Benjamin Smith

Family goodness

Gage is doing better with the little health issue.. All his blood work came back O.K. He's caught up on his shots and thankfully won't have to endure them for another year. They did, however, decide that he has some anxiety issues and should be seen by a child psychologist. That kinda bothers me, and I'm having a hard time with it. I'm really scared they're going to want to dope him up and he will go through life in a haze. I don't want that for my little dude. On the plus side, when he's not freaking out he quite the little sweetheart. Check out the picture below. Also, I'd like to point out that things have been great at home. I think I'm finally starting to chill as I get older, and I am also realizing that Amanda and I are very different and I just need to deal with it and bite my tongue in certain situations.

What?! A geek, into sports?!

So the past few weeks I've been following the Cleveland Indians. Something I never really thought to being from a stage with no professional league. Sorta hit me like...Yay, I live in a big city now, I can follow baseball! Except, I've been in Cleveland now since 2004. Oh, and let's not forget I've been to a couple of the games. Details, ya know? So yeah, the series against the Yankees rocked my socks. I'm hooked. Maybe it's because the Indians have a great chance at making it to the World Series? Maybe it's because they're one of two hot teams in Cleveland's professional sports right now and that's really exciting? I don't know what it is, but my son has the bug as well:

Why grep when you can ack?

I've been spreading my love for ack for quite a while now, and I've even sold a few people on it here at work. I'm not going to tell you much about it, except it's awesome. Everything you need to know about it can be found here: ack

Let the beer, burbon and burbon barrel beer flow

Tonight I am attending the Burbon Barrel Beer Tasting event at the Great Lakes Brewing Company in Ohio City. It should be an excellent time, with excellent brew's. Good thing I'm not driving.. Details