i so totally need one of these baby snuggies!

definitely worth 5 minutes of your viewing time...

it's a bit of a rough day here already (thursdays are always my bad days), but this article really made me laugh.

enjoy!

don't forget to vote in the best bracket game of march.

i love stephen colbert, and i love space exploration. and so therefore i am really pleased by this story. i just hope nasa doesn't change their mind...

thank you, zac, for sending this:

wow -- check this gorgeous page for the okinawa aquarium out! very cool use of youtube videos!

three things i love today (which cheered me up after a bit of a bad start):

the eric carle 'doodle' on the google homepage

this article about a mathematician that has developed a sudoku-solving method. i'm definitely going to have to check back on monday when the paper is posted...

and then there's this...

happy st. patrick's day!



i wish they died the bay green out here. chicago really knows how to celebrate st. patrick's day!

oooh, funky! bacon infused vodka!

looking at the photos in the "12 nurseries you'll love" story on HGTV.com, i started to feel a bit intimidated. sheesh! i have to keep in mind that we're renting...
i did really like the curtain rod painting in this one, and the overall bright, fun look of this one, though.

just in case you'd forgotten, gorillas are awesome.

i got a huge kick out of this clip of sergey brin on "to tell the truth". it aired in february, 2001.

oooooh! hockey at the big house! that's damn exciting!

isn't this the coolest chandelier?



even if you don't agree, apparently lots of other people think so too, since it's sold out online.

thank you, vdot, for this video of bridge demolition set to opera music. thank you also to david, for pointing it out!

omg, you have to check out these photos of the sf zoo's baby gorilla, which was abandoned at birth by his mother, and is being cared for by zoo staff. such a cute gorilla, but that doesn't mean i'd want to have to cuddle it at night...

yesterday my friends courtney and melissa threw me a really lovely baby shower. :)
melissa, who has known me 12 years (!) put together a fun little trivia game about me & steve. it was fun to see who knew what about us. (if anyone is interested in getting a copy of the quiz, let me know!)
one of the questions was about the name of the first home we bought, in michigan. most of the people out here had no idea that we'd owned a home and christened it with a name. whether you already know the name, or didn't know about this, here's the article that gave us the idea for our home's name, even though our house didn't have a rooftop trampoline.

another fun thing that happened yesterday: we finally had the opportunity to test out the carseat that we're getting in our convertible. we were very pleased to find out that it was easy enough to get it into the car and it fits just fine! we had been worried that we'd need to get rid of the convertible and buy a new car. i'm so relieved we don't have to add that to our "to do before the baby arrives" list!

we went to childbirth prep class today. it was helpful, but i don't think it particularly relaxed us about the labor & birth process as we were hoping it would. i knew most of the material already, but seeing the videos and being at the class itself really made it all much more "holy shit" real for me, and has me a little spooked. it's good that i have a few weeks to digest it, think about it, and become mentally ready.
steve, on the other hand, didn't know most of the details, and he says it made it a little harder for him since now he knows more of what i'll be going through. i'm sure he'll be a very capable labor assistant, but he'll also need some time to process today's class -- and to see me processing it and mentally steeling myself!
quick poll for those of you reading this: did you use medication for pain relief during labor? i'd be curious to know what % of people i know that have been through labor in recent years opted for epidurals or narcotic pain relief.

how sad! apparently, due to new immigration processes, they're having a a clown shortage in the UK.

a writer for PC World says "YouTube is a Thousand Times More Interesting than Television". i couldn't agree more (and it's not just because of what i do for a living).