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Back in January I bought an iPod Shuffle, and I am totally hooked on it. I load it up with my favorite podcasts (Dave Ramsey, This American Life, Extreme Theology, whatever looks interesting on iTunes) and listen to them every day as I drive to and from work. A few weeks ago I tried to […]

Our friends the Bishops had a baby last week. Reuben was born on May 30, and we can’t wait to meet him. Since “Reuben” is also the name of a special corned beef sandwich, I give you: Top 10 Foodstuffs That Can Double as a Baby Name 10. Falafel. (Thanks to Colin for this suggestion.) […]

I came around the corner into the kitchen today, and this is what I saw: Yep, she climbed into that highchair all by herself! And doesn’t she look proud! I think she used the chair as a step, because later she started trying to do it again. When I told her, no, she needed to […]

Baby Kurth to arrive early November!

For photos from our trip to San Francisco, click here. We were there on vacation from May 3-8, and it was fantastic. At least one funny story from the trip will be posted here soon.

I work pretty close to a place called Friendly Car Care (9110 Burnet Rd) in Austin. Last week I got my oil changed there, and when I went to pick my car up, they said it needed some repairs. I knew it was overdue for a few things (e.g., it has over 100,000 miles on […]

There’s a new gallery with photos of Kaeta from Easter here.

Something unheard-of is happening right now in Central Texas this Holy Saturday evening…. it is sleeting. Sometimes, if Easter happens to fall in late March, we might get a cold front that comes through that cools it off into the upper 50s. But in April? Cold enough for sleet?? Kaeta had her first Easter egg […]

So I just filed my taxes with Turbo Tax, and when you’re done, there’s a link to The Tax Rap. It’s a contest to make the best rap video about taxes, and the winner will be announced by Vanilla Ice. WHAT??? Anyway, I watched a few of the videos, and this one made me laugh. […]

Today, I filled up my gas tank. I have driven 99.5 miles farther than I am able to drive on an average tank in the same conditions. A few weeks ago, I read this article about hypermiling, in which people go to insane lengths to squeeze the best possible gas mileage out of their cars. […]