Popsicles

This is pretty much what passes for dinner around our house :p

Sad Dad

Ethan is going through an Oedipal phase right now, and tonight as he was saying good night to Mia, he decided that she should read him a book.

"Daddy needs to leave," he said, pointing to the door. Standing up to his full 3 foot frame like a tiny(er) Napoleon issues commands.

Because bedtimes have been rough of late, I agreed that I would leave. As soon as I was out the door, he ran over to give me a good night hug and kiss before slamming the door in my face.

And then immediately crying that Daddy needed to bring him his cup.

Kids are such strange little creatures.

Not a video of Ethan

I know, I know, you want to see more Ethan. Well tough!

Also, you might need to turn the sound up, I think I was talking kind of quietly.

Like: My new Christmas jacket
Dislike: Shoveling snow


I know that I don't ususally comment on these but today I'm going to. We got our first real snow today. And it's every bit as miserable as I remember it being last year. The roads didn't get plowed very well this morning making the communte slow and painful. Then, I had to shovel out the driveway so that I could pull my car in once I got home.

Ugh.

The Marriage Package

So, according to the TV show we were watching last night, the full marriage packag is "Smart, funny, and beautiful." Looks like I nailed it.

:)

Happy Valentine's Day Lover!

Dots

What is it with the dots?

I want to see more giant orange text ;)

Big News!

As seen here.

Email

Ethan ran over today while I was online today checking a few things. He yelled "I need to check yer email fer ya" (Yes, that's how he says 'for you' we are embarrassed by our bad parenting)

Then he started banging on keys.

Firefox 2.0

This is totally random, and no one else may care, but Firefox 2.0 has fixed one of the most annoying problems I was having with 1.5

Now, when I click on a link in an RSS feed in Google Reader, it opens a new tab instead of a new window.

Awesome.

Social Media

I went to a meeting of the Boston Social Network club tonight. Right after work, in fact. It meant that I didn't get to go home after work, so I totally missed Ethan today. I think that if I do this again (and I want to) I'll try to leave work an hour early so that I can go home first and see Mia and Ethan.

The Boston Social Media Club was about video. Video blogging, video content for business, and video's role in non-profit organizations.

There were some very interesting points made, and a rather large crowd. Of course, as I've discovered with any of these marketing-oriented groups, most of the people there were from agencies. I suppose that is to be expected. Even when I was at Schwartz I tried to go to the PRSA meetings and other groups that I discovered.

It's been a while since I've been active in a set group. I've attended a few MITX and MTLC meetings, but I've not really felt like those were groups that I could really consider myself a part of. Those two groups feel impersonal to me, or maybe they are just big enough that you don't see the same people across sessions.

When I got home tonight, I was telling Mia about an odd mix of feelings that I get at these. On the one hand, I have a sense of confidence because I am working on the client-side. Since most people at agencies are working for clients, being employed at a company gives me the feeling of confidence because I know that I'm a prospective client. So I've got that edge.
On the other hand, I get nervous. While I do have about 5 years in the industry now, but I worry that people with more industry experience may not think what I've got to say is relevant or important.

Fortunately for me tonight, I was nominated to present to the entire group about the break-out session. Afterwards, I had a few people (including the presenter that was leading our break-out) tell me that I did well. So, I guess I shouldn't stress out too much about the nervousness.