Ants herding a caterpillar
This is amazing
9/25/2006
9/21/2006
9/02/2006
danielmatic returns!
sorry for the long silence.
I was traveling for stock20, and now I'm on vacation with my family.
Here are some random updates.
1. neice Maya, gets more amazing every day: http://mybabysecret.blogspot.com
2. newphew Addison had his first day of school: http://inthespacebetween.blogspot.com
3. the former pirate posted for the 1000'th time.
6. I finished my first orchestrated composition for my music company.
click here to download the file (but only if you will listen on good speakers or headphones).
5. Isaac and Will went to the zoo:
more pictures at their site.
I was traveling for stock20, and now I'm on vacation with my family.
Here are some random updates.
1. neice Maya, gets more amazing every day: http://mybabysecret.blogspot.com
2. newphew Addison had his first day of school: http://inthespacebetween.blogspot.com
3. the former pirate posted for the 1000'th time.
6. I finished my first orchestrated composition for my music company.
click here to download the file (but only if you will listen on good speakers or headphones).
5. Isaac and Will went to the zoo:
more pictures at their site.
8/11/2006
Blessed are the peacemakers
Im honestly having trouble understanding this.
Casualties in Lebanon over 1000
Casualties in Israel about 100
As the numbers keep climbing they maintain a 10 to 1 ratio.
A majority of Lebanese killed are civilians.
The US says it's working for sustainable peace.
The US is supplying, and at times, expediting weapons to Israel.
So friends, help me if I'm missing something.
But shouldn't there be an outcry from the people to our elected officials:
"Do not send our bombs to Israel"
Shouldn't our military strength be leveraged to stop killing?
Did I miss the efforts made by Israel to find resolution through diplomatic intervention and multi-national census?
Do we think that this will improve the tense relations between the Arab and Western world?
Seriously, what am I missing?
Because right now, I am so ashamed to be an American.
Casualties in Lebanon over 1000
Casualties in Israel about 100
As the numbers keep climbing they maintain a 10 to 1 ratio.
A majority of Lebanese killed are civilians.
The US says it's working for sustainable peace.
The US is supplying, and at times, expediting weapons to Israel.
So friends, help me if I'm missing something.
But shouldn't there be an outcry from the people to our elected officials:
"Do not send our bombs to Israel"
Shouldn't our military strength be leveraged to stop killing?
Did I miss the efforts made by Israel to find resolution through diplomatic intervention and multi-national census?
Do we think that this will improve the tense relations between the Arab and Western world?
Seriously, what am I missing?
Because right now, I am so ashamed to be an American.
8/02/2006
A day in the life...
Andrea got called in to work so today was a ruddboys morning.
9:00 bottles (only one per day now)
9:20 cherios (every morning, 2 bowls, split three ways)
9:30 banana (cut into little pieces)
9:40 wagon ride to walker park
9:45 park exploration (sidewalks, wood chips, trees, squirrels, etc...)
10:15 sprinklers come on (get soaked)
11:15 load wagon (cry for a minute)
11:30 get home, water plants, strip to diapers (just the boys)
11:40 diaper wrestling while Dad gets lunch (pictured)
12:00 lunch
12:30 naptime festivities (different daily, today's described below)
Daniel: "alright it's getting close to naptime."
boys keep playing, acknowledge with grunts a little later
Daniel: "ok, get your blankets, it's naptime."
boys get blankets
Daniel: "I'm going to the kitchen for three minutes, then it's nap time"
The boys race down the hall together.
Upon reaching the nursery they close the door and laugh.
They've baracaded me out.
They quickly put as many books and toys into their cribs as they can (i discover upon entry).
I stand outside the door and inform them that they forgot their blankets.
They open the door slowly.
I put them into their beds.
They pretend they are going right to sleep.
I go down to my office and listen to them play.
7/31/2006
7/29/2006
7/22/2006
Rueters:
Israel's 12-day-old onslaught in Lebanon to cripple Hizbollah has claimed 355 lives, mostly civilians. Hizbollah attacks and rockets have killed 34 Israelis.
Envoys from three European countries hold talks in Israel later in the day ahead of the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an intensifying bout of diplomacy aimed at ending the fighting.
New York Times:
"The Bush administration is rushing precision-guided bombs to Israel at the Israelis’ request, American officials said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she would go to Israel tomorrow and then meet Arab and European envoys in Italy."
Daniel:
Hmmm.
