Joy Alison Paris. Born on June 10th, 2008. I was a papa. It was only a week later that I got to experience my first father’s day as a father myself. I’ll have to admit that I was worried before Joy was born. Everyone said that everything changes when you have a child of your [...]
That time of year again, when I look back at how things went in the last year, and then look ahead to what is coming up in the new year. Today, I will focus on the past: They year started off well with a victory for Obama in Iowa, Sketchfest, and starting work with my [...]
Now if you know me you know that I am a dog person. Not really much into cats, but I found this site that has just been cracking me up. It is called icanhascheezburger.com. Here is a funny example of the stuff you will find on there: more animals
Spent part of the day at the Corniche today. It was beautiful outside. Cool temperatures and a nice breeze. Not too much traffic, but still enough people to do some people watching. It doesn’t feel like Christmas at all. I just got off the phone with my parents and Virginia, and they are getting ready [...]
Some fiber optic cables got cut in the Mediterranean the last couple of days. It is reeking havoc on internet connections over here in the Mid-East. I am still able to surf the net, but it is really slow. Some sites aren’t loading at all, and some others seem to be unaffected. It is all [...]
Ivana and I went down to the electronics stores in downtown Doha today. The city is built on a tradition of Souks, which are markets with small stores carrying similar items. So different parts of town have different things that they specialize in. We went to probably 20 little shops all within a few blocks [...]
My co-worker Ivana had an extra ticket to a comedy show so I went out to see some stand-up. They were at a big hotel so it was all foreigners. The hotel bars are the only places that you can drink. It was kind of shocking to hear some of the things that were said [...]
Since Obama is going to be president, the governor is the one who gets to pick his replacement. So our governor (allegedly) tried to sell the newly vacated Senate seat. Seems like the feds have a different idea. A corrupt politician in Illinois is something that we are used to, but this is going a [...]
I put up some new pictures of Joy on her website. Send me an email if you need the name of the site and the login information.
Joy is 6 months old today. Time is flying. I miss that girl a lot. Virginia has been sending me some pictures so that I can keep up with her. She is getting so big and looks so happy. She seems like a curious little girl, always grabbing things. I wish I could be around [...]