It's Snippet Wednesday! I am so happy! It is a good day!

Why do I enjoy Snippet Wednesday so much? Because it allows my derailed train of thought to appear to be running on the straight and narrow for once. Yay!

Yes, Green Day.

This is a band whose previous work I skewered in what has become one of my most renowned posts (if "renown" is measured in terms of hate mail, hate comments, hate social media, etc.). 

Despite this, I will be dedicating a Tu(n)esday to the band. And I'm pretty sure I won't be saying anything necessarily bad.

Wanna know what today is? It's the final installment of my #5ShotChallenge. 5 days and 5 photos with the theme of "small."

I realize that I'm taking Stormin' Norman's safety into my hands but putting him in Nathan's hands, but I thought it made for a cool shot.

Sure, it's a little blurry, but Nathan isn't one to really take cues from a photographer... or anyone for that matter. One of the downfalls of not speaking any language yet.

This is such a blatantly bad shot that I think I'll just apologize now.

This is such a blatantly bad shot featuring a blatantly bad 80s sitcom that I'll cower in a corner and die.

Man, did I have trouble nabbing this shot. I can rarely get good depth of field with an iPhone camera. That's one of the biggest problems with something like a point-and-shoot or a cameraphone... little control.

But, since this #5ShotChallenge is based in Instagram, it has to be iPhonography. Well, at least it has to in my personal interpretation.

I received notification on Instagram this morning that @hellohahanarf has tasked me with a #5shotchallenge. In it, she proposes a theme for me and I have to take five photos that fit that theme. At least I think that's how it works.

Her choice? "Small."

I wasn't sure if I'd have the time to get this done or not. Been a really busy day and I don't see that ending anytime soon. But I wasn't going to miss a Snippet Wednesday. I've been really good about these so far this year. Let's hope it keeps up.

A few weeks ago, I first heard the single "Global Concepts" by Robert DeLong and it's been in my head ever since. It's a really catchy electronic tune from this one-man outfit and, being the electronic fan I am, I couldn't help but like it.

The song comes from his Global Concepts EP, which also includes the single "One and the Same" as well as three additional edits of "Global Concepts."

Actually, his four-month birthday was this past Saturday, but we just got around to taking his photos tonight.

These month birthday shoots are all kinds of fun simply because of Nathan's reactions and faces. This month moreso than the rest because he's just gotten that good with making faces.

Dear Little Debbie,

Just... don't.

I will never understand why politicians, both current and ex, are sent by governments to foreign countries as so-called "peace makers" or "goodwill ambassadors" or the like.

Happy Snippet Wednesday, y'all!

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Why am I so happy, you may ask? Because we finally got Nathan into daycare today! Sure, it's his shorter of the two days in daycare, but he's there and he seems happy and Katie didn't bust into a crying fit upon dropping him off. Hey, c'mon, this is a big day for us! Now if only I remember to pick him up on my way home tonight...

I've got an issue with you right now. It's a pretty big issue so far as I'm concerned and one that is keeping me from being a reader of your comic books.

When you're a first-time parent, and I'm sure all former first-time parents will agree, the worst feeling in the world is that of utter helplessness.

I'm feeling that right now.

I was thinking about my blog and trying to come up with ideas for new posts (creativity gets a bit stale after eight years of doing this) when I recalled a post I did some years back where I wrote a letter from current me to a 17- or 18-year-old me.

It was a fun post to do and I was kinda surprised I hadn't done one since.

Snippet Wednesday... I am in you.

Doesn't that sound dirty?

[If you're not a sports fan, you may want to skip past the main part of this post and go right to the free stuff in the TUA.]

I've decided that with this new year, it's time to be honest with myself. Call it a rediscovery of who I've been all along and have suppressed for a while now.

But, first, a bit of history...

Today was supposed to be Nathan's first day of daycare. 

Well, that didn't quite happen. 

This is George. He was a good little monkey and always very curious.

Thus begins each and every one of the Curious George stories that we all (I hope) grew up with and that Katie and I are now sharing with Nathan.

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope it's all going okay for you so far. I know it's too early to really tell for sure, but I hope you've at least gotten a good start going.

Welcome to my first post of the year. A day late, I know. But I was really enjoying looking at the post calendar in the right column and seeing it completely full. I wasn't ready to give that up. But, time marches on, so welcome to the first Snippet Wednesday of 2013!