jonandnic dot com | 2007 October

In Green Bay, WI

Green Bay folks are quite proud of this place. I gather other people like it too. Apparently the Packers are quite popular — although I looked them up on Google, and they’ve only won one Super Bowl since like 1912 or something, so they can’t be that great. Nonetheless, I went there with the gang [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Calm Down. Release Your Cares. The Stale Taste of Recycled Air.

It starts pretty mundane: you and a hundred other people shuffle down a hallway and load onto a cramped metal tube, jamming your possessions into tiny bins and taking your seat next to two strangers who are no more comfortable than you. After a seemingly pointless wait the tube begins to move — like a [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Leaving on a jet plane

I’m just realising that its SO much hard to go away on a business trip now that we have a baby boy at home! Not that it’s not hard to leave Nic, but I know she’s not going to change much while I’m gone. Benjamin, on the other hand, seems to learn something new every [...]

Posted on October 21st, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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The Social Stages of Young Adult Humans

I’ve observed the following steps in social development among myself, my peers and our younger friends…
Stage 1 - Bar Hopping
In this stage most of the social circle is single. By some tortured logic, they somehow believe that they’ll find a mate in a bar, so they spend their weekends going from bar to club, hoping [...]

Posted on October 20th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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“Because all the names and places I have taken from real life…”

Friends, family, ladies and gentlemen of the Internets… Wave hello back to Abigail Joan Wise, our daughter — who will arrive in March, or so.
Abi is 8oz, healthy and definitely not a boy. We can’t wait to meet her!
Those of you who guessed it would be a girl. Congratulations! There are no prizes, but you’re [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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If ingested, contact Poison Control immediately

Now that Benjamin can get around on his own, the requirements for our jobs as parents has gone up a notch. He’s been crawling for awhile, and its still his primary mode of transportation. But when he combines his crawling skills with his standing skills, he can suddenly get into a lot more trouble.
The other [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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A good night’s work

Yesterday there were three different warning lights on my dashboard, and my speakers kept cutting out at random whenever I hit a bump.
Today there are no lights, and my stereo sounds (and looks) great.

There’s just something satisfying about taking care of your own car — maybe its the money you save by not taking it [...]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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The Monotony Train…

…with stops at Routine, Repetitiveness and Cabin Fever, is now out of service!
It’s taken nearly 2 months, but we’re finally back in charge of our lives and making things happen again. Routine, as boring as it can be, is always a useful tool in establishing a baseline. Its from a foundation of effective routine that [...]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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Can’t Stop the Rock

Upgraded my iPhone to 1.1.1 and re-hacked it! Now I get Apple’s paltry collection of new features plus all the good stuff the community has to offer! Details on the geek site…

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Jonathan Wise
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