PaulThology

Tues. afternoon, 9/16/08, Atlanta
“Hmmm, my calendar is empty Friday.  My Cubs ticket auction ends tonight, and no one is even close to the reserve price.  I wonder if my high school buddy could get us a deal at his hotel?  Fares…not too bad..$233 a piece, and with AirTran’s double credits deal, this would mean Miles […]

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Much of the fun of parenthood is getting surprised by the limited comprehension capacity of your children, at just the moments when you think you are giving away the keys to the cosmos. Instead I like to think they’re “keeping it real.”
A conversation today after Miles finished asking a series of rather obscure, useless, […]

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One thousand, three hundred and fifty five days. That’s a lot of time, when you consider it in terms of weeks (193.7) or even months (44.6). But it’s not a lot of time when you consider that’s how many days our older son went from the start of his life until his first […]

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Miles is 38 1/2 inches tall, and 37 lbs. He is 3.5 years old. Exactly on the 50th percentile line, according to this source. However, his athletic ability, which is harder to measure, is far above average, including baseball, basketball, hockey, and golf.

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What do you say in a blog when you are the proud father…for the second time? You say, yeah! Quinn Wilcox Thompson, born 5/31/07 at 1616 EDT (GMT -4).  Beautiful, quiet, peaceful, innocent.  Sort of the yin to our 3-year-old’s yang, at least in terms of the night, which it always seems to […]

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Roughly six months ago our son Miles fell backwards out of his chair at Willy’s on to the sealed concrete floor. The bump that followed appeared to have left a nickel-sized bald spot that might not have regrown, meaning he’d always have to have flowing locks to cover such a spot.
I’m happy to report […]

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