The Jack Noodle Journal

I have been listening to the new Byrne and Eno album, " Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" on their website for free for about a week now. I'll probably buy a CD version of it come pay day. It's quite good. I wasn't on board all the way during the first listen but could tell then that I would love it half way through the second. This got me going on David Byrne, "That man's voice is just...

(as documented by Gilby) Mommy's gone and went back to work! Woke up happy and full of smiles. Got diaper changed and put on our clothes. Helped Papa make some coffee. Played on play mat activity thingy. Had a bottle. Sat in Bumpo Chair in kitchen. Watched Papa put away dishes. Played with noisy, worm, butterfly toy thingy. Made a few spit ups. Made Papa spill his coffee on his shirt (ha...

Okay, so how is this going to work again? Boy oh boy oh boy oh baby boy! As you may recall, I made the case to the bosses at the beginning of this month. Everyone involved has been very cool and open to the idea! It looks like we are on for a trial run. I will be working 2 days at the office and telecommuting from home the remaining 2 days of the work week. I will be able watch the Little...

We finished up watching "The Wire" TV series last night. All 5 seasons in the can now. Oh so, so, so good. Marvelous. I'm still really upset about the something that involved the someone 2 episodes or so before the end. Man! Come on. Really? We are now experiencing the familiar grief and loss that comes when you finish up a whole series on DVD. You spend several months, night after night with...

Last weekend we spent a wonderful time at the Brumley compound down in Tyee. Was it Tyee or Roseburg? Where were we? We were down by the Umqua river. I do know that much. The river was absolutely amazing during our 100 degree weather. Oh it felt so good! I got a pretty healthy sunburn on my back. Ouch! Oh yeah, we discovered that the Little Noodle's travel limit in the car is at about 2...

The Little Noodle is 4 months old today! Have you noticed that it takes a moment to not say "He's a 4 month year old". Maybe it's just me. Can you believe it? Time IS flying. I remember thinking that his first month seemed to go on forever. Now the months really are zooming by. I want the time to slow down now more than anything. This baby stuff is going by way too fast! There seems to be new...

Big Baby Seth and I were screwing around the other day and for some reason he thought it would be good to take a photo of the top of his head with his cell phone. I also felt like this was something that had to be done so I took one of my own. Yeah. We both realized that our plan wasn't the best. There's a reason your eyeballs can't reach every acre of your body. I won't be curiously...