nicholas is no longer in the NICU, they moved him to the second floor, i forget what it’s called. This means that mom and visitors can go visit him more often. This also means he’s doing better, so i figured i’de just update you all. He also, acquired a slight case of jaundice this morning, however, everyone’s telling me that a lot of babies get this, and i think all of my brothers did as well; therefor, i’m not to worried about it. I got to hold him, and wow, he’s small. But cute to.
mike
update on Nicholas
March 7th, 2010Nicholas dean Babcock
March 6th, 2010Nicholas dean Babcock was born at 01:54AM PST, at 33 weeks. He was 4.16
pounds and 16 inches long.
It was a quick delivery, only 4 hours. We are in the sweetish medical center
in seattle right now, and he will be in ICU for at least 3 weeks, however,
they have his release as 04-21. 04-21 is Nicholas’s original due date.
However, he’s breathing with out oxygen, so this is good.
Please, keep an eye on both
http://gwfans.net
and
http://twitter.com/creepyblindy
for updates on us. We will be in seattle until Nicholas comes home, and are
trying to get medical for the state of alaska to pay for our hotel, and the
social worker just informed us that Sabrina has medical and she just needs to do some more stuff in order for the baby to get medical.
Anyways all, i just wanted to update you.
a bit about what’s going on with the baby
March 4th, 2010This is just a quick blog update. I am sitting in the airport, and thought you all should know. Sabrina is 33 weeks along today; however, yesterday her liquids bursted. We went to kalwalk last night, at about 9PM, and they said we had to come into Ketchikan tomorrow, in another words, today. We then came into Ketchikan, and they saw her at the hospital. After talking and looking at her, they said that they need to medick her to Seattle, and so they put her on a plain, and judy, her mom went with her. She was dilated to a “1″, and for those of you who don’t know, i think this means her baby is on the way. The baby is doing well, with a hart rate of between a 150-160. So, the baby is healthy.
I then used her dad’s airmails to book me a ticket to come to seattle and meet her mom and her there. I am sitting here at the airport, nervous as hell, waiting for my flight to board. If you guys would, keep her, the baby, and me all in your thoughts. She is going to the sweetish hill hospital.
mike
Drafting Over 60
February 21st, 2010Now, this one’s funny! Thanks Grandma.
Drafting Guys Over 60
This is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier…
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New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!
I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I’m too old to track down terrorists. You can’t be older than 42 to join the military. They’ve got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn’t be able to join a military unit until you’re at least 35.
For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven’t lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. ‘My back hurts! I can’t sleep, I’m tired and hungry.’ We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for awhile.
An 18-year-old doesn’t even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell.. Besides, like I said, I’m tired and can’t sleep and since I’m already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.
If captured we couldn’t spill the beans because we’d forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys.. We’re used to getting screamed and yelled at and we’re used to soft food. We’ve also developed an appreciation for guns. We’ve been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I’ve been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I’ve never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He’s still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn’t figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm’s way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind them.
HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50…in menopause!!! You think MEN have attitudes??
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They’ll have it secured the first night!
Send this to all of your senior friends… it’s in big type so they can read it.
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Why Sentence Structure Is So Important
February 19th, 2010This, should not be red at work, please be forwornned.
Why Sentence Structure Is So Important
The boss had to fire somebody, and he narrowed it down to one of two
people: Mary or Jack. It was an impossible decision because they
were both decent workers. Rather than flip a coin, he decided he
would fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning.
Mary came in the next morning with a horrible hangover after partying
all night. She went to the cooler to take an aspirin. The boss
approached her and said,
“Mary, I’ve never done this before, but I either have to lay you or Jack off.”
“Could you jack off?” she said. “I feel like shit this morning”. Read the rest of this entry »
A woman’s darker side
February 19th, 2010My grandma sent this to me, and i thought you all would enjoy!
