Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
After a long absence, I'm going to fire up this blog again.
So what's happened in the last couple months?
Kaitlyn turned 2 a few weeks ago. We went to the Please Touch Museum for her birthday instead of having a party. But then we ended up having an impromptu gathering anyway.
I ...
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Our home builder, THP, laid off all their employees on Monday, leaving us with a half finished community. The local NBC affiliate was in the area yesterday afternoon, looking for people who had placed deposits on houses, only to be left with nothing. (Note to NBC10: they don't live here ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
How low is this?
There are many states, including PA, that have an option to give unemployment benefits in the form of a debit card. This is fine and good, except that you incur fees on every little thing, like checking a balance ($0.40), accessing your account by phone ($0.35), or, ...
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Can you name them?
If so, you're in the minority. Only 1/3 can name all three branches. (Link)
How can 2/3 of the people not know? It's basic civics knowledge!
Look after the jump if you really need to check out what the branches are.
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
In the not too distant past, Kaitlyn and Julia decided they should play peekaboo during dinner. This by itself is not a big deal; they often play peekaboo during dinner, especially Kaitlyn. But this time, I had the camera ready to take a video.
[flashvideo file=http://bastone.org/video/Kaitlyn_Julia_Peekaboo.flv /]
I'm not sure why they ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
I'm done with work for the year, and I'm ready to do nothing until January 5th. Now I just get to hang out, spend time with the kids, stay up late, and sleep in (past 5 or 6!).
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
This WordPress suite is getting more impressive with every release. It took all of 10 minutes to update it, and that's mostly waiting on the files to upload. I like it because it just works.
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Julia had a phase recently where she was taking a ton of pictures of herself. Instead of uploading all the pictures, I played with the collage function in Picasa.
She's developed a habit of needing to immediately see the picture after it's been taken. When she's taking pictures of herself, this ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
On the news this morning, they were noting that it's only 100 days until Inauguration Day. Which also means a certain someone only has 100 days left on the job. Let's hope he doesn't screw up the works too bad...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Dow Jones Index on 10/9/07: 14,164.53
Dow Jones Index on 10/9/08: 8,579.19
Ouch.
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