Here’s a quote from Hillary:
“It is morally wrong and it’s economically dumb for us not to cover everybody…”
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Can anyone explain to me how the Federal Government of the United States of America is morally obligated to provide health care to everybody?
Last night we woke up to more than just Corin’s snuffling, snorting and crying. We had some lighting, thunder, rain and snow. When we woke up there was 2 inches of super dry and powdery snow covering everything. It was so light and dry that I simply swept the stairs, and there was no moisture left behind. I snapped these pics when I came into the office this morning. The maintenance staff does an amazing job of keeping camp clear and accessible. When the snow really starts coming down they’ll have plows running all night.
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We’re on week 8 of 12 for Winter Camp. Tonight and tomorrow we’ll have a total of 868 kids coming in via car, suv, van and bus.
Where ever you work I’m sure you have a way to take a short social break. For some it’s the ol’ fashioned water cooler. For others it’s the snack machine or kitchen break room. For me, it used to be either a three block walk to a little coffee shop for a few shots of espresso or 15 minutes of killing my co-workers in a game of Halo. Currently, whenever someone in the my office needs a quick break (mostly because of governmental ergonomic laws) we get to walk the 35 yards or so to the Hume G-Store (general store) where we refill our well worn coffee mugs. It’s not fresh espresso, but it’s still coffee. Since I’ve been at Hume almost a year now, I’ve experienced that same 35 yards in all sorts of conditions. I’ve had to maneuver through crowds of sugar-infused high schoolers, wade through melting slush, dawdle in the cool fall rain, meander in the fragrant spring air, slide on solid sheets of ice, and linger in the midst of 100 foot tall pines. It always ends the same though. Sitting back at my desk (standing now days–darn ergonomics) sipping at my cup of coffee. It’s not always fresh and it’s sometimes burned, but it’s always a nice pick me up.
Oh yeah, my father-in-law is now officially the kaffee meister.
Update: A Machine That Tastes Espresso, But Prefers Only the Good Stuff
Notice me in the lower left corner? I’m taking a picture of the skype webcam image with my 8 mega pixel digital SLR. I supposed I could’ve just taken a screen shot, but it wouldn’t have been as high-res… um… yeah.
Two posts in one day… blogorific!
What’s sad is I thought I just made that term up. But I didn’t. Google it.
Here are a few pics from the last week or so. Enjoy.
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Everyone I know blogs more than me. Ok, everyone with a blog I know blogs more than me. My wife just reminded me that it’s best practices not to use the word ‘blog’ on your blog. That’s ok. She is probably the only one who doesn’t blog more than me. Anyway, I’m telling you this because I’m going to try and change the quality/quantity ratio of my posts. This means sacrificing the level of wit and vocabulary in order to appease you dogs in the blogosphere who demand updates practically every minute. I jest. You’re actually doing me a favor because the quality/quantity ratio has always been just about .01/.01. So I guess raising it to .01/1 is a good thing. Anyway, enough of the Olds and on to the News.
Camera! I sold my beloved 300D (plus 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6) to my sister-in-law Natalie who’s going to Japan for 13 months, and I sold my mostly un-used 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS) to a buddy at Hume. Why would I do that, you ask? Especially in this crucial picture taking period of life! Because I just bought a used 20D. Finally! Next we’re going to sell all of Elisa’s Nikon gear and buy a 24-70mm f/2.8. So instead of two camera bodies and like, (yes I said like) 9 lenses, we’ll have one camera body and three brilliant lenses (the third being a 50mm f/1.8). So what does this mean for you, o ravenous blog reader? Higher megapixel photos and shallower depth of field across the board. booya.
Baby! I sold my beloved….whoa whoa whoa… hold on a second. I didn’t sell my baby… he DID lose his umbilical cord, which means he’s officially human and no longer some sort of detached tether ball. The downside of being human means being tired and sick… which all three of us are. We’re hanging in there and enjoying his awake un-crying moments and equally enjoying his sleeping un-crying moments. He’s a awesome kid and we can’t wait to see him smile.
Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! Yeah… that pretty much says it all. It’s snowed over 5 feet so far this winter, so there’s a bunch of the stuff piled around. To make matters deeper, Hume cleared the snow off all the roofs which added another 2-3 feet of snow around each home. I’m definitely glad I have my Suzuki Samurai so that I can get around camp. Speaking of which, Eric hooked me up with some bead lock rims which will allow me to lower my psi to crazy-low level which will let me roll over even more snow.
Work! It’s good. Busy. “Complicated”. To anyone who still holds the delusion that different companies have different problems, forget it. All companies are made up of groups of people, and as such they all have the same problems. So learn to deal with it and you’ll be happy in your job/career/vocation/ditch.
Oh yeah, we took Corin to the Winter Camp chapel tonight to hear Paco sing with Campaign. It was good and loud and he slept though it. He didn’t sleep through the cold, equally loud ride in the Samurai to get down there… wide eyed the whole way. ha!
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After 1 night in Sacramento, 1 night in Clovis, 2 nights at the hospital and 3 more nights in Clovis we’re finally home. We originally went to Sacramento to pick up our new B.O.B stroller from Mike’s Bikes, but by the time we finally left Clovis to come home there’s wasn’t any room in the car, so we left it with some friends for the time being. I was disheartened because it was the first time I was unable to pack everything in the car. In my defense, I couldn’t put the seats down because of the Child Restraint (i.e. car seat).
Aside from bringing Corin into our home for the first time, I was most excited about having one of Elisa’s cappuccinos. It had been over a week! I know. How did I survive? Another treat was checking the mail and finding a package from great-grandma and grandpa Mac. It was a wonderful hand quilted blanket for Corin.
Corin is growing up all ready. It’s amazing to be able to watch him change almost hour by hour. His eyes are focusing much more easily, and he can already hold his head up for a few seconds. We took him outside in the 37º weather for a few minutes to meet the neighbors and to begin to acclimate him to his new environment. He didn’t really react, but I think he loved it. It’s snowing quite heavily outside right now, so it’ll be a little while before I can take him out for a real walk.
