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…you can still get surprised.

Poop doesn’t gross me out anymore. I’ve changed loose poops, pebble poops, stinky poops, green poops, blue poops, black poops, mustard poops, etc.

Several months ago, while changing Nate, he pooped while I was changing his diaper. I’d only seen a person poop twice before (thanks, internets), but it wasn’t that shocking. It just came out how you’d expect it.

But tonight I was getting him ready after bath, and I noticed he had a little something that needed to be wiped. So I wiped him, and it didn’t move. Again. Nothing.

Then I realized it.

He’s prarie doggin’.

So, from reading nonsense on the intertubes, to seeing Republican debate watching parties “boo” when a candidate said global warming is (a) happening and (b) caused by humans, to hearing Sara’s family deny that the Earth is even warming up, it’s time I say something.

For all of you in similar situations (my condolences), I hope that you can use this post as an answer to people who would turn a blind eye to research and science and instead rely on Rush Limbaugh for “facts.”

Look. I know it’s hard to accept that the world is really big, and that there are … Continue Reading

I put up a new post on Half a Hundred. This month’s charity is for Autism Speaks, and also for our photographer’s son, who takes great photos.

Go donate. I’m friendlier over there, but really, you’re a bad person, and donating to that charity will make you better.

See? I provide easy ways out.

Your election isn’t being stolen. Calm down. See the burning stupidity here.

This is what happens when you (a) want to subscribe to conspiracy theories, (b) think the GOP is smarter than they are, and (c) are gullible and will read whatever someone writes on the internets.

Let’s take a look at what’s being argued here.
ES&S iVotronics touch screens have already been observed now in four completely separate States, flipping the votes, in the early voting that has taken place to date. Eye-witness reports of repeated, consistent flipping of votes (from Obama to McCain naturally) has already occurred in the … Continue Reading

I was working on GitHub and finally figured out how to make my commits just show as [terry] instead of [Terry Heath]. It’s my damn Apple user name, so I’m guessing that comes from your actual machine’s username, and not your profile. Which is a little dumb, GitHub.

But anyways, I was curious what that would do to googling my name. I hadn’t googled my name in a while, and the first hit is now some eponymous SEO douche.

SEO contributes largely to the smog of the internets. I realize it’s a natural progression once a medium gets popular to try to … Continue Reading

This might be my most confusing post title to date. My apologies.

The subject of transparency and social networking in the workplace has come up a few times in different blogs. In a related topic, I read a post by another twitter-er about self censorship a few weeks ago that has closely reflected my sentiment from time to time.

I tend to swing (to an extent) back and forth between a conservative and liberal posting policy, and this seems to tie closely with my job security and job searching. If I’m looking for a job, you can bet that my facebook has … Continue Reading

I got bored tonight and wanted to write a little script to calculate the amount of time left in my propane tank. Instead of just doing it in Ruby (or Numbers, for that matter), I figured I’d play with Shoes a little. Then I got bored, and really just spat it out and am done with it.

Anyways, for those curious or who want to calculate the time left in their propane tank, here’s the code:

PROPANE_GALLON_WEIGHT = 4.23
BTUS_PER_GALLON = 91_690

Shoes.app do
stack do
para “Let’s figure out how much time you have left in your … Continue Reading

Watch this:

Then go register to vote.

Have a nice day.

I work at a company that helps other companies employ Web2.0 concepts (wikis, presence, IM, and other avenues of collaboration) to enrich their business, both internally and externally. I’m incredibly lucky, because I get to read some of the smartest people’s blogs on the subject (they work here). One of the problems that it seems everyone is trying to solve (including our company, and I’ll try to avoid parenthesis for the rest of this post) is how to explain the value of collaboration to customers.

Few people will say that collaboration is bad. But is it worth paying for? In terrifying … Continue Reading

My wife helps out at her church’s nursery. She helps watch barely or non-walking kids while their parents attend services and whatnot. Though she doesn’t really offer the lessons that the rest of her church’s children’s ministry does, she gets kept in the loop on what they’re teaching.

I happened to look at her computer screen this morning, and saw this week’s or month’s bible story. It said something along the lines of “God is your strength and shield,” and was meant to emphasize their god’s omnipotence.

I mean, at first take, that’s foolish enough, because there are plenty of homeless people … Continue Reading