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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

July 4th, 2008 Jayman

Gabriel can now roll at will! He rolled over 6 times yesterday and both of us got to see him do it at least once. He rolled from his back to his belly every time yesterday. Then this morning I came down with him to try and let mommy get some sleep, so I set him on his play mat. He rolled over to his back while I was in the bathroom, then I started playing X-box (I know screen-time! :(). He was playing on his belly so I left him there and Devon came down because she couldn’t sleep and he was back on his back! He had rolled from belly to back! That was the first time he had done that roll! For days he had been a stealth roller, only rolling when we were not looking or not there to see it. His first roll was on June 30th by himself on the play mat. Then we started watching for him to roll and he would wait until we stopped watching or had to go do something, then he would roll. It seems like he’s growing up so fast now! We caught one of his rolls on video today so maybe I’ll get around to putting it up!!

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Do Penguins Have Teeth?

July 3rd, 2008 Jayman

Cuz if so they’ve gotta to be hurting right now after the big kick to the teeth the Pittsburgh Penguins took yesterday from Marian Hossa! I normally wouldn’t pile onto the latest rage on the sports blogs but since it involves the Penguins I’m going to. This is one of the better articles I’ve read so far about the situation: Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier. One of my favorite quotes is from Hossa himself on the conference call announcing his signing:

“Pittsburgh has a great team, great people, great organization. I had to compare the two teams, and there’s a little better chance to win the Cup in Detroit. I had a great time with Sid and playing on the power play with Geno [Evgeni Malkin], but the team in Detroit is something special. I know it’s a short term, but we never talked about a one-year [deal] with Pittsburgh. We just talked about a long-term deal. I totally believe Detroit has the kind of team that can win it again.”

Well I bet if you had brought it up Ray Shero would’ve accommodated you. Everything Hossa said was a lie. He rejected the Penguins offer and said he wanted to see what free-agency had to offer - apparently what he meant was he wanted to see when he could sign with Detroit! Later in the post is a link to the video of Detroit GM Ken Holland saying Marian told him at the trade deadline he wanted to be a Red Wing, so that makes me wonder just how much effort he put into his play for the Penguins. Yes it was better than past playoff efforts from him but that’s not really saying much now is it?? A few more points that Collier makes that I really like are:

You know I could point out here that the difference between the Penguins and the Red Wings, fresh from the same delicious Stanley Cup final, needn’t be measured in miles. I could point out that if Marian Hossa gets to Mr. Crosby’s last-second rebound in Game 6 a split second quicker, or if Marian Hossa shows up at all for Games 1 and 2, that the Stanley Cup might today be in the possession of his employer as of the day before yesterday, but no.

In talking to my dad yesterday about the deal he mentioned that maybe Pittsburgh can sign him next off-season to a 1 year deal. To that I say “F you Hossa!” Here’s the video of Detroit GM Ken Holland: Hossa Press Conference. I think if he had no intention of signing with Pittsburgh he should of just said that so that Shero could’ve potentially signed some of the guys we let go - like Ryan Malone or Jarkko Ruutu. But alas, this was not to be and I’ll now stop my whining.

Other good blog posts about the Hossa defection:
link, link, link, and the source of these great posts: Puck Daddy.

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I <3 The X-Files

July 2nd, 2008 Jayman

In case you didn’t know, there is a new X-Files movie in production! It is going to be released on July 25th! I’m a huge X-Files fan and have been waiting for this movie for a while. There are videos, wallpapers, and other goodies available at X-Files.com. It’s been suggested that my main blog page of my website needs more pics and graphics so I’m going to embed one the trailers here for everyone’s viewing enjoyment. See you in the theater on the 25th!!

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Battefield: Bad Company

June 24th, 2008 Jayman

Battlefield: Bad Company is a game that released last week (I think) for xbox 360. It’s a first person shooter (FPS) which shouldn’t surprise many since it is a 360 game. I haven’t found anything in the gameplay trailers that makes it stand out, but the one thing that I have found entertaining about it has been the spoof trailers that EA and DICE have released for the game. The first one was making fun of Metal Gear Solid 4, see it here, which is Sony’s big Playstation 3 seller. The next two parody Gears of War and the Rainbow Six series, see them here. For reference here is the trailer for Gears of War that they are mocking, here. These parody trailers were well done and for any video game fan, very recognizable. This trailers alone have piqued my interest in a game that I otherwise wouldn’t have taken notice of.

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5 Months

June 24th, 2008 Jayman

It’s hard to believe but Gabriel is now 5 months old! It’s amazing to think about it, so many things have happened already in just a short amount of time. He’s almost got a third tooth in, this one on the top. Over the weekend we were at Babies ‘R’ Us and he picked out a new toy. He had a choice between an octopus and a doll - guess which one he chose? That’s right, the doll! At first I wasn’t going to let him but then when I saw how excited he was with it I decided it didn’t really matter. The doll’s name was “My Friend Emily” but since he has an Aunt Emily we renamed her to be “My Friend Lily.” Gabriel is definitely more active now on his playmat and when interacting with toys in general. He seems to like things that are brightly colored and made of different kinds of fabrics. For example, a lot of his toys are the Lamaze brand and they all are brightly colored, include various different materials (like crunchy sections, felt sections, and satin sections), and have a clip for attaching them to his various pieces of equipment. We also purchased his next car seat this past weekend as well. He’s almost too long for his first one now and it’s made of a vinyl-like material so it’s kind of hot in the summertime here. Probably tomorrow night we’ll get his new car seat installed. I think that’s about all the Gabriel related news for now.

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Lyrics

June 23rd, 2008 Jayman

My Name is Roo - Devon Horsman
My name is roo-who, my name is roo-who I have a baby, his name is roo-too he has a mohawk, just like you do. My name is roo-who, my baby's roo-too.

My name is roo-who, my name is roo-who I have a baby, his name is roo-too he has a pouch to ride in, just like you do. My name is roo-who, my baby's roo-too.

My name is roo-who, my name is roo-who I have a baby, his name is roo-too he drinks nursie, just like you do. My name is roo-who, my baby's roo-too.

My name is roo-who, my name is roo-who I have a baby, his name is roo-too he likes books, just like you do. My name is roo-who, my baby's roo-too.

Devon made this song up on the way home from Norwalk a couple of weekends ago. It is about one of Gabriel’s toys that he is particularly found of and that helped entertain him for part of the car ride home to Dayton.

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Outage

June 23rd, 2008 Jayman

Just wanted to make a quick post to apologize for my website being down the past 24+ hours. I doubt many people noticed but my host had storms take out their routers and when they came back up my server had not received the correct IP address so my DNS records were incorrect. Everything should be straightened out now though.

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Lyrics

June 17th, 2008 Jayman

Matthew West - History
It's been a bad day You've been looking back And all you can see is everything you wish you could take back All your mistakes A world of regrets All of those moments you would rather forget I know it's hard to believe Let me refresh your memory

In to work early because I couldn’t sleep last night and when I did I had bad dreams about things I’m not too proud of. So … better to leave sleep behind and go to work and be productive.

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