cine + octo = boo

so i’ve had several blog posts stewing about in my head…rather than let them pass off into oblivion, i’m piling them all into the duckpress and mulching them into a fine pulp…for you. enjoy.
thursday’s trainride home was an interesting dive into user feedback. we met up with a chap named [redacted] who really, really, really [...]

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the museum let us make lego robots, fun!

after running through all of our errands early on saturday, team boo packed up and headed off to the san jose museum of art to check out the robots: evolution of a cultural icon exhibit. first, we walked through the superlight exhibit, which was excellent to say [...]

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post-WALL•E screening

yesterday we woke up bright and early to take amelie AMEL•E to see WALL•E. after a night of socializing at the Pownce 1 year anniversary party, i was surprised to find myself so eager to jump up and get going. it has something to do with the way the girl lights up when she [...]

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flamingos from chili
Originally uploaded by [177]

we decided to take a trip to the zoo for father’s day, and it was a blast.
the weather was a little on the cool side, but i love that sort of weather so it was fine by me. we had a great time, amelie loved the savannah animal paddock (with [...]

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i love tea collection, and i’m signed up for their newsletters…admittedly, i usually gloss over their ads when they drop in my inbox, and this afternoon i did just that when their “beat the heat” ad showed up with a remnant from amelie’s stint as a model.
thanks to melissa, we caught it before it fell [...]

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this mashup of community complaints from the world of answers brings back some pretty fond memories for me. we were always likened to hitler, so this adds an interesting layer of irony.
the category rant? perfect. the reasons surmised for deletion? spot on. the line, “everyone account level 6 and below…leave the room now” was a [...]

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i’m not going to dwell on this, but an odd happening occurred over the weekend that warrants a quick mention. we were busily racing through a laundry list of errands on sunday, some of which involved hitting target for some basics (toilet paper, a paper shredder), and the apple store. realizing we weren’t going to [...]

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we sold out.
don’t get me wrong, we think amelie is adorable, but doesn’t every parent think this of their child? of course they do. no parent ever says, “i love my child, but damn he/she was dealt a bad hand in the cuteness department.”
the thought of having amelie model for a clothing line of any [...]

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daddy and moopie post-cesarean
Originally uploaded by [177]

almost closing time on the first day of her second year. it feels like it went by so quickly, but watching her eat her first eggs and sandwich while chugging down whole milk today made me realize that so much has transpired in such a short amount [...]

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rain drops in PUDDLE blurrily mirrors blue sky, brown tree-branches and red-white ringroad-palais in Vienna., originally uploaded by quapan.
everyone is predicting rain for this weekend. it wouldn’t be [...]

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