News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - The Democrats woes and Republican brainwashing

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:13:38 GMT

Did you know that those leftist hippies in the Vatican are trying to be the first Country to be powered exclusively by green technologies? ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Global Warming is real, the true debate is on human impact

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:16:57 GMT

I wrote much of the below in response to a friend's post on Facebook. Figured it was worth sharing in a more public format... ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Wonderful Day at the Confluence and Grafton

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:02:20 GMT

We took advantage of the spectacular weather today (high of 78 and low humidity in the middle of July) by taking a trip to the Confluence State Par...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Long Overdue Updates

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:27:53 GMT

I've truly been remiss in my updates for the last few months but taking care of two little guys, running and try to grow a company, and rehabbing a...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Is it really this easy?

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:59:11 GMT

Through the many months of pregnancy and even before that, we've done a lot of thinking and talking about, "what's it going to be like to be a...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Adding to our clan - Gavin Finnegan O'Leary - 2/8/08

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:06:15 GMT

The newest O'Leary decided on Thursday that he was feeling a bit cramped living within his Mom... somethin...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Declan's Little Sibling on the Way

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:01:14 GMT

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Solid Food

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:37:05 GMT

One of my favorite things to do now is feeding Declan... I was amazed at how fast he was able to figure the whole thing out. I had my doubts for the f...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - New Orleans friend on NPR

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:54:03 GMT

An old friend from New Orleans was on NPR a few days ago... she runs a SnoBall (aka sno-cone) stand her grandparents started in New Orleans.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - 6 Month Old Prepares to Summit Mt. Rainier

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:53:50 GMT

We just returned from a nine day trip to Seattle, Portland, and the surrounding areas. It's truly beautiful up there. I'd love to live there for a cou...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Declan Giggling

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:35:57 GMT

He's Just started giggling... it's awesome.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Learning how things work

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:14:03 GMT

It's fascinating to watch Declan figure out new things everyday. He's gotten so much better at using his hands, he now grabs everything in reach which...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Last Chance Ranch

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:55:43 GMT

Our friend Tony was kind enough to invite us, and a bunch of other folks, out to his families ranch last weekend for barn dancing, gun shootin, hiking...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - New and Improved Photo Gallery

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:44:05 GMT

I've changed the software I use for my Photo Gallery to a free, open-source, php based program called Gallery. It's a huge improvement over the old so...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - It's the little things... May 31, 2006

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:22:36 GMT

[FROM JEN] Declan is doing good. He slept his first 7 hour night Wednesday night! Yay! He did a 5 hour one last night, so we're...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - His First Full Nights Sleep- June 13, 2006

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:33:28 GMT

It's amazing what a difference 8 solid hours (that's for Jen and I, Declan slept 12) of sleep makes. I feel like a new man! Another first for t...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - 7 Weeks old today

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:59:04 GMT

So we went and had pictures taken of Declan at Sears Portrait Studio. It was Jen's idea. I argued endlessly that I could get just as good of pics for ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Declan Week 3 Photos

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:02:58 GMT

Lots more pics of Declan up on my photo site: photos.oledave.com . (see Declan/Week 3)....

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Settling In

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:51:16 GMT

I think we're finally beginning to get the hang of this thing called parenthood. There's no real routines yet or even regularlity but there's a lot le...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Don't all infants have a logo?

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:32:44 GMT

When Zoe was born, I worked up a little website for her ... and her Dad (Jen'...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Declan's Many Faces

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:48:07 GMT

It's interesting trying to get to know someone who has such a limited range of communication techniques. I'm always trying to figure out what's going ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Home Sweet Home

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:22:41 GMT

After a 4 day stint at the hospital (St John's), we finally got to go home today. While we'll miss the ability to let the nursery staff handle some of...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Waaaaah!

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:25:32 GMT

Declan turned one day old today... he's growing up so fast... Yesterday was a busy day with constant visits from nurses and other hospital staff pokin...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Declan Bryson O'Leary- Born 3/6/06 10:31PM

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:10:55 GMT

Baby and mom are sleeping peacefully as I write this. Declan's a big, healthy boy at 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 21 inches long. He's perfect as can be oth...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Baby Watch 2006- 3/6/06- 3PM- Not long now

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:16:18 GMT

The latest round of contractions started at 10 this morning and they were the real deal this time. Jen suffered through some pretty back back pain for...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Baby Watch 2006- 3/6/06 9AM- Still waiting

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:20:13 GMT

Nothing new to report, some more contractions, some back pain and other discomfort, but still at home waiting.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Baby Watch 2006- 3/5/06 Noon

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:33:19 GMT

Well, no show yet... we were pretty sure it was gonna happen last night though, lots of hard, sustained contractions starting at 4:30 AM but then they...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Best News Source: The Daily Show

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:28:12 GMT

Around a year ago, I mentioned that I believed The Daily Show was the best news show out there (which is sad since it's comedy)... and here's a study ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Baby Watch 2006: 3/3/06 1pm-Oh Boy!!!!

