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- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
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- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Category Archives: Ari Update
Where to Put Your Snot After Picking Your Nose
If you have wondered where to put your snot after picking your nose, wonder no more. Ari’s solution was to put it in his mom’s nose. I guess [..]
Birthday Wishes… Oh… Nevermind, Let’s Talk About Ari
Yesterday I was about to post a couple birthday wishes (Murach’s C# 2005, Visual Studio Standard Edition Academic, etc.) and then realized, oh, my birthday is gone already. [..]
Ari is Home
Ari is back home again. The doctor released him. He seemed happy to be home, at the same time it was near bed time, and he was tired. [..]
Sick Part 3
As of Sunday, 23 April 2006, 12:48 p.m. EDT, Ari is still in the hospital. He is feeling better, and it looks like he may go home tonight [..]
Sick Part 2
Ari’s recovery Thursday was briefly lived. Friday he was sick again, and soon after I got to work, Sara called me had me come back home to take [..]
More on Ari
I could have just edited my last Ari post and added this to that, but I am too lazy… Ari enjoys playing “Night Night.” This is a pretend [..]
Spin Cycle
Ari has been enjoying spinning for some time now. Of late though, he has been spinning a lot. After a while of spinning we tell him to lay [..]
Big Ari Picture Upload
I just uploaded a bunch of Ari pics to the Flickr site. The pictures on the sidebar should update soon to show two of them. Included with this [..]
Ari the DVD Coming Soon
Coming soon to a DVD player near you (well, to the DVD player of a couple select family members anyhow) is Ari the DVD. I am taking some [..]
Ari Solves Blue’s Clues
I was on the phone with Sara the other day when Ari started making a ruckus. We said goodbye and she went to take care of Ari. She [..]
Hide and Seek and Other Ari Updates
Ari has learned to play Hide and Seek. He’ll say “Hide!” at which point we hide while he counts to 3… well, more like “One, two, one!” with [..]
Blood Types
Sara got a home blood type test for Ari and I. I am an O Negative, and Ari is like his mother, A Positive. I am the Universal [..]
Ari’s EEG Test
I took Ari to the test. He didn’t enjoy the pencil marks being put on his head, and he really didn’t like the pulse rate monitor they put [..]
Ari Goes to Get an EEG
Ari will be having tests to see if he is having petit mal seizures on Wednesday morning. He has to be tired, which means waking him up at [..]
Happy Birthday Ari!
Today Ari is two years old. Two! It is hard to believe that our little bundle of joy has been a part of our lives for two years [..]
Ari Toilet Training Update
While Ari will not officially start toilet training for awhile yet, he made a big leap just a moment ago. He said something “pee pee” and took off [..]
Ari is Getting Good at Using a Mouse
I have a Dora the Explorer: Fairytale Adventures computer game for Ari. He is getting good at using the mouse to get results. I generally will give him [..]
Ari and Happy Feet
I was looking at movie trailers online, when the trailer for Happy Feet came up, he started dancing. The music stopped for a moment and he started to [..]
Twinkle Little Star
Ari sings Twinkle Little Star. He just started singing it on his own one day without having sung it before. Crazy thing is, he does nearly the whole [..]
Ari 1,2,3 and pee
Ari knows his 1, 2, 3s, and potty training to start soon. Read more


