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Few updates in no particular order:
- joanne slices her thumb open while washing the dishes.
-few days later, busts her pointer finger open while we were carrying a credenza up stairs (sliding door decides to slide open and banged into her finger).  stitches might have been required, but we’re proceeding w/o.
-joanne also sprains her ankle at a filipino restaurant by not seeing a step on the floor. she also manages to fall down with sophie in her arms.  everyone is ok, minus joannes sprained ankle.
-90% of my office is complete.  will post pictures soon.
-went to ikea in paramus, nj.  nice 1hr drive plus tolls to this wide open part of town.  we like it there, but not sure if it is cost worthy, as the tolls added up to $15 back and forth from there.
-senator, “I’m not gay”….ahem…”bullshit!”
-watched “Chuck & Larry” – waste of time.  funny here and there, but overall, not impressive.
Looking forward:
Mom, Dad, Sam and Brian are coming at the end of September – looking forward to hanging out with them.  I miss my family!!!!  Also, Gib is coming to town the second week of October.  Looking forward to hanging out, wasting time, chilling, etc.

On the tube:
FIBA basketball, Flipping Out, NY1 – the local news station that plays all day long, and some of the usual suspects: simpsons, WSOP, High Stakes Pokers, Yo-Gabba-Gabba (with the kids).

On the iPhone:
Talib Kweli – Eardrum, Common Sense – Finding Forever

For those basketball junkies, here is the TV schedule for the FIBA Mens Basketball tourney starting next week. (yes, times are EST for you west coast readers)

Angelenos, I found this chart that maps the homicides in LA.  Nice interactive graphic.
here is the actual link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/homicidemap/?source=local_news

So, Joanne is out with Jennifer today. Home with the kids on a Lazy Saturday. Watching some VOD movies, PGA Championship, and showing videos to the kids on youtube.

We experienced our first time getting lost in NYC.  Went to Costco this weekend in Astoria.  On our way home, I guess we happened to miss a freeway transfer (the signs here are either overly informative which becomes very distracting, or not clear at all). Either way, we found ourselves in Brooklyn.  The only way we noticed was that we could see the city and saw that we were really close to downtown.  Good thing I have an iPhone!!!  I input a street address, and 20mins later we were at home.  It was a good detour, as we got our first taste of beautiful DUMBO. More exploring to come – hopefully intentional.