See if you can guess which one of these sleep reports from Sara’s fitbit is from last night (WITH a brand new baby), and which one is from one year ago today (WITHOUT a brand new baby):
Close call, I know. I guess this is the new normal…
Author: Shane
“O What Freedom” to appear in Analog
I am extremely pleased to announce that I will once again be gracing the page of Analog magazine, with my story “O What Freedom, This Great Steel Cage”.
(Ten points if anybody besides my brother recognizes where that gif is from) (I’m looking at you, Casey)
This is a story about how technology plays a role in disability, anxiety, and addiction, which is a lot to pack into a very, very short story. I originally wrote this piece for the Art & Words show. It was inspired by “The Wheel” by Stephen Daly.
(Also: story may contain robots).
My First Sweater
I have knit my very first sweater!
Okay, so Sara says that picture might be misleading, so here’s one with a dinosaur, for size:
That’s right, I knit a huge, dinosaur-sized sweater!
Alright, alright, so it’s a baby sweater. But still, a sweater’s a sweater, right?
I think my knitting has improved at some point without me realizing, because this was actually pretty easy. Plus, it gave me something to do every day on the train. That’s right, I was that guy (hey, it was less weird than the lock!) I was a little nervous about finishing this in time, but it turns out I needn’t have worried.
I will certainly add an “in-use” picture when applicable!
Christmas Vacation
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
St. Lucia Day
Visiting Santa
Decorating Cookies
Frosting
The stockings were hung by the bookcase with care
A fitbit!
A LOCK!!!!
Christmas Day Cherry Pie
1000 Piece Puzzle
Quote Monday is double underwear all the way
Sara: “That’s not really funny.”
Evie: “I didn’t think it was funny, either.”
Me: “Well, you have to be a dad to really enjoy all the funniest jokes.”
Ollie: “Well, I kind of thought it was funny, because I’m going to be a dad.”
Me: “You don’t have any long underwear that fits you anymore.”
Ollie: “Yeah, now my long underwear turned into just-right underwear, and my regular underwear turned into kinda-small underwear.”
::sitting quietly around the table::
Oliver: “I’m wearing double underwear!”
Shane Halbach 