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Wayback Machine: A Birth Announcement

Carrick — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:27 +0000

Before I had a blog I maintained a plain-old website, and on that website there wasn’t much worth reading or remembering except for this. Here is the announcement I snapped together on the occassion of our youngest’s birth on May 7, 2002. I basically stole a page from the NYTimes and added my own content, though I did leave all the border area detrituts including the advertisements and wacky rotating GIFs. Sample below. Here’s the full announcement.

Mundell Family Enterprises Hires CCO, Promotes CEO

3, 2, 1…

Carrick — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:13 +0000

Exponent. Coming to you live and in color.

Bitters

Carrick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:00:46 +0000

As my inaugural post after upgrading to WordPress 2.5 I thought I would mention I have made a personal discovery regarding spirits, by which I mean cocktails, booze, hooch, etc. And that discovery is bitters. It started with The Presbyterian, continued with a chance find of Peychaud’s at the local liquor store and a Bourbon Collins, and broadened into curiosity concerning Manahattans, Sazeracs, Campari (Salma Hayek, oolala), and all spirits bitter.

Yes, Virginia, there is something beyond the Martini.

A great day

Carrick — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:53:49 +0000

50 years ago today, on a sunny Saturday in Liverpool, Paul McCartney and John Lennon met for the first time.

11 years ago today, on a sunny Saturday at a lake outside of Seattle, Susan and I got married. And the rest is history.

Seattle’s Top Career Coach (and Sister)

Carrick — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:51:35 +0000

I’d like to congratulate my sister Heather on being named “Seattle’s Top Career Coach” by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. Yay Heather!

I know she’s super psyched to be recognized like this for her hard work and determination.

You can read more about it on her blog, which is to my mind one of the best written blogs you’ll find anywhere.

Happy fifth birthday!

Carrick — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:43:30 +0000

Five years ago today Julia was born. This is how she looked then…

This is her one month ago…

Amazing. I love that little gal.

Seven

Carrick — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:20:15 +0000

Seems like ages since I’ve thought about posting to this blog. That’s because I’ve been busy with other projects. For instance, I’ve just completed my seventh year as a dad. Our oldest daughter turned seven today. She’s a fantastic girl. I almost wrote “little girl” but she isn’t anymore. She’s a person now. She can read, write, and speak in front of large groups of complete strangers. She can take charge of a group of kids and get them to do things, sometimes surprising things, like recite a funny verse in unison or put on a costume show. She’s a bundle of energy. She stays switched on from the moment she wakes to the very instant she falls asleep. To her credit, she’s figured out how to use her energy for good rather than for evil. And while I often find myself exasperated beyond endurance by her incessant activity, I admire her greatly and couldn’t be happier about who she is and who she is becoming.

Four years old

Carrick — Mon, 08 May 2006 03:38:38 +0000

Today is Julia’s fourth birthday.

I can’t believe it.

Big iron

Carrick — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:38:41 +0000

This just in from a coworker in the home office:

The IBM Mainframe has been shutdown after 15 years of faithful service. Let us all have a moment of silence to wish it a fond farewell. RIP…

The crib

Carrick — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:53:36 +0000

As of tonight, I no longer have a child sleeping in a crib. Both of my daughters are tucked into their “big girl beds” snoozing away peacefully (I think) dreaming of happy things. The crib has been dismantled and will soon be used by some friends expecting a new baby any day now.

It wasn’t until I was about to take the crib apart that I began to feel the importance of this innocuous piece of furniture. I distinctly remember the hell I went through assembling it for the first time, several weeks before our first daughter was born. The instructions and diagrams were ridiculously complex. There were dozens of parts and hundreds of little screws. I shed blood, sweat, and perhaps a few tears. In a way, it was a the perfect prelude to parenting.

And it was all worth it. That crib has been my children’s nest for nearly six years. It has enveloped and protected them. It has comforted and babied them. It has given my wife and me peace of mind so that we can sleep at night. It’s a goddamn piece of furniture yet I love it. How crazy is that?