Author: Tony Tam
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push ups: 2,000 in 24 hours reached (archive from 2005)
Archived from the Wayback machine of my Yahoo! 360 blog I’ve hurt my foot recently and have not been able to run for a while. So I’ve started shooting for the 2,000 mark in push ups. 1,500 was reached on May 10th, 1,000 was reached April 22nd, 500 was reached March 02 Push up Log…
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Kate: the 2nd year: Languages
First I would like to thank craigslist for helping us find all of our French and Japanese babysitters. Kate is blessed with the gift of language early in her life. Angie and I both speak Mandarin at home, and so Kate’s mother tongue is Mandarin. When she was 1 years old, we hired a babysitter…
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Kate: the first year: diet
Angie took the red pill: She started reading the Super Baby Food book and she decided that we will be making all of Kate’s food ourselves. I was lazy and didn’t read the book but the basic principle was that you want lots of colors in the food you give your baby. There are about…
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My heroes
Sam – for his positive attitude towards life. Always looking at the funny side of things. For his love of bicycling and exercise. For his dedication to his family Dennis Yu – For his obvious love and passion of running. His love of the science behind running Dean Karnazes – his book inspired me to…
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Juliette Binoche: you can’t go wrong with her movies
I saw the 1992 movie Damage by Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons, about a man who becomes romantically and obsessively involved with his son’s fiancee. The ending was not good for both of them of course. I guess movies have to teach moral lessons. In real life does infidelty really end up so tragically and…
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Kate: the first year: Night time potty training and reading
I’ve gotten a few questions about how we handled the night time potty training. It’s going to get crazier. Kate has always been a good sleeper, she goes to bed at around 6:00pm and doesn’t wake up until the next morning at 6 or 7am. Every evening at around 10:00pm, I would go into her…
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Kate: the first year: Elimination/potty training
Kate is 4 years old now, I’m ready to finally share with the world about how Angie and I decided to raise her. Our choices and methods are extreme and it caused us a lot of isolation with other parents, but it was all worth it. When Kate was 3 month old, Angie and I…
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Kate: having fun traveling
It was not an easy trip for her. Jet lag, grumpy parents, long walks during metro transfer, parents who want to walk thru Amsterdam without a stroller.. but I think she had a blast eating her way thru both Paris and Amsterdam.
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Last night in Paris
Hobbled on a bad foot over to the Eifel Tower, had a crepe, stood in the rain and soaked up Paris. Then walked along the Seine to Place de Concord, and watched Star Wars. hee, wonderful end to the vacation Hobble Log: 3 miles
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Travel: Why I belong in Amsterdam
My new favorite city to live is now Amsterdam Everyone rides their bicycles here, the ratio is close to 1-to-1 I can almost run as fast as bikes so I can be in the bike lanes most of the time running. I scared this dad riding his daughter today when I chased him The city…