and by the way...

I forget that when you keep a blog some people are expecting personal updates from time to time, not just YouTube videos of your favorite bands from 10 years ago. I guess it's sort of an obligation that comes with the territory.

And so, for those few readers that may be lurking out there who I haven't talked to in a while or who don't follow my wife on Facebook, there are two important pieces of news to share.

My wife is expecting another baby!

And we now know it will be a GIRL!

And I'm scared, because girls are generally pretty scary creatures!

There, we're all caught up now. Except that you don't have a blog for me to stalk you, so why not take a minute to tell me what's new in your life?

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I have since mostly lost my taste for David Bazan, but I still believe this to be a masterfully, amazingly, perfectly crafted song. sparse, complex, honest, heavy, painful, beautiful, true.

Not to mention that it immediately transports me back to high school Napster discoveries and university road trips.