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March for Babies

Patrick — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:01:46 +0000

Three years ago, our very close friends gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. However, she was born at 28 weeks, weighing only 2 lbs. 4oz. Because of this, she spent the first 3 months of her life in newborn intensive care. Although this was tough, the care she received has helped her to become the happy, healthy, spunky girl she is today!

This is why my wife and I very happy to be a part of March for Babies this year. Our friends have formed a team for this great cause and I have agreed to be a walker.

If you are able, please help me reach my goal by making a donation to my walk. It's easy and secure. No amount is too small and absolutely any donation, regardless of size, is appreciated.

http://www.mar chforbabies.org/tricklin

Slainte

Patrick — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:26:08 +0000

I was recently in Dublin, Ireland for a week on business, and I thought I'd share some photos that I took. I only had my G1 Android phone with me, so please pardon the poor quality. All these pictures were taken on a Saturday as this was the only time during the entire week that I wasn't too busy. Plus, it got dark pretty early there, so taking pictures at night would've proven useless.

Uhh Yeah Dude!

Patrick — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:34:59 +0000

The other day, while at work, listening to songs in my iTunes library, I got fed up. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy listening to music, however, after a while I get sick of listening to only music. So, I decided to give the iTunes store a chance, and take a gander at some audio podcast options. I went to the comedy section, and low and behold, I found an awesome podcast that I have been listening to constantly for the past week. The name of the podcast is called "Uhh Yeah Dude (UYD for short)" and is hosted by two guys from LA, Seth Romatelli and Jonathan Larroquette. If you recognize the second name, like I did, you're probably wondering if he's related. The answer is yes, he's his son.

Anyway, this is a very entertaining podcast. These guys give great commentary on current affairs from around the globe that you may not have heard about. They like to discuss what's going on in Hollywood, and also, my personal favorite, "What's on Craigslist?". And can I ask, if you wouldn't mind terribly, can you possibly, maybe remove that and sort of expose the twins for me?

So, if you're in the mood for something funny, and have grown tired of listening to music, give this podcast a shot. Plus, it's free, and there are currently 143 episodes to satisfy your comedic hunger.

Two More for the Portfolio

Patrick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:03:48 +0000

I've added a couple more sites to my portfolio. I enjoyed developing each of these sites, as neither of them took much of my time.

You will more than likely recognize this first site, kjvandfamily.com, as I used the same WordPress template, with a few minor modifications.

I really enjoyed creating the second site, villageofsecor.com, as it is entirely managed via WordPress. This is the first time I've used WordPress to manage an entire site. Doing it this way makes me want to make this site managed entirely in WordPress. But that will have to wait. As my free time is at a premium these days.

With this site, I had my client pick a template from WordPress.org. Once picked, I then modified it slightly to work better with the theme of the site.

Since I had the themes for both sites nearly built for me, I was able to develop them in a short period of time, and get them rolled out quickly. I must say, when looking at the time spent on each, I'm very happy with how they turned out.

Houston…

Patrick — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:37:32 +0000

I have a problem

336?

Patrick — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:39:53 +0000

When I was on business in Mountain View, CA the other day I came across a rather interesting street sign. It's not that you will be fined for running a red light, it's that you will be fined at minimum $336. Why $336? I'm curious to see how the meeting of the committee to decide traffic violation fines went the day they decided on that amount. Anyway, I thought this was rather interesting and made it me laugh, so I thought I'd share it with you.

Always Sunny Is Always Funny!

Patrick — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:49:38 +0000

Always Sunny In Philadelphia is my favorite new TV show. It's like an R rated Seinfeld. Everyone should watch this show. I didn't even start watching this show until a friend recommended it. So, I decided to buy Seasons 1 & 2, and I'm hooked. Do yourself a favor, and watch this show.

To get you hooked, I've found a few clips on YouTube that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

2008 Chicago Cubs

Patrick — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:08:42 +0000

When my brother-in-law Nathan and I watch the Cubbies play, we like to come up with nicknames for all the players. Here's what we have so far:

Kerry "Knock-on" Wood
Alfonso "Canker" Soriano
Mark "Pon" DeRosa
Geovany "Han" Soto / "Cream" Soto / "Quasi"soto
Ryan Theriot "Theriots of fire"
Derrek Lee: "D-Lee-cious"
Felix "Meat" Pie / "Pittsburgh" Pie
Aramis Rameriz: "Ram Job"
Kosuke Fukudome "Super-dome" (prounounced: "Super Dough May")
Jason "Grand" Marquis
Carlos Marmol "ade"
Bob Howry"doin'?"
Michael "Brat" Wuertz
Ted Lilly "pad"
Kevin Hart "baseball"
Rich "on the" Hill / Rich "One Tree" Hill
Ronny Cedeno "to drugs"
Mike Fontenot "Mike Fonte-yes"
Daryle "Psyche" Ward
"I can't" Reed Johnson
Ryan "Garbage" Dempster
Sean "air" Marshall
Matt Murton "chops"

Feel free to add your nicknames in the comments below.

Avery Jayne

Patrick — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:03:06 +0000

Born on March 29th, 2008. To read all about her, go to everythingavery.com

Upgrade to WordPress 2.5

Patrick — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:51:47 +0000

WordPress has really come a long way. They enlisted the help of the amazing designers at Happy Cog who have done a great job on the administration interface. I've just recently upgraded to this new version, and so far am really enjoying it. However, I picked the wrong time to do it as my beautiful baby daughter was born shortly after (more on this later), and some of the stuff in the upgrade rendered a few of my plugins useless. And since she was born, I haven't had the time to fix these up until now. All the issues are fixed now. I apologize if you came here before and noticed any issues. I plan on writing about this new upgrade in the future, however, I have more important things to take care of first.