We have a new phone number that you can use to reach us in Switzerland. Non-techies: don’t worry about it, just dial it, it’s just like we never left Boston. Techies: It’s a Skype-In number.
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Archive for 2008-09
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2008-09-28 23:04Moving Complaints
2008-09-26 22:41I’m a bit sad today that we’re moving. Most of the hard work of the move on this end is now done… we just have to say some goodbyes, pack our luggage, and hop on a plane. Then the hard work starts on the other end. Right now we’re sleeping on the futon and air mattress in an almost empty, echo-y apartment.
Alex’s biggest complaint about the move (he’s been repeating this since Tuesday):
[Holding out 3 fingers] 3 guys came and take my TV to Brian’s house. 3 guys. My TV is gone.
Dina and I find it hilarious. At least he can still watch his favourite shows on the computers.
Positives:
- Kids his age are supposed string together 3 or 4 word sentences occasionally. That was 10 words.
- He’s using plurals correctly. He even knows some of the exceptions (like the fact that people doesn’t need an ‘s’ at the end to be plural).
- He’s using possessives correctly.
Negatives:
- He’s totally addicted to TV.
- He still has conjugation issues.
R.I.P.
2008-09-26 01:45K.K. – 2008-09-26 05:34:42Z
Avid readers may wish to observe a moment of silence.
What I Do
2008-09-22 23:03There are times I feel like this is what I do for a living:
Bob Slydel: What you do at Initech is, you take the specifications from the customers and you bring them down to the software engineers.
Smykowski: Yes. Y–Yes. That’s– That’s right.
Bob Porter: Well, then I just have to ask, why couldn’t the customers just take them directly to the– to the software people, huh?
Smykowski: Well, I’ll tell you why. Uh, because… engineers are not good at dealing with customers.
Bob Slydel: Uh-huh. So, you physically take the specs from the customer?
Smykowski: Well… no. M-My secretary does that, or they’re faxed.
Bob Slydel: Uh-huh.
Bob Porter: So then you must physically bring them to the software people.
Smykowski: Well… no. Yeah, I mean, sometimes.
Bob Slydel: What– What would you say you do here?
Smykowski: Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!
Backlog of Random Thoughts
2008-09-21 22:19Moving day is in 8 days. Life here is hectic. All the more so since I just had knee surgery. Life is good though… Dina and I are tired but functioning. Alex has been wonderful through out the process. Despite a no-longer-childproof apartment, he’s been great.
Advertising
The advertising during the TV Show “Eureka!” is interesting. They have actors from the show doing ads in character. During the show itself, they have obvious sponsor tie-ins. It’s pretty interesting… I think I like it.
Notes On Alex
- He’s been singing some of the words to Seven by They Might Be Giants. Except he says “sand dunes” instead of sevens… on purpose (his version of a joke). He’s very cute when he says “We want cake! Where’s our cake!?”
- It weirds me out when people in public (aka, strangers) pay a lot of attention to him. Last time Alex and I were at Tavern together in Central Square, some lady was essentially hitting on him. It was to the point where even her friends were weirded out by it.
Conversations With Alex
He correctly remembers couples and families.
Alex: Where’s mommy?
Me: Out with her friends, Michele, Dan.
Alex: Michele and Mario!!! Dan.
Another time.
N: You know who auntie Michele is married to?
A: Uncle Mario.
He makes odd associations.
Me: We’re going to eat in the square.
Alex: Dancing in the square?
Me: Pardon?
Alex: Square dancing!
And sometimes he answers incorrectly yet correctly.
Nick: Who’s Michele married to?
Alex: Married to?
Nick: Yes, who’s Michele normally with?
Alex: Uncle Dan!!!
I need to do better at updating our quotes page.
Twice Bitten
2008-09-18 10:00First time I ordered an SD card online from Buy.com, received the 2GB card but the manufacturer folded before sending us the $50 rebate (on $60 purchase price).
Second time I ordered an SD card online from NewEgg.com, the 16GB card was lost in the mail and I don’t have time to re-order since we’ll be moving soon.
Filling In Forms for Alex
2008-09-18 09:09It seems odd to me that Alex has frequent flier numbers, an email address, a passport (with height listed as 1′ 9″), yet no phone number.
Leaving On A Jet Plane
2008-09-09 19:30We leave Cambridge on the 29th of September and start our new life in Winterthur on the 30th.
Surgery Bump
2008-09-08 13:11The time for my knee surgery just got bumped… think it’s because of Brady?
Last Bash Before Switzerland
2008-09-03 23:47Hi everyone!
As most of you have heard by now, we are moving to Switzerland at the end of the month. We want to see everyone and have one last bash before we go.
Saturday September 13, 2008
Our Place
3PM til late
We’ll have food. Something between nibbles and something more substantial, depending on what the pantry has left and what we have time to whip up. Bring some food to share if you’d like but it’s not necessary. Bring drinks if you’d like (we probably won’t have much beer – but you’ll have to bring home what ever’s left), but please NO hard alcohol. We have too much alcohol and it needs to be finished before we leave.
We’re going to be kid friendly from 3pm to about 8pm.
Hope to see everyone then.
Dina, Nick, Alex
PS- No one was intentionally left off the invite. Please forward along to anyone we may have missed. SO’s, kids, pets, etc all welcome.
PPS- Sorry if you receive this message more than once, you must be on a few of our lists.
Bank Account
2008-09-01 08:47We’re in the process of opening a UBS bank account. Part of me keeps thinking that we should open a USB account, which would just be plug-and-play with our existing accounts.