14 weeks

We went to our second doctors appointment last Thursday and got to hear the baby's heartbeat again. All is going well and Lisa is feeling good. The picture above is a 14 week old fetus. It's about the size of a lemon.

Lisa's belly

Wilco on Austin City Limits

Funny story about how I got into Wilco.

Lisa and I had just moved to Sioux Falls. I had heard a little about Wilco and some friends said I would really like them. My friend Ryan and I were debating whether we could afford tickets and had decided that we better save our money and not go to the show.

Ryan worked at the front desk of one of the hotels downtown. Some guy came to the counter that night and asked Ryan what he was doing the next day. Ryan explained that we had thought about going to see Wilco but could not afford it. The guy left and then came back with tickets to the show and backstage passes!

So Ryan and I go to the show and find out we have 2nd row seats dead center. The band takes the stage and Ryan elbows me and tells me "that's the guy who gave me the tickets" as he pointed to the bass player. They played and totally blew our minds. We had some beers with them after the show and explained what a good financial move they made by getting Ryan and I both into their band. Ryan and I both went out and bought every record they had put out.

Now I'm a huge fan and Lisa and I even planned a vacation around one of their shows in Duluth, MN.

Weekend in the Twin Cities

Lisa and I met a few of our friends in the Twin Cities for a concert Sunday night. We saw the Flatliners, No Use For A Name, and NOFX at the Myth in Maplewood. It was a good time. I've wanted to see NOFX for about 15 years.

On Monday we went and got some good breakfast from a Dutch place and then did some shopping. I went to my favorite record store (Extreme Noise) and got some good stuff.

Then we went to the science museum in St Paul. (see picture above of Eric, Lisa and I) Lot's of interesting stuff there. They had a very good but depressing exhibit on the history of eugenics and the Holocaust called "Deadly Medicine; Creating the Master Race". Amazing what people can do to each other. I was shocked that eugenics was also very widespread in the US during that time as well. I know this might not go over well with some of you but it was amazing how similar some of the propaganda back then is to what our federal government has been putting out the last few years. Spooky.

Anyhoo. We just pulled in to town at midnight and I'm ready for bed.

-T