Monday, February 27, 2006
Update
Lizzie's new stats:
Height: 21 3/4 inches (25th percentile)
Weight: 8 pounds (!) (15th-20th percentile)
She is doing a great job with respect to growth. Her personality is also quite engaging.
Height: 21 3/4 inches (25th percentile)
Weight: 8 pounds (!) (15th-20th percentile)
She is doing a great job with respect to growth. Her personality is also quite engaging.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Book Review
I just finished listening to a book on CD that J-Go gave me -- it is "The Narnian" by Alan Jacobs. It is a biography of C. S. Lewis, the Oxford don and author of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", among many other books. He was also the subject of the movie "Shadowlands" which was out a few years ago.
It was a really good book -- I think Jacobs has a lot of insights, and an obvious appreciation for Lewis' remarkable life. He particularly focused on analyzing Lewis' faith, which was very strong and very rational.
One point that I found very interesting came from his explanation of why Lewis stopped being a Christian apologist and was first drawn to writing childrens' books. For a number of years, Lewis would go to meetings of a group that would debate for and against Christianity. He was the main "pro-" voice at these meetings, and was famous for again and again defending his faith against atheists. He commented that it is much easier to challenge someones faith than it is to defend it, since the attacker has nothing to lose, and the defender has everything to lose.
All in all, it was a description of a great life, but a challenging one. It stripped away the idea that Lewis had it easy all his life, and showed him to be a complex and flawed person, but a magnificent scholor and mind who left an impression on the western world.
I say check it out!
It was a really good book -- I think Jacobs has a lot of insights, and an obvious appreciation for Lewis' remarkable life. He particularly focused on analyzing Lewis' faith, which was very strong and very rational.
One point that I found very interesting came from his explanation of why Lewis stopped being a Christian apologist and was first drawn to writing childrens' books. For a number of years, Lewis would go to meetings of a group that would debate for and against Christianity. He was the main "pro-" voice at these meetings, and was famous for again and again defending his faith against atheists. He commented that it is much easier to challenge someones faith than it is to defend it, since the attacker has nothing to lose, and the defender has everything to lose.
All in all, it was a description of a great life, but a challenging one. It stripped away the idea that Lewis had it easy all his life, and showed him to be a complex and flawed person, but a magnificent scholor and mind who left an impression on the western world.
I say check it out!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Traditions
Lately, when I have been administering Creighton's meals, I put on this song and do crazy dances. He recognizes the opening to the song and sometimes he wants to get up and dance too, doing funny versions of my 'moves', usually involving leaning one way or another and sticking his arms out.
Unfortunately, we will need to stop this tradition soon -- the song has some questionable lyrics in it, and his understanding (and repetition) of words keeps getting better and better.
The song is "Don't Drop It!" by G. Love and Special Sauce. Incredibly infectious groove, this is G. Love playing it solo acoustic from a 9/15/2004 show, and it is one of the best single live performances I know of of any song. I say check it out!
Unfortunately, we will need to stop this tradition soon -- the song has some questionable lyrics in it, and his understanding (and repetition) of words keeps getting better and better.
The song is "Don't Drop It!" by G. Love and Special Sauce. Incredibly infectious groove, this is G. Love playing it solo acoustic from a 9/15/2004 show, and it is one of the best single live performances I know of of any song. I say check it out!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The Girl
Friday, February 10, 2006
I'm back
Not that anyone reads this, but I am back. Lizzie is sleeping much better, and has grown to 6 pounds, 14 ounces! She is a good baby, very agreeable in general. She's alert like Creighton was when he was her size, and she is very pretty. I will post a few pictures later.
For now, here is a picture of Creighton when he was visiting my office; he got a little work done for me.
In other news:
Did anyone realize that Oklahoma City now has an NBA team? What the hell is this? Apparently they used to be in New Orleans. Did anyone realize that New Orleans ever had an NBA team?