Women’s Darker Side
A woman was in town on a shopping trip. She began her day finding the
most perfect shoes in the first shop and a beautiful dress on sale in
the second. In the third, everything had just been reduced by 50 percent
when her mobile phone rang.
It was a female doctor notifying her that her husband had just been in a
terrible car accident and was in critical condition in the ICU. The
woman told the doctor to inform her husband where she was and that she’d
be there as soon as possible. As she hung up she realized she was
leaving what was shaping up to be her best day ever in the boutiques.
She decided to get in a couple of more shops before heading to the
hospital.
She ended up shopping the rest of the morning, finishing her trip with a
cup of coffee and a beautiful chocolate cake slice, compliments of the
last shop. She was jubilant.
Then she remembered her husband.
Feeling guilty, she dashed to the hospital. She saw the lady doctor in the
corridor and asked about her husband’s condition.
The lady doctor glared at her and shouted, ‘You went ahead and finished
your shopping trip, didn’t you! I hope you’re proud of yourself! While
you were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself in town, your
husband has been languishing in the Intensive Care Unit! It’s just as
well you went ahead and finished, because it will more than likely be
the last shopping trip you ever take! For the rest of his life he will
require round-the-clock care. And that will now be your new career!’
At this the woman broke down and sobbed.
The lady doctor then chuckled and said, ‘I’m just pulling your leg. He’s
dead. Show me what you bought.’
Roundabout’s, are they helpful? –Includes a video
February 10th, 2010When i was in anchorage, i was asked if i would help with a news story about roundabouts, and what they present for blind travelers. I can’t say that i was asked, i think they just asked me because they had terrance, the technology and braille instructor at the alaska center for the blind and visually impaired, and he traveled with a cain, and i have a guide dog. I thought that my friends and family would enjoy watching this short video clip, though, i’m not sure how much i’m in fact in it, with my trusty old guide dog, sheffield. So, watch if you want.
Also, comment, tell me, what are your thoughts on roundabouts? I would love to know what sighted drivers think of them, as well, what other blind travelers think of them.
Click here to watch the movie (opens in a new window)
internet data rates, for the alaska center for the blind.
January 26th, 2010I got this whilst running the “smartest” download test on Test My . net
download
Your connection is: 305 Kbps or 0.3 Mbps You downloaded at: 37 kB/s You are running: 5 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 27.68 second(s) Member Ident:Username:Guest CompID:63439661296 Test Time:: 2010/01/26 – 1:25am Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_2; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Safari/531.21.10 Test ID: 7PE095RZB (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis
: May need help : running at only 11.5 % of your hosts average (gci.net) This was tested from a 512 kB file and took 13.769 seconds to complete
I also got these speeds for running an “Smartest” upload test on the same site
Your connection is: 469 Kbps or 0.5 Mbps You uploaded at: 57 kB/s You are running: 8 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 17.96 second(s) Member Ident:Username:Guest CompID:63439661296 Test Time:: 2010/01/26 – 1:29am Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_2; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Safari/531.21.10 Test ID: CWUPL1G64 (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis
: Awesome! 20% + : 45.65 % faster than the average for host (gci.net) This was tested from a 748 kB file and took 13.053 seconds to complete
My thoughts
I am going to guess that there was an issue with the “download” “smartest” test as how often is it that the upload speed is faster then the download speed. I will also post our results from home when i get home.
Ke$ha – Take It Off
January 24th, 2010Bloggers;
I have not written a blog like this in a while. It’s just that i got a new cd last night, and absolutely love it. Thanks itunes a lot. This artist, Ke$ha has a single right now named “Tik Tok”, however, after herring that song i had to get more. Then, i found this song, and to be honest i wouldn’t be surpassed if we start herring “Take it off” on the radio. It’s a good dance song, and trust me, it makes me want to get up and “Take It Off”.
You can listen to the song
here
Please be aware that that link will open the song in a new window.
