roland on May 25th, 2008

In his Op-Ed column of May 23rd, NY Times columnist David Brooks opined on the distinction between ‘nerds’ and ‘geeks’. ‘Geek’ is still chic, but ‘nerd’ is still god-awful weird. In my high school, we were all geeks even if there were some who did not want to admit it (for God’s sake, we went [...]

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roland on May 25th, 2008

Realtors say that the three most important words in real estate are “location, location and location”. But when a baby is along the way, they should really say “space, space, space”!
A year ago, in my very last post before I decided to restart the blog, I said that I was buying a [...]

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roland on May 21st, 2008

Well, I had thought I would pick up the blog shortly after I moved last year. So many things happening, so many things changing. I always had the blog in the back of my mind, but wanted to wait for the right time. First, I always wanted to re-design the [...]

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roland on May 21st, 2008

BND? As in ‘Brand New Dad’.
Yes, I’m going to be a father — and I’m so happy to finally announce it.
Julia and I are excited and anxious as you can imagine, but the joy I feel right now beats anything I’ve ever felt in my entire life.
The baby is due October 18th (yes, she’s in [...]

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