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:26:29 GMT

Jen just left the hospital after having them check some things out with the whole pregnancy thing... they think she'll be back in within 24 hours for ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - More to life than IQ

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:15:26 GMT

"We should spend less time ranking children and more time helping them to identify their natural competencies and gifts, and cultivate those. There ar...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Stop drinking bottled water

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:28:19 GMT

Americans pay more for bottled water per gallon than they do for gasoline... and this when they can get free, often times higher quality, water out of...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Tornado!!!

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:56:48 GMT

We had a wee bit of excitement here on November 28th as a class 0 tornado touched down in my back yard... it was quite the surreal experience... I was...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - House Project Progress

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:28:27 GMT

We've been working furiously trying to get the house in shape for our new arrival (they're very picky about this stuff you know)... We replaced the ro...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Coming along nicely...

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:28:09 GMT

We're six month into this pregnancy and boy do my feet hurt... As you can see from the accompanying pic, there's no doubt Jen's pregnant. If she's thi...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - New Niece

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:20:33 GMT

Brian and Christina (my brother and sister-in-law) were kind enough to bear a playmate for our soon to be little one... Jen and I have made sure to ge...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - New Toyz

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:39:17 GMT

It seems I've given into darn near every electronic craving I've had lately and now I am awash in so many new toyz... Just bought a brand new Toshiba ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Iraq

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:09:56 GMT

I'm still undecided on whether it was wise to invade Iraq. What I am certain of, is that how it was done was one of the most bungled attempts ever by ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Man?

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:39:10 GMT

When I first graduated college, I remember having a conversation with friends about the term, "Man" and when does it apply. While in news reports you ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Itsa Bird? Itsa a dinosaur? Itsa ???

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:23:49 GMT

Had the second ultrasound yesterday (19 weeks). This was the one where we got to find out the sex of the baby. It's an interesting process that...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - The Science of Happiness

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:43:06 GMT

It's interesting that ultimately, everyone's primary mission in life (or lives, for those that belief in afterlife) is happiness. People who are happy...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Katrina: Bush's short sighted moves

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:50:49 GMT

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush's shortsighted actions have come back to haunt him. It'd be nice if this were an aberation but to me, this...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - We're having a baby!!!

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:49:20 GMT

Yup, that's right, the little 4.5 cm blob in this pic is a lovely combo of me and the misses genetic material. We're so excited! Just got the ultrasou...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Greetings from Colorado

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:01:37 GMT

Jen and I are in the midst of a week long trip to Colorado... neither of us has been to Colorado in the summer since we were kids and we both had fond...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Sister Loveshovel's CD Release Party

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:00:00 GMT

My band, Sister Loveshovel, just completed our CD and we're having our CD Release Party on Feb. 18th, at Dressel's (in the Central West End). ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Things to believe in...

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:38:00 GMT

So, Edge.org asked 120 scientist to state one thing they believe in but can't prove. To me, there are some truly fascinating concepts. One of m...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - More Wedding Pics

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:37:00 GMT

I've posted a bunch of new wedding photos to my photo gallery .

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - The Psychology of group think

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 01:19:00 GMT

So I do this thing called Philosophical Cafe whenever I get a chance. It's led by a Webster University professor and is run as a simple discussion. If...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - We're Back and Married

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:12:00 GMT

It's official, I'm a married man now! The wedding and honeymoon were amazing, truly awesome. So many good friends came to celebrate our wedding with u...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Jon Stewart's My Hero

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:00:00 GMT

Where do I go when I want in-depth, insightful, unbiased information in politics? The Daily Show with Jon Stewart . In fact, it's gotten to the point...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Spooky

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT

This is a car advertisement from somewhere. When they finished filming, the people who made it noticed something moving along the side of the car, li...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - It's Urkel's Fault

