Welcome to the world, Sophia Margaret

September 17, 2011

Sophia Margaret Stratton was born at 8:15 PM on September 16, 2011. We might be biased, but we think she’s pretty cute. She also made her YouTube debut:

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Babywatch 2011

September 16, 2011

We are at the hospital waiting for the arrival of Baby Girl Stratton! Follow me on Twitter (@mattstratton) for updates!

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Skinny Legs And All

September 13, 2011

Today, for , the topic is “a fictional book.” One of my favorite books is Skinny Legs And All by Tom Robbins. I find myself re-reading this book at least once a year. Besides being absurd and witty, as most Robbins books are, the insights into the very nature of “art” have been incredibly influential [...]

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Old Photo

September 10, 2011

The BEDS prompt for today is “include a photo of yourself taken over ten years ago”. This picture was taken almost 19 years ago – Halloween of 1992. My camp counselor friends and I dressed in our Renaissance costumes and went trick-or-treating in Naperville (a suburb of Chicago). We actually did a little show at [...]

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The First Female Doctor

September 9, 2011
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During VEDA, my friend Kitty announced her goal of being the first female to play the eponymous character on Doctor Who. She expressed her desire in this video (link opens in a new window). Earlier today, my friends @Dutchface and @tomfromhr and I had a little bit of “back and forth” about this topic (starting [...]

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A letter to my unborn daughter

September 8, 2011
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Tomorrow (September 9th) is the due date of my unborn baby girl (who is currently nameless). Today my wife sent me a link to a list of 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters. Besides make me almost tear up at work, it got me to thinking. So here is a letter to my little baby [...]

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The Great Google Plus Experiment

September 6, 2011
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I’ve been using Google Plus since the beginning of July. I’m a big fan of it and have decided to try to make it my main “social media” platform. To test this theory out, I am going to be taking a hiatus from Facebook for the rest of the month of September, using Google Plus [...]

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