I came across Dan Crow's insights into startups and older workers this morning, and I couldn't stop myself from nodding in agreement through out the article. Part of it, surely, is that I am now closer to 40 than 30. But everything he says about the value of spending time with family, the pointlessness of working grueling hours, and the skills that come from experience had an air of "I've been there".

I scanned the results of the latest GOP debate and while it didn't turn up anything earth shattering, it speaks volumes that in the current GOP, Newt Gingrich is the humane voice. I'm not sure if he was ever an anti-imigration partisan, or if he's genuinely not a nice, likeable person. But when he led the Republican house in the 90s, I recall a lot of anit-immigrant sentinement too. In fact, its what finally motivated my family to get our U.S. Citizenship. For additional weirdness, lets create a "red card", which to most non-Americans, means you're getting expelled from a soccer game.

Posted since we were debating this weekend after giving Nicholas a little ice cream after 8 p.m. I figure consumer reports is pretty trustworthy, no? Sugar makes children hyperactive—and other medical myths: Consumer Reports Health Blog

I find the time to write about the econmics behind my thrilling ISP/TV swtich and Patty writes a touching post about what it was like to meet Nicholas. Can you guess which one of us was described as emotional as a robot in college? Shouldn't be too hard a task.

I've got another 5 day weekend coming up ahead.  Since Patty is visiting, I've taken the next 3 days off so that Staci, Patty, Nicholas, Ian, and I have time to hang out.  It's been a blast to have her here again, and it's made me more aware of how weird it is to NOT have her around.  Here's a semi-coherent list of observations from her trip

One of the first things I've noticed as a new father is how sensitive I am again to time passing.  After graduating college, my has not been measured in discrete chunks of time like semesters, nor have there been regular events like summer/fall/spring breaks to look forward to as a break in my schedule.  Time was very continuous, between work and the occasional trip or vacation to punctuate the year.  Since we learned we'd be parents, its been back to counting down the days to one milestone or another.  First, it was the trimesters during pregnancy, then the agonizingly

Not exactly up to the minute news here, where did the last three weeks go and I've left my blog sadly unattended.  The biggest news here is that I'm a real honest-to-goodness uncle.  Patty had a baby boy ten days ago, Ian Christopher.

Cafe Hayek rightly takes an AP reporter to task for not questioning a recent study that found "Rich-Poor Income Gap Growing". So while it sounds that inflation adjusted wages increased across the board, ie the income distribution (if you can think of it as a bell-shaped normal distribution) moved to the right. Which is good, people overall are wealthier. But it seems the study focused on the range between the highest and the lowest, which is less meaningful.

Went out with Greg, Sandy, Nyk, and Corey to hang out and have a beer or more this evening. Some notable quotes from the evening:

Sandy

Oh was I drunk? Sometimes I'm a virgin when I'm drunk

Nyk

Greg, why do you have to be so f*cking belligerent

Corey

Five or six long island ice teas sounds pretty good right about now.

Schnippy aka Greg

Should I be watching Family Guy?

Me

It's not named after the ship. It's named after the ship's class.