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Subject: My dudes

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Jono

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Date Posted: 22:45:04 08/11/13 Sun

Hey friends!

I'm very excited to see some of you in just about a month at Evan's BP. I haven't been to NYC in quite some time. Also, you guys will be there so that I've got that going for me, too. Should be a fun weekend. In the interest of saving myself some time, I'm going to stay at Joe's place on Friday night. From what I can gather, it'll be the easiest trip from/back to the airport for me.

Life has been pretty sweet. Work is pretty brutal. 7:30-5:30 turns into 7-6 a lot of nights so it's busy during the week. I'm still doing pretty well and I like it a ton, so at least I know I made the right decision when I changed. I just submitted an abstract to speak at a conference in OKC in April, sort of against my will but at the request of my manager. After the NBA schedule came out, I found out SA will be in town during the conference so now I hope my abstract gets accepted and I get to speak so I can maybe catch a game there. The only downside will be that it's game 74/82 so it may not matter enough for the superstars to be playing all game. Lots of stuff has to happen before I even consider getting tickets, but it's fun to think about.

The boys are wonderful. Lewis turned 1 on Friday and my family (ma, dad, older sister & her daughter) was in town from Wednesday until this afternoon, so that was pretty nice, too (other than having to work Thursday and Friday). William has suddenly turned into a bully towards his littler brother and a super two year old ball of attitude so that has been an awesome test of my patience and parenting skills. I have to remind myself every 2 minutes that he's 2 and this is normal or else I'd be in child abuse jail.

Lewis' birthday party was Saturday and it went pretty well. It was baseball themed and turned out great. It helped that it was only 85 in early August so a lot of the kids that came could play outside. It's normally in the 100s in August so this was pretty all time. We had a ton of food left because like 5 couples w/ kids cancelled on Friday night, which is pretty fucking inconsiderate and rude. I've got names on lists now that I won't forget. I'm stunned by the lack of ettiquete. My huge fat belly is pumped though b/c I've had 10 hot dogs and 20 baseball shaped cookies and cupcakes in the past 2 days, though.

Few other quick things:

My birthday was a few weeks ago and my wife surprised me w/ a Macbook Air. I am enjoying it but it's taking me time to become a power user. I've just never put in the time to completely learn the ins and outs of the Mac OS but am trying to know. Any current users who can give me advice? (Heaves?)

To answer a question from a while ago, Amy & I are likely arriving for Evan's wedding on Saturday morning, with no kids, and staying at the hotel that Evan suggested we stay. What's the best airport to fly into for that wedding? Is renting a car our only option from whichever airport (as opposed to a train or other form of public transportation)? I'm hoping you East Coasters can steer me in the right direction here. Amy will be wearing a nice dress, but nothing overly formal, Tony.

Man, I am excited for football season to start.

Everyone does Spotify, right? I only mention this because it is probably the greatest thing ever. I hadn't been listening to new music very much so I never cared to dive in when it first came out. Then Kanye's album came out and the musical beast inside of me was awakened. I just can't believe how much I love to be able to listen to any song I want at anytime I want.

Twerking surfer girl was a phenomenal find. I wish I knew what she looked like, though. Also, having that video not available for mobile is one of my YouTube pet peeves. Really, guys!?

Has anyone noticed that Vine is mostly shit? I flip through the "comedy" channel once a week and cannot believe the garbage that gets 100K+ likes on there. Vine funny apparently means yelling/acting a fool/saying "fuck" as your punchline b/c that is 90% of the "jokes" on there. I like clever shit and thought Vine would own that short, clever video lane but it is pretty much full of garbage.

I will not be buying a new gaming system. I'm jumping off of that wagon until the boys are older and give a shit. I've wasted more money on those thing over the past 5 years than the time I've spent enjoying them.

Glad to hear you new parents are getting in the groove. It keeps getting better until they are 2-2.5 and now it's back to sucking. Tony may have a different opinion/experience so I'll let him weigh in from a parent of 2 little ladies.

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