Time to be a Father

No, the baby isn't here yet.

Just a few random thoughts about becoming a father, and having a baby in the house.

Can't leave stuff on counters anymore.

Have to vacuum more often. Sadie, Frannie . . . I'm talking to you. The hair is on you for a reason. Try to keep it there.
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All of a sudden, you add another person to your family. Yes, you definetly could have planned it like we did, but you now have a person that is 100% dependent on you for everything. Yes, Mrs. Rocker is dependent on me for certain things, especially in her current pregnant state. But I don't have to worry about her getting food when she needs it.

Trips are no longer spur of the moment ideas. They have to be carefully planned. Do we have enough diapers in the diaper bag? Bottles? Changes of clothes? Toys? Stroller?

Time to get ready for a trip just tripled.

How fast is "driving to fast?"

Do I need to get in naps when the baby is napping?

Winnie the Pooh, I love you. I will have your books memorized.

I'll go get us something to eat if you don't feel like cooking.
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Lots of changes at the flip of a switch. Hopefully it will go smooth. I have a great wife who will help me along the journey.

Congrats to Dan Le Retard

Over this past weekend, it was leaked through the NBA rumor pipeline - the one thats as wide as Texas - that Steve Nash was the winner of the NBA MVP award. Sports pondits pontificated profusely about the qualifications of Mr. Nash versues other top candidates. That's what they are supposed to do, review news items of interest in sports.

Most of them do a great job of it. They delve deeper into the stories, ellaborate on certain subjects, warm our hearts with good stories of athletes, and make us think harder about their subject.

Then there are those that try to become the news. Take Dan Le Batard, of the Miami Herald, for instance. On Monday, Le batard wrote an opinion peace saying that Shaquile O'Neal should have won the MVP. Dandy idea if you want to use stats and facts. Horrific idea if you want to say Nash won the MVP because...... he's white. This was a non-existent issue, until Le Batard made it one.

Le Batard invalidates Nash's great year - only the 4th point guard in history to win MVP - by saying the MVP voting was racist. I'm not going to ignore that racism does exist in sports, or anywhere else in society. I do believe, however, that anyone who covers the NBA is probably not racist. Shaq was still dominating this year as he normally is. But he also played fewer minutes in a weaker conference, and posted about the same numbers as he did last year in L.A.

I'll allow Le Batard to be a homer for the Heat. Afterall, that's what he gets paid to do. But don't diminish the voting and call your press peers racist just because they voted a white guy as the NBA MVP.