jonandnic dot com | 2007 May

I Spit and Stutter Stuff and Clutter

I was in the mall the other day with Benjamin, and a greeter at a store stopped me and said “You know there’s an amber alert? You should have a ID wrist band for your baby.” Pretty sure no one ever told me that in Canada.
Friendly’s makes a really awesome bowl of clam chowder!
There’s this [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Thinking…

I’m glad we had a boy. I can’t wait until I can introduce him to Star Wars…
The other day I was in the mall, and they had a toy Tie Fighter, originally $30, marked down to $13. I almost bought it to put in Benjamin’s room… He’s not quite there yet though.
Is it cool to [...]

Posted on May 4th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Other Small Victories

On my last tank of gas, I set an incredible new record: 689km on 45 liters. That’s getting pretty close to 40 miles to the gallon. I attribute my success to: some extra highway driving, fixing my tire pressure, and finally getting my snow tires off (with the help of my good friend Jon Bates, [...]

Posted on May 4th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Phase 1 Done

Well, it was years in the making, and the accumulation of germs ideas I’ve been holding on to for ages, but my home theater is finally done.
The TV is a 30″ HD, hooked up via HDMI-DVI to an Intel Mac Mini, a DVD Recorder, and my Dreamcast for the occasional game. The Mac is also [...]

Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Weekend Update

I know Wednesday is a little late to be writing about the weekend, but this week has flown by, and I haven’t had much processing time.
Friday, our “adopted” sister Acasia arrived, via train, in New York.
Saturday we prepared the church for a huge baptism weekend.
Between Saturday and Sunday, across 5 services, over 80 people were [...]

Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Can’t Stop The Rock

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Update:
No seriously. Don’t even try. This is the Internet, you can’t stop it. From my RSS reader this morning…

Every one of those posts contains the number. When will the big companies realise: the power belongs to the people!
Now let’s all [...]

Posted on May 1st, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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4 Months!

Don’t worry he was just sitting on the bike, didn’t go for a ride yet. Can you believe that Benjamin is already 4 months old…I can’t. Well we had our routine doctors appointment last week and all went very well. I was looking forward to this visit for one thing….to find out how big our [...]

Posted on May 1st, 2007 by Nicole Wise
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