I had to list all my business travel to the US for the past year for my H1B Visa application. The travel listed below does not include about 4 trips to Toronto and any trips I made to my parents.

2004

• jul 19-23, Miami, FL
• aug 16-17, Portland, OR
• aug 23-24, Dallas, TX
• sep 13-15, Chicago, IL
• oct 24-29, Milwaukee, WI
• dec 9-11, Madison, WI

2005

• feb 7-10, Jacksonville, FL
• mar 9-10, Peoria, IL
• apr 6-9, Westfield & Sheboygan, WI
• may 11-13, Peoria, IL
• may 16-20, Salt Lake City, UT
• may...

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A little Bumpy update:

So imagine, if you will, that you're looking at the ultrasound screen and the technician is doing her thing checking out bits that you can't quite identify (ie--the placenta) and all of a sudden....there is this little face looking back at you... then it yawns. So amazing. It brought tears to my eyes--that's MY baby and he's yawning (no I don't know if it's a boy--just a pronoun)

32 weeks along and all is well. I had an ultrasound yesterday to check that the...

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As we don't have very good cell phone coverage at our new place and Christine will be spending a lot of time at home with the wee one, we need a landline. I called Telus and after about 10 minutes on hold, I get told that a basic phone line is $29.41/month. That has no features whatsoever.

Or, I could get Vonage and for $19.95/month I get every feature I could ever want. So we are going to give it a try. As soon as I actually get it, I will let you all know the number.

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I do believe I am starting to get the hang of the lower limit tournaments on PokerStars:

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PokerStars Tournament #9663603, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50 18 players Total Prize Pool: $90.00 Tournament started - 2005/07/03 - 23:16:13 (ET)

Dear edalzell,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A $27.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

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