From the monthly archives:

November 2008

My name is David B. Thomas

11.09.2008

For most of my adult life, I’ve used David B. Thomas as my name. My father is David Thomas, without a middle name, so for one thing it helped distinguish us. (He was David NMI Thomas in the Army, for “No Middle Initial.”) Using my middle initial felt a bit stilted at times, because I [...]

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Sometimes going part way is worse than not going at all

11.09.2008

The Mrs. and I just got back from a walk in our neighborhood. On the ground near every mailbox was a CD-ROM in a plastic bag. (I assume they were lying on the ground because you can’t legally put things in a mailbox unless you work for the USPS.) Turns out it’s the 2008-2009 UNC-Chapel [...]

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He’s not just cute, he’s crafty.

11.01.2008

At baby school last week he was having a tug of war with one of his classmates over a toy. He wanted it and she wasn’t giving it up. He picked up another toy and offered it to her. She took the new toy and put down the one he wanted. Which he then picked [...]

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