http://electrolicious.com Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Tue, 13 May 2008 03:35:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, my sister-in-law Gillian gave birth to a son — little Oliver! Andreas is in Missoula to meet his new nephew, and I'll be there this weekend to say my own hellos. For now, I get this photo of uncle and nephew meeting for the first time. http://electrolicious.com/2008/05/welcome-oliver "My husband's not doing the unplugged thing; he doesn't feel he needs to," she says. "So there are nights that I'm unplugged and he's checking his e-mail and surfing on his laptop, and I'm like, 'Grrrrr.'" http://electrolicious.com/2008/05/get-your-blackberry-out-of-our-bed-cnncom Friday night I was on ABC's World News with Charlie Gibson, talking about 52 Nights Unplugged in the context of a segment about multi-tasking and time management. TV is a weird beast, and one I've learned a lot about in the last year. For the curious, here's what this particular ... http://electrolicious.com/2008/05/what-its-really-like-to-be-on-tv I'm on tumblr.com — now, can anyone tell me why? I guess if you want to follow all three of my blogs and my Flickrstream, you can do it there. http://electrolicious.com/2008/05/ariel-aggregator Andreas got calls today from Montana: his step-mother's battle with cancer has taken a turn for the worse, and doctors are giving her a prognosis of a couple weeks. He flew out to Missoula on a one-way ticket tonight. In a twist of painful divine poetry, Dre's sister's baby is due ... http://electrolicious.com/2008/05/passages