http://rousselle.com/allan/ An Online Journal en-us journalus@rousselle.com Wed, 14 May 2008 17:53:58 -0800 http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000585.html The first I knew of Andrew being born was the sound of his voice; a brief cry that said, "What's going on?" With that one sound, everything changed. The bond I felt was instantaneous. As had happened before with Alexander... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000584.html Paulette and Allan Rousselle (and their sons, Alexander and Nolan) are proud to announce the birth of their son (and Alexander's and Nolan's brother): Andrew James Rousselle Born May 13th, 2008 at 8:48 am (Pacific Time) 8 lbs., 13.5 oz.... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000582.html Around this time last year, Paulette came up with the idea of taking the kids down to Mt St Helens as a kind of family field trip. Alex's school has the kids do show-and-tell, and encourages them to talk about... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000580.html I don't drink. There's no particular reason; I simply never got into it. The taste of most alcohols simply doesn't appeal to me, although I will cop to occasionally enjoying a milkshake made with Irish Cream and coffee flavored Haagen-Dasz.... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000581.html Kentucky Derby, May 3rd, 2008. NBC is covering the Run for the Roses. This is not the first year they've covered the event; they should know what they are doing, right? So far, after fifty minutes, they have yet to... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000579.html My wife and I often enjoy picking up college courses recorded by The Teaching Company. We recently picked up a new geology course that has the latest research on the state of the field these days. Wow, what a fascinating... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000576.html We're coming up on Nolan's third birthday, and it occurs to me that a little gratuitous facetime with Nolan might be in order. As I may have mentioned recently, we moved our office from one end of town to the... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000575.html Hi, all. This is an open request for any reader(s) I may have in the NYC area. Have you seen or might you see Simon Lovell's weekly Saturday evening magic performance, Strange and Unusual Hobbies? As a student of magic,... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000574.html On Sunday morning at around 3am or so local time, I complete my fortieth lap around the sun. I am officially older than Jack Benny. A few friends came over while I prepared a batch of jambalaya, which I made... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000573.html As a general rule, it's unwise to quote someone out of context, lest their original, true meaning be completely distorted. Nonetheless, this quote that I read today is extraordinary in its truth and beauty both within and beyond its original... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000572.html I've been ramping up the writing again. Which is why I haven't been posting here after a flurry of entries a couple of weeks ago. See, I started ramping up the writing, and then began writing some projects that I... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000571.html I'm thinking of you. I've been thinking of you quite a bit lately. For example, Amanda, when you kindly sent me that "What's up?" e-card out of the blue; you got me thinking of you. And Kevin and Brian and... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000570.html In an act of supreme irony, there's a recently released fakeumentary out there trying to make the case that "Big Science" is waging a war on poor, defenseless Christianity. From the trailers, it's hard for me to tell if Ben... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000568.html My partner-in-crime behind "The Mattress Fund" recently posted our collaborative effort (under the name "Mutually Exclusive Productions", or, "MutEx") on YouTube.com: One of these days, James and I are going to have to work together on another project.... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000569.html When I was in college, I took up foil fencing. I suspect that this may be where I picked up the habit of occasionally announcing "Touche!" whenever someone gets me with a good play in cards or some other friendly...