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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:11:00 -0800 Interesting TED talks on parenthood. http://wedinthepark.com/interesting-ted-talks-on-parenthood http://wedinthepark.com/interesting-ted-talks-on-parenthood

I've always been rather cynical regarding the false advertising about the wonders of parenthood.  It was information like this that helped me get past popular culture's parenthood dogma and make a real decision for myself. 

Also, this one I found to be riveting. I was fortunate enough not to be raised like this by my parents but this view of what it means to be a man is institutionalized, and did managed to have some impact. It got me thinking about feminism and how any truly effective feminist idea must involve change for both men and women.
Anyway, insomnia sometimes results in good reading/watching material.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

-Travs

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:44:05 -0800 Jax and Luke. http://wedinthepark.com/jax-and-luke http://wedinthepark.com/jax-and-luke

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Jax has been increasingly protective of Luke over this last week usually choosing to stay nearby whenever possible.

More photos are posted on towhead.smugmug.com

And these, taken with my phone as Luke and Jax slept next together.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:39:32 -0800 Luke's First Week http://wedinthepark.com/lukes-first-week http://wedinthepark.com/lukes-first-week
This week has had a bit of drama but we've come through it pretty well.

Luke lost a lot of weight in his first 3 days. Born at 7lb 9oz, he was down to 6lb 7oz on Tuesday.  Well above the 10% weight loss that is typical we were starting to get a worried.  3 lactation consultant visits later Luke weighted in this morning at 7lb 8oz and his Jaundice seems to have completely gone away.  Problem solved, we've managed to perfect this parenthood thing. 

Credit really goes to my wife, who contrary to popular belief is a rather assertive woman.  When she called on Tuesday morning for an appointment and they tried to defer her to Wednesday she answered with a rather firm "No, I'm coming in today."  At 12pm, over a poor nurses lunch we got some much needed help and advice.  With the weight loss as rapid as it was we probably dodged a fun battle with jaundice.  We both really had no idea how close to a serious problem we were and that visit really helped us dodge a bullet.  I'm now a big believer that if you can afford it, a doula for the birth and immediately after is a good investment.  There is something to be said for having someone experienced with dozens of births around when you're dealing with Kaiser and a vibrant, active, yet starving child.

Since we're not up all night with a hungry infant, we've finally caught up on sleep.  That means Aki managed to take some photos and we've uploaded everything to Smugmug.  

Enjoy.

Photos:

In case you're not already familiar with our smugmug account all our pictures (including 5000 of Jax over the last four years) can be found here:

They also support video, so once we get into the habit of taking videos we'll be uploading those as well.

-Travis

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:31:00 -0800 Jax says hello to Luke. http://wedinthepark.com/jax-says-hello-to-luke http://wedinthepark.com/jax-says-hello-to-luke

And a test of smugmug's video hosting functionality.  Sorry for the slow posts, but after a rough couple of days we're finally catching up.  More pictures to follow soon.

 

 

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:59:22 -0800 Videos http://wedinthepark.com/videos http://wedinthepark.com/videos

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:53:49 -0800 Day 2 http://wedinthepark.com/day-2 http://wedinthepark.com/day-2

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:29:19 -0800 Dad with Luke. http://wedinthepark.com/dad-with-luke http://wedinthepark.com/dad-with-luke

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:26:38 -0800 more... http://wedinthepark.com/more http://wedinthepark.com/more

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:56:53 -0800 Aki with Luke. http://wedinthepark.com/aki-with-luke http://wedinthepark.com/aki-with-luke

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:23:45 -0800 More pictures of Luke. http://wedinthepark.com/more-pictures-of-luke http://wedinthepark.com/more-pictures-of-luke

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:19:45 -0800 Luke Tohma Newcomb http://wedinthepark.com/luke-tohma-newcomb http://wedinthepark.com/luke-tohma-newcomb
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Healthy baby boy. Mom is doing great.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:09:04 -0800 Pregnant Aki http://wedinthepark.com/pregnant-aki http://wedinthepark.com/pregnant-aki

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:54:43 -0700 The celebration http://wedinthepark.com/the-celebration http://wedinthepark.com/the-celebration
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:54:32 -0700 World Series http://wedinthepark.com/world-series http://wedinthepark.com/world-series If you ever have the chance to be in the home town of a team that wins the World Series, do it.

Right now, we're sitting on the couch watching TV and there is a constant roar of cheers and horns coming from mission street. Similar to when the won the pennant, but more intense. Watching TV, it appears the entire City is going nuts. Cestnut street, Fillmore, Mission, AT&T park, Market Street... all are stuffed with fans cheering.

Earlier tonight, we took a walk down mission and experienced the celebration first hand, its been an hour and I'd say its even more intense now. The police blocked off mission street but somehow the street is still packed with cars with screaming fans hanging out the windows. I think I understand how riots start after teams win championships.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:22:44 -0700 Clouds as water http://wedinthepark.com/clouds-as-water http://wedinthepark.com/clouds-as-water Another great Vimeo video of the Bay Area.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:36:08 -0700 Very old color photographs http://wedinthepark.com/very-old-color-photographs http://wedinthepark.com/very-old-color-photographs I was intrigued by these 100 year old color pictures.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html#p...

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sat, 29 May 2010 05:33:00 -0700 When you need cool stuff to think about... http://wedinthepark.com/when-you-need-cool-stuff-to-think-about http://wedinthepark.com/when-you-need-cool-stuff-to-think-about Lately I've been spending a lot of time in situations where I need to just sit.  Reading/Phones are not really an option so I'm learning to think again...  its really cool.

Anyway, I find it helps to be inspired and the RSA Animate speeches are fantastic for expressing ideas and getting them to stick in your brain for later reflection.

Here is my favorite so far:

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:40:48 -0700 Computers. http://wedinthepark.com/computers-167 http://wedinthepark.com/computers-167
My laptop died today.   I got a loaner from work, plugged in my time machine backup and two hours later, after watching "UP" with Aki I had a working laptop.   Four months ago this would have taken me 5-10 hours of work over several days to recover from.  If this were a PC I never would have had such an amazing backup solution so in my opinion the Apple tax just paid dividends.

The loaner laptop I got was my second.  My initial thought was I could make do with an IBM Thinkpad loaner.   I've been using macs at work for 5 years now and I'm exclusively Mac at home as of last year.   Dealing with a Windows laptop for work was an extraordinary painful experience.  The hardware was a monstrosity, the OS (XP) was annoying at best, and the crap on the laptop to deal with the silliness (Virus, Malware, Wireless connectivity tools, etc) was maddening.   I've used Windows 7, and its still very rough around the edges.  Honestly, I'd love a competitor for OSX but there simply isn't anything else that comes close to working for me then OSX.

By the way, "UP" is a great movie.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/KCj32Bk7br Travis Towhead Travis Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:39:06 -0700 March Madness http://wedinthepark.com/march-madness-105 http://wedinthepark.com/march-madness-105 Its a strange world when UNC doesn't make it to the NCAA tournament and UC Santa Barbara does. 

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