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More tubes, please

Caleb got tubes inserted into his ears this morning for the third time in his short life. Here he is just before leaving me to have some strange doctor shove pieces of plastic into his eardrums. The kid’s a trooper, I have to give him credit. He came out of the surgery fantastically, with only […]

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Nathaniel Payne in Personal | Tagged family, surgery | Leave a comment

Merry (day after) Christmas!

I’m back at work today after a truly excellent four-day weekend filled with Christmas-y goodness. I received Zack & Wiki and Super Mario Galaxy (amongst other fine consumable materials), so my gaming days are for the most part booked for a while. I’m still tossing around the idea of picking up Battalion Wars 2 since […]

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Nathaniel Payne in Personal | Tagged christmas, holidays | Leave a comment

A brief interruption: Child’s Play

I’m pushing aside the rest from words for a bit to remind everyone (or inform those that are completely unaware) of the Child’s Play Charity that is currently underway. I’m especially excited for this year because a new location has been added: the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. That link takes you directly to their […]

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Nathaniel Payne in Gaming | Tagged charity, Child's Play | Leave a comment

A bit of a rest from WORDS

I’m not going to do much blogging during the month of December. With holidays and travel, and the recent completion of NaNoWriMo, I’m just taking a bit of time away from the blog. I need a rest from words, so to speak. I’ll write a bit here and there, but mostly I’ll be finishing up […]

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Nathaniel Payne in Writing | Tagged blogging, disconnecting | Leave a comment

We’re alive

No nasty accidents on the way home yesterday from our trip to Iowa City. We did have to chisel the van out of nearly two inches of ice that had accumulated over the day on Saturday, however. That was a part of the Iowa life that I always forget about come winter. We had an […]

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Nathaniel Payne in Personal | Tagged family, happenings | Leave a comment

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