Tag Archives: Jasper

Shifted Pace

By alex | Published: 6/23/2009
Got an IM from someone checking in a few weeks back. He had gathered that my work had “changed pace.” I wondered what that meant, and he suggested that I had slowed down. Now, I am naturally lazy–a trait I am trying to more actively cultivate, but I gather he had figured that because I [...]
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Learnable Moments

By alex | Published: 3/3/2009
Yesterday was a snow day in New York City; the first in five years, apparently. Went out walking with Jasper so he could check out the snow. Lots of dads seemed to have taken their own snow day in order to engage in large scale snowball fights and sledding in the park. A whole range [...]
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And he looks so cute…

By alex | Published: 12/26/2008
… in his little red suit. Jasper is coming up on five weeks old now, and is starting to develop a personality. He was very into crown moldings and lights from the day he came home, but now he is starting to recognize voices and look at that person, and looks at different parts of [...]
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7 Year-Old Vengeance Ed

By alex | Published: 8/10/2008
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Our seven-year-old guest was literally on the edge of his seat, watching The Princess Bride for the first time, and seeing Inigo Montoya fulfill his lifelong pursuit to avenge the death of his father at the hyperdactyl hand of Count Rugen. “This [...]
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Best present ever

By alex | Published: 7/21/2008
7:30am in the Halavais household, light seeps in through the soupy July morning air. Jamie: Good morning, Darling Husband! Alex: Grumble… mrf. Why are we up? Jamie: What day is it? Alex: Monday? Jamie: Yes, but what Monday? Alex: Too-early-in-the-morning Monday? Jamie: Today’s the 21st, your birthday! Alex: It is? Cool! What am I getting [...]
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1, 2, 3, 4

By alex | Published: 7/19/2008
This is awesome: redeeming not only (as Boing Gadgets notes) Feist from repetitive iPod commercials, but Sesame Street from small red monsters that start with the letter E.
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Why I’m not blogging

By alex | Published: 7/12/2008
This sort of post has now become a staple, but here are some things I’m doing instead of blogging. I’ll try to post a little bit about these projects as they progress. * Finishing up my new book, Search Engine Society. I’m putting the finishing touches on the index. All of it was desperately out [...]
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