Rachel gave birth yesterday to Calvin Richmond Rubin. The little fellow weighed in at 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and was nearly 21 inches long. Everyone is doing very well. Originally published at From the Desk of Jamie Todd Rubin. You can comment here or there.
Lately, I feel like I’m falling behind in just about everything. I’m even having trouble keeping the blog up-to-date, which for the most part, hasn’t been a problem for me. There is just so much going on. At work, I’m trying to get the biggest project of the year wrapped up and I’m being pulled…
I went back to the neurologist today to find out the results of the nerve conduction test I had on Monday. My appointment was for 2:15 and I got to the doctor’s office at 2 pm. The doctor didn’t see my until 3:10. When she did finally see me, she didn’t even apologize for the…
I’m getting so busy that things are beginning to blur together. I’m even getting behind on blog entries, which for me is never a good sign. Unfortunately, I don’t see things slowing down anytime soon which means I just have to take a deep breath and try to make better use of the time that…
My new story, “Hindsight, in Neon,” is now available at Apex Magazine . The story is freely available at the magazine website. Turns out that my story got the cover, too. You can see a preview of the cover art here . (Click on the image for a larger preview.) I also urge you to…
Today marks the beginning of the 14th year I’ve kept a diary (the last 3-1/2 of which has been a large component of this blog). My first diary entry was back on April 6, 1996, and it was written at the conclusion of my having read I. Asimov for the 3rd time. I’m now about…
Another fun day today. The weather today was even better than yesterday. It was just as nice and not nearly as windy. We started the morning with a walk to Shirlington, where we both got our hair cut. Later in the day, Jen came over and then we all headed up to the National Zoo.…
We decided to take advantage of the very nice (albeit, windy) weather today. We headed out to the National Cherry Blossom festival around 11 am. We managed to catch the tail-end of the parade as we emerged from L’Enfant plaza and walked down 7th Street toward the National Mall. From there, we joined the mass…
strausmouse set the bar for this when he wrote about his own experiences going through birthing classes over two years ago. And since strausmouse happens to be one of the funniest people on the planet, I want to start by saying that what follows doesn’t even attempt to be funnier than Eric’s. That is probably…
Every time we get near the end of a software project, the rollout stress becomes almost unbearable. Each time I think how I never want to go through this again, but somehow, I get through it. What hasn’t helped much this time around is the fact that my right hand is still in a lot…
I’m working from home today in order to focus on getting a job of work done with minimal interruptions. But a few things before I get started. First, Happy Birthday wishes go out to Damian on his second birthday. And maybe Doug and Rachel will be celebrating a birthday of sorts today too, although if…