Anyways, here we go:
Ke$ha – Take It Off
There’s a place downtown
There’s a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It’s a hole in the wall
It’s a dirty free for all
When the dark
Of the night comes around
That’s the time
That the animal comes alive
Looking for
Something wild
And now we lookin’ like pimps
In my gold Trans-Am
Got a water bottle full of whiskey
In my handbag
Got my drunk text on
I’ll regret it in the mornin’
But tonight
I don’t give a
I don’t give a
I don’t give a
There’s a place downtown,
Where the freaks all come around.
It’s a hole in the wall
It’s a dirty free for all
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
There’s a place I know
If you’re looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there’s glitter on the floor
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
Lose your mind
Lose it now
Lose your clothes
In the crowd
We’re delirious
Tear it down
‘Til the sun comes back around
N-now we’re getting so smashed
Knocking over trash cans
Errybody breakin’ bottles
It’s a filthy hot mess
Gonna get faded
I’m not the designated
Driver so
I don’t give a
I don’t give a
I don’t give a
There’s a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It’s a hole in the wall
It’s a dirty free for all
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
There’s a place I know
If you’re looking for a show.
Where they go hardcore
And there’s glitter on the floor.
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Everybody take it off
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Everybody take it off
Right now, take it off
Right now, take it off
Right now, take it off
Ohh
Right now, take it off
Right now, take it off
Right now, take it off
Everybody take it off
There’s a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It’s a hole in the wall
It’s a dirty free for all
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
There’s a place I know
If you’re looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there’s glitter on the floor
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off
new years resolutions and a general life update
January 8th, 2010good day;
it’s been a while since the last time I wrote a blog, so I thought I would go ahead and write one, update you guys all on everything that’s been going on, as well as to just say In effect, not a lot has happened lately. I do have to admit though, you last night, I had the chance to go ahead and feel the baby kicking for the first time. Sabrina, claims it was quite active, and yes I have to admit that I could believe that. It’s exciting, yet scary at the same time. I know a lot of people do it, but I’m sure it might get easier after time. Am I scared? Yes. However, I feel i’ll be able to be a good dad, at least that’s what a lot of people tell me.
it’s a new year, new resolutions are in order. did I keep any of my 2009 resolutions? Well, I think I did. Though I’m not quite sure, if I even made any. It’s possible that I didn’t. However, this year I do know that I have a few. Whether or not I’ll go ahead and keep those, I’m not quite sure, however, I will sure as hell try my best.
The first of which has to be of course, being a good dad. I know that this is something that will be an ongoing resolution for me probably, for the rest of my life. However, let’s go ahead and start 2010 with a wonderful resolution. I., Michael Babcock, resolved to be an excellent father for the child to be.
and, my second resolution, will be what everyone else tends to make a resolution of. And the likelihood of me keeping it, I have to admit, it’s very likely. I resolved to lose approximately 20 pounds by the end of the year. Not that much weight, but it’s something that I think I might be able to do. Running around with the new kid might make it even easier.
The third and final resolution to have the 2010, is to be able to become more financially stable. Though, my financial situation isn’t too terribly bad, it can’t hurt to have more financial stability in my life. 2010, will be the year of finances. Or, at least that’s what I hope.
So there’s a few news resolutions that I need to go ahead and keep. Whether or not i’ll be able to do that, I guess time will see. I really need to learn to update my blog more often, as that would eliminate the purpose of me doing quite lengthy blog entries. Is it bad that I’d rather dictate my blogs now and type them? I don’t think so, I have the software, so why not use it?
I have one more resolution. It goes along with my third resolution of bringing financial stability in my lifehowever, it is slightly unrelated. I., for the fourth resolution of 2010, resolved to find myself a stable job. See, a kind of ties into the fair resolution of becoming financially stable in the year 2010. But, it’s still different.
Well bloggers, I think that’s it for now. Please, leave your comments on the blog and or on Facebook, and I’ll be sure to reply to please most of you.
tell me, in your comments, what are your New Year’s resolutions?
with my best regards
sincerely
Michael A. Babcock.
Mike — – — – — – out