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Re: Aaron is allergy free now!

acedanger — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:34:17 -0000

Aaron's allergies cleared up on their own. His egg allergies have completely gone away. He still has a sensitivity to milk products though. When he has milk products, he starts to have a bad attitude. We notice this after he's been exposed to milk over a period of time, generally around a week or more.

Re: Aaron is allergy free now!

acedanger — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:31:17 -0000

Re: Aaron is allergy free now!

quercetin+allergic — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:32:23 -0000

It's not clear to me how did Aron get rid of these allergies, you don't loose them just like that... Did he had a specific treatment? Can you give us more details about that? I am interested for my own kid.

Re: Ode to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Sara — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:47:59 -0000

I always make that little half peanutbutterjelly sandwich also! It makes you look that much more forward to the whole :)

I cannot go a day without my pb&j, i have two sandwiches a day.. at least. Pretty bad, I know :)

Re: Weekend project for Aaron

Lukie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:34:40 -0000

What an awesome project.

Re: Weekend project for Aaron

wRitErsbLock — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:58:45 -0000

that's great!
My step-daughter had the same project in PK. when she finally brought it home, we hung it on the back of the door and her daddy was frequently saying things like, "Boo, what are you doing hanging on the door? Come down off of there!" which would send her into such a giggle fit!

Re: An update regarding Aaron’s eye surgery

LidiaAnain — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:06:52 -0000

I also hope he is in that 70%! My prayers go out to your family! And yesssss, those boys are very handsome!

Re: I resigned

Modern Mami — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:34:02 -0000

Congrats on the career change and good luck to you! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I see we're connected on Plurk also...I'm on many of the other sites, as well.

Re: Ode to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Asara — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:01:44 -0000

Cheese on a PBJ?
Hm.
Hubby and I have shared an entire plate of PBJ's as a meal before. Definitely worth the effort of making them.. each one was as delicious as the last!!

Re: Ode to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Marc Grossman — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:42:56 -0000

Too freakin' funny! Love Family Guy!!

Re: Aaron’s Eye Surgery

acedanger — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:54:39 -0000

Becky,
Thanks so much for replying. My wife and I are especially worried about him being sedated for the surgery. I'm very glad to hear that your son's surgery was successful. It's always good to hear about how these types of things go. Did the doctor mention that there might be pain and itchiness in the eyes following the surgery? Is that a normal thing to expect?

Re: Aaron’s Eye Surgery

Becky — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:33:25 -0000

Hi. I was just browsing about exotropia surgery and came across your blog. Hope it's not rude to comment to someone I don't know. My almost 4-year-old had the surgery to correct his intermittent exotropia in both eyes last Thursday. It was a little scary (for me) but he did fine. The worst part was immediately after the surgery when he came out of sedation. He was crying a lot and complaining of pain and his eyes were full of bloody tears. But all that's to be expected. They gave him some more pain med & let me rock him and he settled down & went back to sleep within about fifteen minutes. He recovered for a few hours in the hospital (mostly sleeping) and got progressively better. By the time we left that day he was opening his eyes and they were looking better. The next day he was practically back to normal. He complains occasionally of pain or itchiness, for which we give him Tylenol. His eyes look straight and he has resumed all normal activities and seems fine. They're still very red in the outer corners but I understand that will clear up within 2 to 3 weeks. The stitches dissolve on their own and I expect a good report when we go to our follow-up exam next Monday. Just thought it might help to hear from someone who had been through it successfully. It definitely seems to me it was worthwhile and I pray that your son has a successful surgery as well.
Becky, mom in Ohio

Re: Interview on Wednesday: should I stay or should I go?

shey — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:45:53 -0000

Wow, that's a tough spot to be in. Contracts do have some risk but if you know you're good and the company does renew contracts regularly, then it seems like the benefits may be work the risk.

For many companies, contracts are a more meaningful and extended way of putting potential full-time employees through probation. There's a lot of factors to consider like the availability of jobs, company stability and growth outlook, etc.

This is just my take on it -- I'm in no way an employment consultant or anything so please don't sue me if it doesn't work out :D

Re: R.I.P. Orange - Aaron’s first fish

acedanger — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:30:12 -0000

Aaron loved that fish! I'm going to get a replacement for Orange when I get home tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, Aaron won't know the difference. I don't think *we* are ready to talk to him about where Orange is or what happened to her.

Re: Aaron is allergy free now!

petewood — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:22:22 -0000

me too! I'm hoping for a double dose of great news for the family by the end of this weekend.