Rueters article
NYT article
Israel's 12-day-old onslaught in Lebanon to cripple Hizbollah has claimed 355 lives, mostly civilians. Hizbollah attacks and rockets have killed 34 Israelis.
Envoys from three European countries hold talks in Israel later in the day ahead of the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an intensifying bout of diplomacy aimed at ending the fighting.
New York Times:
"The Bush administration is rushing precision-guided bombs to Israel at the Israelis’ request, American officials said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she would go to Israel tomorrow and then meet Arab and European envoys in Italy."
Daniel:
Hmmm.
Rueters article
NYT article
7/17/2006
7/14/2006
what a little daniel *could* have looked like
picture courtesy of aunt gigi's fast fingerwhen my boys are old enough to understand genetics (in a year or so), I'm sure that they will appreciate their good fortune in bypassing a few unfortunate traits that may have been passed along (like my 20/200 hypermyopia).
but for now, Daddy puts the "spectacular" in spectacle... and that's just fine with Will.
ps. did you see Isaac's haircut?
7/11/2006
wow, wow, wow
you simply must view the "average home boy" rapper video demo.
I'm not sure if I ever seen anything like this.
As a side note, my big brother david -also a white middleclass, muscular, fruit-loop eater, was also rapping during this era. Of course I am not suggesting any kind of uncanny resemblance. But I will suggest, that if *some other person* were to make such a suggestions, I would not find it to be completely ludicrous.
I'm not sure if I ever seen anything like this.
As a side note, my big brother david -also a white middleclass, muscular, fruit-loop eater, was also rapping during this era. Of course I am not suggesting any kind of uncanny resemblance. But I will suggest, that if *some other person* were to make such a suggestions, I would not find it to be completely ludicrous.
7/09/2006
7/06/2006
6/26/2006
quick updates
FAQs
1) Yes, my dad really did eat a dog.
2) Yes, I am going to post pictures of the aforementioned "contraption", I just have to get my music done first or my employees will revolt.
3) Yes, you are allowed to send in your two dollars more than once.
see you soon!
1) Yes, my dad really did eat a dog.
2) Yes, I am going to post pictures of the aforementioned "contraption", I just have to get my music done first or my employees will revolt.
3) Yes, you are allowed to send in your two dollars more than once.
see you soon!
6/18/2006
"Dirty Healthy Rats!"
Isaac forward this article to me via e-mail, hoping that I would reverse the ban on toilet-play.
the article
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71185-0.html?tw=rss.index
the article
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71185-0.html?tw=rss.index
6/15/2006
isn't this ironicle
I've personally verified this Microsoft conspiracy to keep a republican in office:
If you're a Windows user, open Notepad and type in this phrase, without the quote marks and with no carriage return: "Bush hid the facts". Now save it and open it again.
source:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1502576
If you're a Windows user, open Notepad and type in this phrase, without the quote marks and with no carriage return: "Bush hid the facts". Now save it and open it again.
source:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1502576
a conversation between my dad and I
dad: "here's a picture of a dog we ate."
daniel: "wow! ...can you send me that for my blog?"
dad: "sure."
thoughtful pause...
daniel: "I can't believe you ate a dog!"
dad: "it tasted like beef jerky"
thoughtful pause...
daniel: "what kind of dog was it??"
dad: "a dog that made too much noise while I was preaching."
thick silence.
daniel: "is that *why* you ate a dog?"
dad: "I don't know...
it was just making a lot of noise.
Then it got quiet...
...Then later, we ate it."
note: out of fairness to Rev. Dr. Bill Rudd, this did occur in a different hemishphere on a medical missinos trip.
some people just need a hug
So, I met this guy.
He was one of those "just want to punch him in the face" kind of people.
Something about demeanor was very antagonistic...
...as if he had been placed on this earth, just to attract aggression.
I don't think anyone had ever given him a chance.
You know, treated him like a human being...
who needed to be loved unconditionally.
Sometimes a little love and understanding, can really change things.
It did for Bob.
my older brother Andrew happened to be nearby, ready to document this story with a camera.
you can read it here.
He was one of those "just want to punch him in the face" kind of people.
Something about demeanor was very antagonistic...
...as if he had been placed on this earth, just to attract aggression.
I don't think anyone had ever given him a chance.
You know, treated him like a human being...
who needed to be loved unconditionally.
Sometimes a little love and understanding, can really change things.
It did for Bob.
my older brother Andrew happened to be nearby, ready to document this story with a camera.
you can read it here.
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