty

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    In case, anyone ever doubts it, babies spend all of their time, eating, sleeping, and pooping. As a dad, I have limited functionality to do the first, slightly more ability to help with the second, but the third is the area where I can contribute. As such, I tend to [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 8:47pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • On a bicycle built for pain

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    In the run up to Xavier's birth, I had been driving to work every day. But with his birth and with Oliver staying home with my wife for the summer, there is less of a need to drive. If only I could figure out some way of getting to work [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 11:34pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Me and my boys

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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 11:26pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Fleas!

    A couple of weeks ago, we noticed the cat scratching. But at the time, we had more important things to worry about with the baby coming and all. So we didn't do anything. Post baby, post-baby company, we found ourselves with even more company.

    My wife was the one [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 11:04pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • It's a ...

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    boy. Earlier this week, my wife gave birth to our second child, Xavier Xanthus. He was 9.0 lbs and 21" long. Mom and baby are doing well.

    I don't know where to begin when talking about Xavier's birth story. When we were looking over our birthing options for Oliver, [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 4:46pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • It's not just a job

    This week was a major milestone for my company. We went live and are generating actual revenues. Not so much now that I can retire on my stock, but enough that the investors will be happy to see us stay in business. That it took until now has been a [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2007, 11:36pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • All things maternal...

    My wife is doing well in general. She's had a nasty cold for the past few days that's been compounded by a lack of sleep. Number One wakes up in the middle of the night to come and join us and spends the rest of the night kicking her. Number [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2007, 11:25pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Oliver update...

    Oliver is out of the hospital. After a couple of days and nights of inhaled steroids, his breathing improved and we were able to escape from the hospital. The next couple of days saw rapid improvement and he was given a clean bill of health. Since then he's been a [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2007, 10:56pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Super baby to the hospital

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    On Monday, Oliver felt a little warm. We tried to go to his swimming lesson, but he didn't want to get in the water, he didn't want to blow bubbles, he didn't want to get in and out of the pool, and, oh yeah, his skin felt warm. So we [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2007, 11:01pm EDT
    by mypetrock

  • Penitential Rite

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    I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I
    have sinned through my own fault in my thoughts and in my words, in what
    I have done, and in what I have failed to do;

    Everyone has pieces of their childhood that hold special [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2007, 10:48pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • State of the Rock

    With my birthday recently past, I've been thinking about where I am in my life. The short version is that I'm happy. In all areas of my life I am in a situation where I'm content. It's sort of a surreal state in that I don't have a lot of [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2007, 10:22pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Birthday

    My birthday was this past weekend. As is my custom, I invited over friends for what has become known as Thank(Rock). The house was filled to near capacity between adults and children. I think the final count was about 40 adults and 15 children. As is also my custom, I [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2007, 1:15am EST
    by mypetrock

  • So... you want to run a 10K?

    Over the past few weeks, I've had several people come up and ask me if I'm planning to train for a marathon again. To be honest, I hadn't been thinking about it specifically. Rather I've been lamenting the poor shape that I've slouched my way towards. So I wanted to [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2007, 10:41pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • What I've always wanted

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    Saturday morning, Oliver and I walked down to the Metrolink station. Sometimes he ran ahead of me. Sometimes he held my hand. Sometimes I had to carry him. When we got to the station, we took the elevator down to the tracks. While we sat on the bench and waited, [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2007, 11:03am EST
    by mypetrock

  • Computing like it's 1969

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    My work laptop runs very, very slowly. When I have a standard set of applications open, opening another tab on my browser can take up to a minute. I can't listen to any form of sound from Pandora to CDs as they skip like a hyperactive toddler. This wouldn't be [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2007, 4:47pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Latest ultrasound

    Getting an ultrasound when you don't want to know the sex of the baby is an adventure. You want to know how the baby is doing - verify that the baby has two of everything that he is supposed to and one of everything that she is supposed to. Verify [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2007, 8:40am EST
    by mypetrock

  • Update

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    I think the official deadline for blog slackerhood is one month post-free. Me being me, I am going to try and get this in just before the deadline. It's not that there hasn't been anything to write about or that I haven't had the time to write, I just haven't [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2007, 6:50am EST
    by mypetrock

  • Announcing...

    Over the past couple of weeks, we've been talking to family and friends. While the holidays certainly played part in our conversations, the big annoucement was that

    We're Having Another Baby!

    ahem

    The next addition to our household will be arriving sometime towards the [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2006, 12:03pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • It was the best of sleep. It was the worst of sleep.

    The past couple of weeks Oliver has not been napping and has been having a hard time getting to sleep at night. He's been uncharacteristically cranky. Tantrums, screaming - as you can imagine, this has made life at home a lot of fun. Oliver has been dealing with some changes [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2006, 1:40pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Blogging honestly

    In the beginning, when I created the blog, I had intended to write whatever I wanted to. But I made one fundamental mistake. I told people about my blog. I started thinking about metablogging and adjusting my content based on the fact that I knew that people I knew were [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2006, 6:33pm EST
    by mypetrock

  • Casting about on TV

    So far, the only show that my wfe and I watch regularly is the Amazing Race. We haven't really picked up any new shows to watch since the demise of most of our shows last season. Since I have some spare time, I've been sampling different shows to see if [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2006, 12:45pm EST
    by mypetrock
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