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Friday, October 21, 2011
The Twins' Ultrasound 10.21.11
We got to go see the twins again today. It is amazing how much they are already moving around. I could see their little arms and legs now! The little tikes are healthy and everything is going well. We were happy to hear that they each have their own placenta and sac, which is the most optimal condition for twins! In the upper left hand corner of each picture is an A or a B. A is one twin and B is the other.
The Twins' Ultrasound 10.21.11
We got to go see the twins again today. It is amazing how much they are already moving around. I could see their little arms and legs now! The little tikes are healthy and everything is going well. We were happy to hear that they each have their own placenta and sac, which is the most optimal condition for twins! In the upper left hand corner of each picture is an A or a B. A is one twin and B is the other.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Fall in Galena
Every fall we make the (soon to be much larger) family trip to Galena, IL. It's a beautiful little historic town with its own charm. One of my highlights is always grabbing a beer from the Galena Brewing Company. This year I also added climbing the massive staircase to my list. The reward is an amazing view from the top.
Friday, October 7, 2011
A Different Tragedy in Steve Jobs' Death
I love Apple and the products they create. I always had an interest in gadgets but was too busy playing guitar and trying to keep an old Dell laptop working to take it much further than that. It wasn't until I moved to Chicago and bought my first Macbook Pro that I fell in love technology. There is something in the design of Apple products that makes them a pleasure to use, and that is thanks to the vision and genius of Steve Jobs.
Tributes to Steve are all over the internet right now, and rightly so, but I think there is a greater tragedy in his death that hasn't been picked up on. I was reading a post about the biography of Steve Jobs where the author was talking about why Steve had decided to be so open with him after such a history of keeping things close to the chest. Here is Steve's response.
“I wanted my kids to know me,” he said. “I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”
For a man to accomplish so much, running a company in such a hands on way other areas of life had to budge. Think about all the time Steve spent working, and then think about that time subtracted from his children. That is a sacrifice he made to create what he did.
I don't want to read to much into this quote and assume things. So I will stop here, and simply say that I think this is representative of a sad pattern in our country today. The pattern that parents leave most of the parenting of their children up to their daily caretakers. Our kids need us. Lets not ignore our children while we're out looking to change the world. Let us actively seek balance.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
A Worthy Chronicle by Randy Baranosky
I first met Randy during a spanish class in my freshmen year of high school. Later I started going to the same Church he did. I spent a couple years playing guitar on the worship team while he played drums. Later he would join Memphis Belle (unfortunately near the bands end) and we would tour the country together. Randy is extremely creative and talented and I have the utmost respect for him.
When I moved to Chicago we jammed by email with a few dirty garage songs. Later he recorded A Worthy Chronicle and asked me to mix it. I had spent several months interning for a major recording studio and spent time around some truly great engineers. I had not, however, ever fully mixed anything myself besides messing around at the studio. It was no brainer for me to tackle mixing these songs.
Right after I started Tif and I had Mylin. It turns out learning effective time management while raising a child, attending school full time, and playing in a band isn't so easy. Randy was VERY gracious with the fact that it took me over a year to complete. It was a lot of fun and some great practice. If I were to tackle this project now it would probably only take me a few weeks to complete, at most.
I really like the personality of these songs. Do me a favor and give the record a download. You can name your own price on his bandcamp page or stream it directly.
http://randallscott.bandcamp.com 
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