Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

Well despite protests of innocence from our mover, it turns out that their quote (not to mention their revised quote) wasn’t all that competitive. Nicole found us an equally reputable company that will do it for $3000. Back to where we were before — but that’s much more comfortable territory.
As I feared, and just like [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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Baby Sign (in which our kids show off their funny faces)

The other day, Benjamin toddled into the living room, tugged on mommy’s pants and demanded a bath. Not only was it the right time of night (we usually give him his bath just before bed) but it was the right night — bath night is every other, and he knows it.
No, he can’t talk yet, [...]

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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How to argue

Having recently been embroiled in an online debate or two, I thought I’d re-post this brilliant diagram explaining the different levels of argument — from most effective to least effective. Anyone who regularly comments on sites that share opinions should probably know this information. Anyone who debates in real life should probably know it too…

Click [...]

Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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Natural Anthem

The Case for Connectivity
Here’s a brilliant article, written by a technology pundit in 1995, explaining how the Internet will never amount to anything we hoped for, going into detail to explain all the things that will never work… the things that in 2008 we use every day. Can you imagine how foolish it would be [...]

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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8 Things We Will Miss About Living in the States

I read somewhere that people like reading lists. I think it holds true for me, so today over lunch I was brainstorming a list of things I/we will really miss about living in New York. So here it is, in no particular order…
(Note that this is things, not people. The list of people we will [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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A Job Well Done

So I’m making myself a pot of coffee this morning, and as I pull out the coffee filters, Benjamin runs over with his arm out, demanding one — one of whatever it is I’m having. So I take a paper filter for myself and hand him one to play with.
At first he’s not sure what [...]

Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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What I’ve Learned

We are in the fight of our lives, against an enemy that wants us all in pain.
Sometimes in battle someone gets hit by some friendly fire.
If it happens to you: get up, find a place to heal, and get back in the fight.
Never forget who the real enemy is.
And never forget that we’re all on [...]

Posted on April 5th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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Random Observations

- My back feels SO much better now that we have a good firm mattress. We paid $130 to upgrade to the next mattress up on the exchange, and it was so worth it. I haven’t woken up in pain at all since we got it!
- Abi is incredibly strong compared to Benjamin at her [...]

Posted on April 5th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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Scr00ed

So Nic got a call today. From our moving company. Said due to government tariffs the deal we signed for on our move just went up $900. That’s 33%. From $3200 to $4100. Only I used to work for a customs broker, and I called my manager there. He said there are new tarriffs. But [...]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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My life is a stereo, how loud does it go? What songs do I know?

Yup, we’re buying a house.
Got approved for a pretty decent looking mortgage, optimized for a fast return, thanks to some tips from our friends Mark and Elisabeth.
Got a real estate agent looking for places we might be interested in, in a price range we’ve calculated that we can afford, thanks to some tips from our [...]

Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Jonathan Wise
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