I was looking for a way to create quick reminders for myself. After trying a few different programs, I looked to the command line to see what I could come up with. It turns out that “command-line email” is perfect for my needs. By combining Blat, Stunnel and Gmail, you can create a great reminder system for taking quick notes. Read more…
Nothing makes me want to take pics more than my sweet little baby boy. I just love those big blue eyes!
Well.. about 15 of us went to Incredible Pizza on Friday night, hogging a whole section of skeeball lanes to participate in the First Annual Skeeball Tournament. This great American sport has spent too much time in the shadows of football and baseball. We figured it was time it got it’s just due. So.. Christina organized the event, complete with scorecards and a rather nifty hand fashioned trophy. You could feel the intensity of the competition grow, with every ball thrown. Children, all around us, stopped playing their video games and looked on with a gleam in their eyes, as if to say, “that’s what I want to do with my life!”. Indeed, I think we influenced a whole new generation.
Ok.. so it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Actually, I just changed web hosts and updated my theme to allow for more space. So now.. I have no more excuses for a while. 
Colton is now almost 8 months old. It’s crazy how fast he’s growing and learning. I love watching it. I look forward to his smile every day. Seeing him light up at the smallest things just makes my day.
Amy makes my day too. So much so.. that I married her on Saturday.
Normally a guitar song, I put this to piano. This is just me playing and singing live…
Well, it’s been a couple weeks now since I’ve been able to get on here and write… and that’s when I had my new, beautiful, sweet baby boy, Colton! 6 lbs and 11 ounces, 20 1/2 inches long and 3 weeks early on June 22nd, Colton arrived and spent the first couple weeks of his life in Intensive Care Nursery. He was having a few breathing irregularities, but it was more a “better safe than sorry” kind of thing, I do believe (though we didn’t really know that at the time!).
Colton is the new love of my life. Everyone tells me it just gets better.. and it’s almost hard to believe. He’s so wonderful. I’ve turned into a complete sap.. and I’m OK with it! I just can’t get enough of him. I love him soooo much.
Mom (Amy) was in labor for a little less than 6 hours after her water broke at home. She called to tell me.. and my heart was beating about twice as fast as normal all the way to the hospital. She did an incredible job of staying calm and keeping everything in check throughout the delivery. And now… I’m a Daddy. I still can’t believe it at times. I have the most wonderfully sweet boy I could have ever asked for. Here’s the first of what will no doubt be many videos of my new son… Colton Kastner.
Amy is at 3 cm and 100% effaced (ah yes.. the new lingo I am learning these days!). So, I am looking to be a new Dad very soon! Amy is doing great and she looks as beautiful as ever. Even more amazing has been her attitude through the whole pregnancy. She’s definitely ready to have our baby though. She thinks it will be sooner than later. I still think it will by July 12th. His due date is actually July 14th.. We shall know soon!
Wow.. I can’t believe I’ll be a Dad in another 8 weeks! Amy went to the doctor yesterday and everything is looking perfect. She’s doing pretty well overall..well, for carrying around a 4lb person in her anyway! I’m very thankful for the health of Mom and my son, Colton. I am super excited and can’t wait for him to get here! There is so much I want to do with him..
I just got finished creating a new website for nixasoccerclub.org. Check out the new site and for you Nixa folks.. get your kids enrolled and playing!
Ah yes.. I love this time of year! Winter sucked. How eloquently stated, yes? The snowy, sunlit tundra I knew as a child was replaced with an endless stream of cloudy, icy days.. windy and frickin’ cold! Remember when we used to actually make snowmen, igloos, or go sled riding? I miss those winters.
But Spring.. oh yes! warm temperatures have arrived. The sun is out again.. and baseball is back! Here’s a great video on throwing a knuckle-ball. I loved it because it brought back so many memories. As a kid, I had this small square painted on the side of our house. I can’t tell you how many seasons I practiced my pitches; fast ball, curve ball and my favorite.. the knuckler! If nobody else was around to play with, I was throwing the baseball… dreaming of the days when I’d walk-on somewhere and shock everyone with my ability to throw a perfect knuckle-ball. Well, the shoulder was not so kind to me in my baseball prime and I decided that being a rockstar might work out better for me. 
But.. it’s still my favorite pitch (although the split-finger fastball is right there with it) because of the complexity required in learning to throw it. You have to have a lot of confidence to be a knuckle-ball pitcher, because.. as the video also states, you never know what it’s going to do (It took me a couple years to consistently hit that square with that pitch). It’s also just the funnest pitch to watch a batter strike out on. It can make him look completely ridiculous. Every year, I keep waiting on the arrival of a new knuckle-ball pitcher in the majors.. the new dominant force. I miss those guys. Once it happens, I think it will start a trend again and we’ll see a few come up. For now though, I’m happy that Spring is here… readying myself for another year of baseball, enjoying it even more with the realization that I’ll soon be able to start sharing it with my new son.. going to the park with him and teaching the game, eating some hot dogs and passing on the love of the game that my Dad passed on to me.
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