Where Does the Time Go? at 11:10 PM

Is it just me, or have the last two weeks gone by really quickly? I've barely updated anything at all. It's been one of those times where it's seemed really busy, but I couldn't tell you what I've been doing that's more than what I usually do. I haven't even updated "What I'm Checking Out" (I usually do update that quite frequently, actually).

There hasn't been too much going on here lately. Football season gets closer every day, which makes me happy. I've bought my DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket, so I'm ready. I guess Monday Night Football "premieres" tonight, but preseason football is almost unwatchable. So the wait continues.

I've got a few reviews on the queue, so hopefully I'll have them up on Eight Cents this week. I just posted one today, actually. If my reviews seem slightly more coherent, it's because Professor Shoeless Joel has offered to edit them for me. It's a good thing, too. I'm rarely able to sit and write for the whole time it takes me to write a review. I've got Luke yelling at me, or someone needs something or other, or I get distracted, or what have you. Anyway, by the time it's done I can proofread it without really seeing it. So thanks to Joel for that.

The wife had been on me for a while to get a water softener, so we got that last week, along with a reverse osmosis thing for the sink so that we have drinking water. So she's happy. I've never been able to really drink water a lot. I force myself to because I need to, but still after drinking water my whole life, I can't drink it without pulling a face. Speaking of drinking, I've also never been able to drink diet soda, but now since I'm trying to lose weight (which, surprisingly, is a lot easier than I thought it would be--at least while I'm still pretty heavy--I guess these are the easy pounds), I've gotten used to diet soda and even enjoy it. Weird. I think a lot of the calories I got before came from juice. I love juice and I don't like water...that's not such a great combination.

Anyway, since there's not much else going on for me, I'll talk about Luke (since no one ever gets sick of a new dad talking about his kid, right? Well, at least my mom doesn't). He can pretty much get where he wants to go now if he wants to get there bad enough. I think he doesn't like to crawl because it's not fast enough for him. He keeps trying to stand up. He'll be crawling, then he'll get on his hands and feet and start pushing with his hands. And if I hold his hands and walk him around, he thinks it's the most hilarious thing ever. He's also got this push-toy where he can stand up and push it around, but since it has wheels we have to keep a hand on him or else he'll fall. He's also discovered bubbles. We'll start blowing bubbles when he's in the bath tub and he's just fascinated. Having a baby is fun. And now, pictures (these aren't great...especially if you're just coming from Zimm's blog):


The chair is much more comfortable than the floor.


I tell you--this kid loves his mealtime. Your guess is as good as mine as to why he's a little guy.


The walkinest seven-month-old you ever did see.

Song of the day: "Smoke on the Water", by Deep Purple. No particular reason here...it's just a good song.