Chris

The new job career is going great and is absolutely an upgrade from the previous company. Next week begins intensive computer training on top of my own quick & dirty Oracle, SQL training.

The study for MCSE and MCDST certifications are on standby for now until I figure out the career path from here.

Wonderwife revisits the baby doctor on Wednesday for our first ultrasound. It’ll be interesting to see what Baby Denbow looks like. From what I hear, it’ll look like a blob which guarantees it’ll have it’s father’s looks. I’ll miss hearing the heartbeat while I am at work, though.

My brain hurts from all of the mental  exercise it got today. Peace out.

Tonight, Monday February 26 at the BJCC. Concert details will be forthcoming after the concert. Are you going? Let me know and we’ll try to meet up.

With a big thanks to Lara for the tickets…

**UPDATE** Billy Joel started off with a bang and worked his way through hs earlier work from the 70’s, even reaching as far back as 1971. “Angry Young Man,” “Innocent Man,” “My Life,” “Allentown,” “New York State of Mind,” “Keeping the Faith” and “She’s Always a Woman to Me.” Very laid back and funny. Otherwise…meh. It was past our bedtime and we decided to split an hour and a half after the start (8:15).

Technorati tags: Billy Joel, concert, Birmingham, Alabama, BJCC, piano, Audio Mojo

Mark your calendars for April 21st, 9-5 at the Homewood Public Library! PhotoCamp is an all day discussion about all things photography. This is an open invitation to anyone and everyone to attend. Professional photographers, amateurs, photojournalists, photo clubs, photo classes- don’t be left out!

We’ll discuss what YOU want to hear because most attendees not only choose the topics, they present then as well! What are you good at? Portraits? Landscapes? From the hip? Share it.

Got some Photoshop tips/tricks? Let’s hear them. Interested in learning how to get more exposure? Come on in. This conference is designed for you, you make it happen.

More details, information and opportunities to attend will be forthcoming soon, in the mean time, plan on coming and what you want to talk about.

If you want to register now, add yourself to the PhotoCamp wiki by clicking here.

You can also sign up on our Upcoming.org page, courtesy of Yahoo/Flickr.

Homewood Library Map

photo is courtesy of Glynnis and sponsored in part by the Magic City Flickr Group

According to the book, The Expectant Father by Armin Brott & Jennifer Ash:

the baby will change from an embryo to a fetus. By the end of the month, he/she will have stubby little arms (no fingers yet), eyes, (without eyelids) on the side of their face, ears and a tiny beating heart (on the outside of their body). If you bumped into a six-foot-tall version of your baby in a dark alley, you’d run the other way.

Another resource says the size of the fetus could be between the size of a kumquat or a nutter butter, take your pic. I chose the nutter butter for a visual up top. Puts it into perspective doesn’t it?

Technorati tags: baby, babies, fetus, father, Denbow

Wonderwife and I got back on Monday night from Tulsa, OK. It was a great weekend spent with family and an opportunity to say goodbye to my grandmother who is dying.

My email inbox is stuffed, my RSS feed reader is engorged and I have almost 4GB of photos to filter, sort and publish. I’ve been relaxing but still overwelmed. If you sent me an email and didn’t get a response, my apologies. IM me if it is a priority and we’ll talk!

Wonderwife and I are headed to Tulsa to visit family, especially an ill grandmother. Posting will be sporadic at best. Difficult to post while driving 650 miles at 80mph. A stop in Memphis has us inhaling fall-off-the-bone wet ribs. Oh my.

Hope you are well and enjoy your weekend.

CORRECTION: 95 mph!

So it occurred to me that I haven’t shared a couple pieces of good news from the past 2 weeks. First, I have accepted a position with a fantastic, Fortune 500 company here in Birmingham. The salary is quite a bit more than what I was making previously with the possibility of promotion soon. I’ll not share the company here online for fear of getting Dooced. Contact me if you really must know.

Secondly, and most importantly, Jenny and I are expecting our first child in September. Within the coming months I guarantee you will see a flood of posts, pictures and video.

In case you didn’t know this, God is good.

I moved South so I wouldn’t have to deal with this. Currently 34 and will get up to 44.  Oh well, it will be out of here in 30 minutes, and the sun will come out and Mr Bluebird will be singing on my shoulder.

Diaper spelled backwards is “repaid”, originally uploaded by Mojo Denbow’s Photo Studio.

My father in early 1973, a few months after I was born. My parents finally made the switch from cloth to plastic. Expensive! Why am I bringing this up? My turn. Wonderwife and I are expecting our first child in September.

Boulder Canyon Nature Trails is a small, fantastic walk that crosses a creek a few times, steep climbs up, down and back around in a twisted loop. Birmingham, Alabama has many trails within city limits as the mountains cross through the city diagonally from the southwest to the northeast towards the Appalachian Trail.

The weekly trip to the library has yielded a wealth of material and information from the Birmingham Public Library, check out these titles.

1. Beginner’s Guide to Oracle Database 10G
2. Oracle SQL
3. Learning the Unix Operating System
4. Unix For Dummies
5. Unix
6. HTML 4.0 Sourcebook
7. JavaScript
8. Microsoft SQL Server 2000
9. Windows Vista for Dummies
10. Flickr Hacks
11. Podcasting Hacks

On top of these fine books, I also purchased 2 Microsoft certification training books for the MCDST Windows XP support and look forward to upgrading it to MCDST Vista support.

I have to go now, my brain hurts and I have a little bit of reading to do!

Boulder Creek Nature Trail (13)

Originally uploaded by Mojo Denbow’s Photo Studio.

This nature preserve in the heart of Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, features deep ravines, creek crossing a few times, and a loop. Wonderwife and I thoroughly enjoyed the 1.5 hike.