Re: Aaron is allergy free now!

frankiecastillo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:40:14 -0000

This is awesome!. he will be able to enjoy with the whole family without the "restrictions", which he already knew how t deal with.

But I am very happy for you guys, and rooting for Eli to show up this weekend.

Re: Vox Crossposter recognition

albill — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:12:57 -0000

According to the head of QA for Vox, Vox has fully implemented the ATOM API for posting. In fact, when posts are mailed to Vox, they are handed off to this API, which then does the posting.

So, it seems that you are waiting for something that is already there.

Re: Aaron got a new hat!

humanblanket23 — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:35:35 -0000

OK... What happened? In this picture Aaron resembles Tommy...LOL

Nice hat!

Re: Who has two thumbs and got a job offer in Orlando?

humanblanket23 — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:33:38 -0000

Congrats. PW! You know I am very proud of you and very excited to see you guys head down to Florida and close to me at that! ïŠ

Man, I just realized how much you look like your dad...My gosh! Getter done PW!

Your Brother From Another Mother,
B.Brown

Re: Defamation?

Dan... — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:20:42 -0000

Assuming there are more bloggers like you, who know how to balance quality, disclosure and quantity, I think PPP is really onto something. Like other elements of consumer generated media, the appropriate balance is a personal choice that works for the author /audience and won't be dictated from on-high.

There will always be spambloggers who abuse the system and PPP needs to continually innovate to keep that percentage low/manageable. PPP's recent Beta 2 release looks like a nice step in that direction with a ranking system for bloggers and advertisers. Given the awareness and advertiser/blogger adoption, it's amazing to think they only launched a month ago.

Keep up the good blogging...I'll check back often!

On the topic of people viewing your blog, you might want to check out MyBlogLog. They have an interesting community platform that allows you to actually see/share the faces of those stopping by. You can see an example on the left margin of http://www.floridaventureblog.com (see "I Want My FVB" table). They also provide nice stats on visits, referrals and outclicks.

Re: Defamation?

petewood — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:50:10 -0000

I agree with your comment Dan. It would make sense that PayPerPost.com would love any and all attention that would come their way, regardless of its tone.

The "professional" bloggers are appearing to be hypocritical because they are being paid to blog but take the standpoint that the masses of hobbyist bloggers (like myself) should not be afforded those same "luxuries". In my case, I'm not trying to use the PPP system (or those like it) so that I can quit my job and just sit around spam-blogging the blogosphere with garbage. Instead, my sole intention is to offset to cost of my hosting, plain and simple. Does that make me evil, as Michael Arrington of TechCrunch suggests? Hardly.

Thanks for the comments Dan. It's always nice to know that some people are viewing your blog.

Re: Defamation?

Dan... — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:31:12 -0000

Actually, as covered across the blogosphere, PPP seemed to relish the attention, negative or positive. Upon reading the various comments since then, it appears the mainstream bloggers didn't appreciate the hypocrisy of the elites.

In fact, I've seen a variety of great parody pictures like the one you created above with the phrase "All Our Blogs Are Belong to Us". I even tried one and donated any proceeds to Red Cross. The beauty of the platform is that PPP provided the parody picture idea, but left the tone up to the bloggers -- leaving it open for people to declare their support for the elite viewpoint. Interestingly, with the exception of those who are still waiting to see if the company pays off, the comment/blog support for PPP appears almost unanimous since the early preaching.

Re: Moved my blog to new domain

Owen — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:21:09 -0000

Hi ace,

It's been a while, but I finally got things working for me. Following are the relevant lines from my .htaccess:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^oblong\.gotdns.org$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.owened.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://owened.net/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://owened.net/index.php/$1 [L]

Some of them you will recognise from Wordpress' rules. The three important ones are lines 3, 4 and 8 -- a mate of mine helped me out, and we figured this.

Anyway, just letting you know, and thanks again for your assistance. :-)

Re: Gary Pajcic

humanblanket23 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:38:29 -0000

Giving back to others is something that we all should and can do in some way, shape or fashion. Giving back through finances is a good way to reach back and help others, but remember that it isn't the only way!

Paxon High School...... It amazing how many people graduated of the total that received the scholarship. I am proud of you P.W. Keep making moves my boy.

B. Brown

Re: Moved my blog to new domain

petewood — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:22:49 -0000

Owen, Try commenting out the second Rewrite Cond (RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.owened\.net$). That appears to be the only thing that is different from my file and yours.