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As the ground thaws...

slhilbert@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:40:00 GMT

Purhaps my non-posting of the blog will thaw too. Though I doubt it.

Merry Christmas

slhilbert@gmail.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:52:00 GMT

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good.... OH MY, WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS?

Top 10 Movies of the 2000s so far

slhilbert@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:22:53 GMT

We got together with some friends and started talking movies and decided to make a list of the top 10 movies that we could agree upon over the last decade. The key here is agree upon. The idea of this list is something we can hand our children and say you should watch these. There are a few movies I would have liked to seen on the list but in the end I think we did a pretty good job. In no particular order.

Amelie
Lord of the Rings (All Movies)
Casino Royale
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Borne Identity
Shrek
The Incredibles
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone.

New Intro to Getyourowntots.com

slhilbert@gmail.com — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:39:00 GMT

Thinking if I replace the Alaska references with Indiana and the Polar Bear with a Cow then this video pretty much describes my website.

Hard Drive Just Crashed

slhilbert@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:01:00 GMT

My hard drive just crashed. But I got a BAG OF CRAP just now from Woot.com!

August 2009 Media Update

slhilbert@gmail.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:43:48 GMT

Another fun August. Especially fun this time was that Annie didn't have to go back to work but instead gets to stay home with Sebastian and I. This has been a big blessing on our family indeed as I get to see both of them throughout the day.

Sebastian is getting bigger and bigger and is definitely getting his own little personality. I try to make him laugh out loud every day. So far, I think I am pretty close as he loves to smile and giggle.

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Thoughts on Healh Care Reform

slhilbert@gmail.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:50:52 GMT

Here is a long email I wrote to my mother-in-law regarding my thoughts on health care reform. I am for what campaign Obama said, when he talked about using a scalpel. I think health care reform is best done slowly and deliberately to make a real change.

1. Putting caps on medical malpractice lawsuits. Currently a person can sue a doctor for as much money as they want. This sort of practice has caused the doctors to have to purchase incredibly expensive insurance which they then past the cost on to us. As far as I can tell, no one is really against this piece, they just say it doesn't go far enough.
2. Allow citizens to buy insurance across state lines. currently you can only buy insurance in your particular state, you can't buy it from another state. By tearing down this restriction you immediately make insurance way more competitive (which is what the public option is suppose to do). The democrats are against this because they say that everyone will immediately go to the cheapest, easiest insurance to get and basically drive all other insurance companies out of business.It seems to me that is what we want to happen, except that the other insurance companies aren't going to go out of business, they are going to start pricing their product competitively. This makes sense to me, and I haven't heard a good reason yet, why it wouldn't drive down prices.
3. Former Senator Bob Dole has been working on reconciliation between the Democrats and Republicans on health insurance reform. Trying to forge a plan that both sides can agree to. One aspect of this plan he is working on is for the government to setup a list of bench marks that they would like insurance to meet in the next five years. Such as lower cost, mandatory acceptance without preconditions, etc. The idea is that if the government were to step into health insurance it would take at least 5 years to be fully operational. At least this way they give the insurance companies the ability to fix their issues and if in 5 years they haven't the U.S. government steps in with a public option. When this was mentioned on "This Week", the democratic congresswoman on the show said, "I am tired of waiting, the industry hasn't cleaned itself up and we can't wait five more years". I think this sort of attitude is prevalent throughout our society, which is I want it and I want it now, no matter what the cost. Hasn't this sort of attitude led to the credit crisis, the mortgage crisis, etc, etc?

Photo and Video Update for July

slhilbert@gmail.com — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:33:34 GMT

Today I believe I was baptized into fatherhood by Sebastian. I had just finished feeding him his rice cereal and picked him up over my head to tell him what a great job he did. He took that opportunity to spit up all of his cereal and milk all over my face. Luckily I saw this avalanche of gross coming and was able to turn my head before any got in my mouth.

Anyway, pictures and videos are over the last few weeks. Some of the pictures are from our vacation to Fripp Island, SC. Others are going to the county fair. And others are just little pictures of Sebastian. Enjoy!

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This Boy is SooooooOOOOOooooo CUTE!

slhilbert@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:46:04 GMT

Annie’s mom, Gwen, took this picture of Sebastian. So cute!

Things are going well here at the Hilbert House. We are trying to get Sebastian to sleep through the night. It has been hard but I think we are starting to feel like we are making progress. We have had a great summer so far and are looking forward to the fall.

Facebook Fail

slhilbert@gmail.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:14:57 GMT

I tried to sign Sebastian, my infant son, up for Facebook so I can tag him in pictures. Here is the message I got. It seems like Facebook is a bit of a hypocrite.

Stuart's Blog-O-Matic

As the ground thaws...

Merry Christmas

Top 10 Movies of the 2000s so far

Amelie

Lord of the Rings (All Movies)

Casino Royale

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Borne Identity

Shrek

The Incredibles

Gladiator

Pirates of the Caribbean