I’m 90% of the way through George Orwell’s 1984 (which is public domain in Canada by the way.) I think I was 10 years old the last time I read it, so it’s all pretty new to me. It’s definitely a book that makes you think.

William’s Great-grandparents are coming into town this weekend to visit him (and us too I suppose :-)) so Erin and I have decided that we’re going to enlist their services as babysitters Saturday night, and go out for supper. I think it will be good to get Erin out of the house for an hour or so.

Simpson’s quote of the day:
Lionel Hutz: “Mr. Simpson, I was just going through your garbage, and I couldn’t help overhearing that you need a babysitter. Of course, being a highly-skilled attorney, my fee is $175 an hour.”
Homer: “We pay eight dollars for the night, and you can take two popsicles out of the freezer.”
Lionel Hutz: “Three.”
Homer: “Two.”
Lionel Hutz: “OK, two. And I get to keep this old bird cage.”
Homer: “Done!”
Lionel Hutz: [proudly] “Still got it.”

There’s a training session going on just down the hall from my office. Whenever there’s a training session, they bring in lunch for the people who are undergoing training. For the last two days, they’ve brought in significantly more lunch than they needed, so I’ve gotten a couple of good free lunches out of the deal. Chili in a bread bowl yesterday, and a beef dip today. It’s a good deal if you can manage it :-)

Erin called me this morning to tell me that William was screaming his head off (well, actually she didn’t have to tell me, I could hear it just fine my self) Eventually she got him calmed down, and they’re both taking a nap right now. William has been so good that it’s hard to deal with the occasional outburst of uncontrolled rage that he has. It’s not so bad when both of us are home, since when one person has given up on trying to calm him, handing him off seems to do wonders for both holder and holdee. Next thing you know, he’s sleeping again. Ah, babies…

Simpsons’s quote of the day: “And I’ll STILL kiss your butt and call it ice cream!” - Homer

I’ve got a couple of pictures of William to tide you all over until you can see him in person.

Posting pictures is fun - it takes all the pressure off of having an interesting post :-)

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Lousy teachers, trying to palm off our kids on us!” - Homer

I guess I’ll have to remember to send pictures to work tonight when I get home. I took a bunch last night, including a string of photos to show the quick changes of expression that William is capable of (and becoming known for.) I suspect that Erin is still sleeping though, since they were up a bunch last night in the usual feeding frenzy type of scenario.

William is doing well, despite the lack of photographic evidence. Yesterday he weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz.

Those of you who just come here for the William stuff can safely stop reading :-P. I watched the first half of “Return to the Batcave” last night. Interesting, but somehow slow moving. They combined a reunion show with a behind the scenes TV movie somehow. It’s an interesting take on things - they’ve got lots of “flashbacks” where Younger Adam West and Younger Burt Ward are played by actors, to tell the original “making of” type stories, all stitched together pretty loosely by some sort of plot to steal the Batmobile that Old Adam and Old Burt attempt to solve. It’s kind of strange, and oddly entertaining at times, while kind of boring at others.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Why did you wake me? I was having the nicest dream. I dreamt I was the Queen of the old west. I kept a six-shooter in my garter, I did.” - Grandpa Simpson

As Jason pointed out, William has a very expressive face. He makes the cutest faces all the time, but for some reason never when the camera is handy/ready. It’s actually quite comical, because I keep trying to take pictures of some of his cuter expressions, but by the time I’m ready to take the shot, he’s cranky, and making less cute faces/turning red from rage.

I guess what I’m trying to say here is that I don’t have any pictures to post for you.

Saturday was the second in what appears to be a long string of baby showers for the Erin/William dynamic duo. Uncles Dave, Bryan and Darren came over to avoid the Estrogen Overload™ at Mom and Dad’s. We wound up renting NHL Hitz 2003, and playing it. Sunday, Uncles Dave and Bryan came over to play some more. It’s a good game, but it has some issues, such as crashing mid-game and not saving games properly which make me never want to buy it.

Speaking of Playstation 2 games - I’ve been playing “Escape from Monkey Island™” quite a bit lately. It’s a pretty fun little game, and can be played one handed while I hold William in the other, which is a bonus. Last weekend when I was playing, I suddenly couldn’t move or do anything else. It had been a couple of hours since I’d saved it, so I saved my game, did a restart, and still couldn’t move. It was a very strange thing, since after loading that game, I couldn’t move in a “new” game either. Unfortunately, due to the way saved games work, I had to start over again from the beginning, since I hadn’t backed up my saved game (a practice which I am engaging in regularly now) Luckily, since it’s a puzzle game, it took significantly less time to get back to where I was than it took to get there in the first place Anyway, I’m now ahead of where I was before, having just arrived on Monkey Island™ and preparing to escape from it.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “The boy… bring me the boy.” - Homer

I don’t have any pictures at work that I haven’t posted already, so I won’t post any today. Sorry.

William is filling in quite nicely, and sleeping well, so it’s been quite a joy to have him around the house. It’s been a busy time too, and thankfully Erin’s mom was here the past week to do all the work that I should have been doing :-) Now she’s gone back home though, so I’ll have to pick my housework habits up some.

I haven’t been watching any hockey lately, and it appears that this is a good thing, since Montreal decided they didn’t want to play anymore. Seriously, you can’t lose games on a consistent basis when you’re trying to make the playoffs, and still hope to make it. What is that now, winless in seven? That’s a huge percentage of the season. I’m sure that it’s just so that William won’t be accused of being a bandwagon jumper when they start winning again next year.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Homer, nothing’s more important to me than the health and well-being of my freaks. I’m sending you to a vet.” - Freak show manager