Received Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:42:26 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

Matisse's new pretend person

Matisse, not to be out done, started pretending she has a new
imaginary person today. I did not know this and when I got home I
heard her say, "Come on Penice!" WHAT? I look at Rae and she shakes
her head. It sounds almost like Penis. Rae said, "We just won't
tell her"
Matisse has lots of names for all her dolls and things. Noah did
this too. Here are some names she uses the most:

Teacher-Mommy - her biggest Barbie doll
Manis - doll
Maris - doll
Hopay - horse
Bunka - doll

And Noah still plays with this stupid cheap plastic boat we got him
for the bathtub when he was a baby.
He named it TAPE. No idea why but he still calls it that.

Love kids.

Received Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:37:52 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

Noah's new trick

So the other day, I'm upstairs doing laundry and I hear Noah laughing
to himself. Then I hear Rae say, "Noah! What are you doing?! You
are definitely your father's son!" So I go downstairs to see what is
going on. Well, Noah had kinda slipped his pants down a little so
the top of his bum was sticking out! LOL! I was so proud!

What Noah doesn't know, is that is the very trick I used when Rae
and I started dating. She always tells people, "I saw Jeff's bum
before I ever kissed him!" We would all get together and sit in my
parents hot tub at night and talk and look at the stars. From time
to time I would stand up, pretending to check something or to cool
off, and I would have my swimsuit half down so a healthy portion of
my bum was sticking out. Then I'd pretend like I had no idea and
that I was really embarrassed. Somehow no one ever believed me that
it was an accident.

We immediately chastised Noah about how it is not appropriate to show
your bum.

Received Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:31:28 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

Bob's hangover. Axl and Katie

When I last checked, Bob was depressed and getting drunk. Grill,
give him a hug.
Axl and Katie - I'll need your new address if I'm going to send you
an xmas thingy I'm going to make.
For now, I'm just planning on a little movie thingy, but should
things change and you decide to have a baby like Rae and I, let me
know so I can send you some baby stuff. LOL

Wait, I guess this goes for Grill and Tanja too.
And Jod and the girl he lives with on the farm.
And Bob and the new intern with the nice behind at his work.
And Jens and.... uh. Grill.

Received Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:26:54 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

Burning the Midnight Oil

What really sucks is when you have side-work, work you are really
interested in, work you like, but the only time you can get to it is
late at night when you are tired and your mind is spent for the day.
I have a few great projects in my lap that can be a huge help to us:
if I can get to them. It would be really cool to be able to wake up
in the morning, refreshed, excited about going to work and doing what
interest you. Porn.

HAAR! Ok, just kidding there. But I have a few web projects that
I'm really happy about doing and I need to be able to get to them
before night. Thinking about taking time off just to work. That is
messed up. The life of a freelancer is strange and enticing. Ok,
back to it. I am re-skinning all these mini-web sites we called
'property-browsers' for a local commercial real estate company. They
were bought by a big company but want to keep the property info
sites. So they asked me to re-make them, branded in a look like the
new company. A great job. I love this but they need it done soon.
I'll get some tests up in the next couple of days I hope.