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:00:00 GMT

For years I've been trying to figure out this whole "bustin a sag" thing (aka by the man, "low slung pants"). To me it looks stupid, uncomfortable, an...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Fixing Metropolis

Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:09:00 GMT

Metropolis almost got shutdown last night but it didn't and now we need to figure out a way to fix it...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - SuperSize Me

Sun, 04 Jul 2004 13:29:37 GMT

Went to see Super Size Me last night. Basically, it's about a guy that eats nothing but McD...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Voting Systems: How to improve the country

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:28:40 GMT

Ralph Nader may make a good president, I don't really know, I haven't spent any time looking at him because, in our current system, voting for anyone ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Wilderness Workshop 2004

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:44:17 GMT

I just returned from Wilderness Workshop at Miniwanca where we train the leaders for the summer.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Photos are live!

Sat, 22 May 2004 21:51:47 GMT

Wanna see pics from Miniwanca, check out my fiance, see what's up with Loyola folk nowadays, or just ogle my magnificent small intestine? The photo ga...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Sister Love Shovel finally completed Recording

Mon, 03 May 2004 23:18:24 GMT

So, my band finally decided on a name, Sister Love Shovel. And we should be releasing our CD soon. Recording is finally complete.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Geeky Quote of the Day

Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:34:00 GMT

I'm sure many of you will think me a big nerd (or will just be confused), but I thought this quote was great: There are 10 kinds of people in the wor...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - I've launched my new company, Efficion Consulting

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:49:42 GMT

I've officially launched my new Software Development company, Efficion Consulting .Efficio...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Got Engaged!!!

Sun, 07 Mar 2004 16:10:28 GMT

Well, after 4 years of dating the lovely Jen Capstick, I finally popped the question on Saturday (Feb 14) and got the desired response. So Jen and I a...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Candidate Roundup- updated...

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 03:30:30 GMT

This is my ongoing analysis of what I think of the various candidates... I'll be recording my thoughts for each candidate here as I think through this...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - I've Gone Democrat

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:06:33 GMT

This is a changing and growing document about why I currently strongly dislike the republicans... there are so many reasons, it'll take awhile to get ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - U.S. Held three young teens at Guantanomo for 1.5 years

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:35:03 GMT

So those wildly dangerous people in Gauntanomo that we've denied all rights to. Turns out 3 of them were boys between 13 and 15 years old that we jus...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - News Coverage- arghhh!

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:48:51 GMT

I've listen to or watched at least 6 democratic debates, I've listed to a ton a media coverage on many cable stations as well as on radio. I've read t...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Broadband/Best Commercials

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:33:19 GMT

So I've got DSL at home. 30 bucks a month and I'm beginning to see some of the things we were promised long ago... the days of TV on demand are approa...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Check out my new top 10 lists

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:19:55 GMT

I decided to go ahead and try to compile some of my favorites... hopefully you'll try some of them out.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Favorite Romantic get-away near St. Louis?

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:55:21 GMT

Jen and I had limited time and funding for traveling over the Christmas break and so we started polling people about their favorite nearby spots...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Bush in 30 Seconds

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:52:43 GMT

MoveOn.org sponsored a contest for Anti-Bush commercials and the finalists are really impressive. Also, check out this article on revelations...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Quote of the Day

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:56:33 GMT

"I just prefer to never stray from my comfort zone, lest I experience some kind of personal growth." from Rob Rybarczyk's column in the Post-Dispatc...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Yahoo's Picks of 2003

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:41:35 GMT

Stumbled upon Yahoo's! Best websites of 2003 . Some quite entertaining stuff in there.

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Christmas Traditions

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:23:30 GMT

While I thoroughly appreciate getting Christmas cards from others, this year I will be continuing my long personal tradition of not sending them...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Stopped working for the man... again

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:57:42 GMT

So I quit my job again... The thought of going back to Habanero and staring at a computer screen for endless hours drained me. It's not that I didn't ...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Why I go to Camp

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:57:35 GMT

As most of you know, I take off every summer and head up north to Michigan to work for camp Miniwanca. The reason for this is that it is the closest t...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Race, Racism, and Black America

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:57:16 GMT

I've been doing a lot of exploring on the subjects of race, racism, and urban black cultures. It is of course a ridiculously complicated issue but one...

News, Thoughts, Opinions, & Stories - Launch.com- My favorite internet site!

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:55:58 GMT

Tired of radio stations that play the same stuff all the time and that play stuff you hate? Do you sit at computer at work all day and want to listen ...

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