http://www.mattandleighann.com A Few More Pirates Wouldn't Hurt Either Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:41:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 12079 We're just winding down our holiday season by bringing in 2009. We started out our holiday season by making the rounds in NC for group holiday parties including: our small group, Leigh Ann's work group (at The Melting Pot!), Matt's work group, and Kaelyn's friends. Also, ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2009/01/our-christmas-trip We've posted our 2008 Christmas letter online if you are interested in what's been happening in our life the past year. God bless everyone in the 2009. http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/12/christmas-letter-2008 As we prepare to watch the series finale of The Wire, I'm wondering are some recommendations for shows to start next. We kind of watch Lost, The Office, and 30 Rock in real-time, but everything else we get on DVD. Some that I'd thought about are: Mad Men, Generation Kill, ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/12/tv-show-recommendations We just upgraded out photo gallery to version 2.3. Check out the new slideshow feature for an album. You can control the speed and make it full-screen. It's pretty cool. http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/12/photo-gallery-upgrade We just returned from out Thanksgiving trip to Ohio to visit my family this year. It was a great time, though bittersweet in some ways. We arrived Friday afternoon and had a couple of our Illinois-to-Ohio friends over to watch the Ohio State and Michigan game (and I'm using "game" ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/11/our-thanksgiving-trip YouTube Enables Deep Linking Within Videos (del.icio.us tags: youtube howto video) Deleting a buffer without changing your window layout - Vim Tips Wiki - a Wikia wiki http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/links-for-2008-10-20-to-2008-10-26 The Definitive Guide to Bash Command Line History (del.icio.us tags: tutorial unix shell reference) Inside Source for College Admissions Requirements (del.icio.us tags: college education reference) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/links-for-2008-10-13-to-2008-10-19 11042 This is my rationale on who I have chosen to vote for next month (barring any true October surprises, of course). I believe in the wisdom of crowds (in general), so hopefully this is just one data point in your larger decision as to who you vote for because ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/why-im-voting-for-obama Famous Awk One-Liners Explained, Part I (del.icio.us tags: tutorial tips regex unix) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/links-for-2008-09-29-to-2008-10-05 Kaelyn's loves onomatopoeias. Here's a list of some of her sounds... II EE (in a squealing fashion, for a monkey) Arf, arf, arf (usually for a dog, but sometimes for a bird too) Roooaaarrr (tiger) Room, room (kind of a grunting noise really, for a car) uck, uck (duck, not sure if she is ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/ii-ee-and-other-fun-noises I added some more pics of Kaelyn for September, including her first ever Clemson game (luckily, it was one of Clemson's "good" weeks beating up on SC State), her first tractor ride with Papa John, and the aftermath of her first MMA fight. OK, it really wasn't a MMA ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/10/more-kaelyn-pics 8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast (del.icio.us tags: hacks howto software firefox) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/09/links-for-2008-09-22-to-2008-09-28 For the most part, babies love creating noise and in general adults like eliminating noise. Here's a couple of stories to prove my theory. Squeeeeek No More - this is one of the BEST products ever invented. If you have any squeaky spots in your floor, please ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/09/babies-vs-adults Wow - it is so hard to believe Kaelyn is already a year old! It was the longest, shortest, hardest, best year of my life ever! We had a big birthday bash at our house over Labor Day weekend to celebrate. My parents and brother, Matt's parents, ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/09/birthday-celebration Pigskin Addiction Fantasy Football (del.icio.us tags: sports fantasyfootball) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/09/links-for-2008-09-01-to-2008-09-07 Are here! Uncle Jared did an excellent job as the official party photographer. 10441   http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/09/the-birthday-pics Exactly one year ago today I was almost dilated to 10 cm and my life was being changed forever. At 5:45pm we welcomed into the world Kaelyn Rose. 634163436357 It's been the most amazing year of my life. It's hard to even remember how life was without her. ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/08/august-27 For parents-to-be, I've learned a couple of important metrics: Time-Til-Trouble (TTT) and Time-Til-Fussiness (TTF). Basically, once the baby starts moving, you always have to be aware of these metrics for any given place in the house that you place them. For example, our front room has a TTT ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/08/important-baby-metrics Kaelyn is doing all kinds of cute new things lately. She is definitely working on her verbal skills. If you ask her "What does a doggie say?" she will answer "Arf, arf, arf". Also when someone says "Bye" she will throw her little hand up and wave ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/08/quick-update Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (del.icio.us tags: wikipedia logic) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/08/links-for-2008-08-04-to-2008-08-10 ...and I'm addicted to bargains. Whenever I find a good bargain I seriously get on a shopping high. I am not kidding. My heart starts beating rapidly. I immediately have to call Matt, my mom, and at least one or two friends to share my bargain ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/07/hi-my-name-is-leigh-ann My new lullaby for Kaelyn. To the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (obviously). Twinkle, twinkle you're my star And I love you just the way you are With your big, bright eyes of blue I could kiss all over you Twinkle, twinkle you're my star And I love you just the ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/07/sunday-evening-thoughts Kaelyn and I went on our 2nd beach vacation of the year to the Isle of Palms, SC. Since we'd already been on vacation once Matt couldn't join us again for this one. :( We missed him lots but we had tons of fun! We went ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/07/isle-of-palms While I'm personally not a big fan of handguns, I think the Supreme Court's ruling was a fair interpretation of the Constitution. One of the common arguments against the ruling is along these lines: That is just to mention the fact that a huge number of gun deaths are suicides ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/07/prying-handgun-bans-from-gun-controls-cold-dead-fingers Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/arrested-development-movie I have yet to hear a good argument in favor of the US's massive corn subsidies for ethanol. On ethanol, McCain is clearly the candidate most in line with my thoughts. Mr. McCain advocates eliminating the multibillion-dollar annual government subsidies that domestic ethanol has long enjoyed.... ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/mccain-vs-obama-round-3 Saturday morning we woke up and realized we had nothing at all scheduled for the entire day - a small miracle these days. As "Family Fun Coordinator" Matt put me up to the task of coming up with something fun for our free day. I checked the weather ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/when-the-stars-align For McCain, he proposed increasing the use of nuclear power for energy. Overall, this seems like a logical thing to do make energy usage more efficient. Also, of course he wants to drill in Alaska (ANWR), which I'm fairly indifferent to, but don't think it will make that ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/mccain-vs-obama-round-2 Top Free Hosts To Store Your Files Online (del.icio.us tags: free backup storage) http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/links-for-2008-06-09-to-2008-06-15 I'm excited that our church, Crosspointe, is doing a sermon series on parenting. Yesterday was the introductory message and I think the series will be excellent. I'm particularly excited because this is my first parenting series since becoming a parent myself. The messages are posted weekly on ... http://www.mattandleighann.com/2008/06/parenting-and-other-stuff