http://www.bionicteutonic.com The life and times of Andreas Fetz Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:44:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Wednesday, my wife and I had a little baby boy. Octavian Orion Fetz Stallings (tavi for short) was born at 4:41pm and weighed 8lbs 7oz. He was breech during the entire pregnancy so we ended up having to do a planned cesarean at Swedish hospital, but it went smoothly ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/11/30/octavian-orion-fetz-stallings/ I finally went to a Seattle Sounders game this past week with a couple of friends. I've been a big soccer fan most of my life. I played all up until college and I still obsessively watch highlights and games from the European leagues, but I will admit I've sort ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/10/31/soccer-is-an-actual-sport-in-seattle/ Ariel and I went to a PEPS orientation last night. For those of you unfamiliar, PEPS is a parenting group where you get together with other new parents (and their children) to talk about the process and challenges, share advice, and talk over what is happening in the first few ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/10/23/peps/ I've been having one of those days where I've been feeling vaguely nostalgic for absolutely nothing in particular. It's just sort of a floating nostalgia. Which is strange, right? One would think that nostalgia would be FOR a specific place or time. It reminds me of synaesthesia, where the senses ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/10/17/floating_nostalgia/ I've become a little obsessed with Rick Steves lately. For those of you who don't know him, he is a locally based travel writer and hosts a TV show that you can find online on Hulu.com. When I got the flu a couple of weeks back, I started watching his ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/10/05/travel-bug/ I've started reading a really interesting book called Pink Brain, Blue Brain about childhood development and gender-based differences. It's kind of a fascinating look at the whole nature vs. nurture thing. It's something I've been thinking about a lot with a son on the way and Ariel's horror at the ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/09/18/boys-vs-girls/ This last weekend, Ariel and I and a bunch of friends went up to Shambhala, a music festival in Canada that in past years has been one of our favorite weekends. I didn't go last year because of work, but was excited to get back. Our friend Dawn got there ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/08/12/bye-bye-shambhala/ Last night Ariel and I tried to go to the Raphael Saddiq show at the Showbox. We haven't been going out the last few years much. I usually find myself fairly uninterested in clubs or bars these days, but both Ariel and I are big Saddiq fans, so we decided ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/03/06/fail/ I just finished the final weekend of my teacher training. Well, almost. We still have a retreat we need to do to finish our hours, but we had our final test yesterday and - no more homework! It was an amazing experience and I'm both sad and happy to be ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/02/09/teacher-training-done-almost/ I just finished a book I really enjoyed and thought I would share. Not sure everbody would like it as much as I did, but it combines two of my favorite things: travel and history. It's written by a Polish journalist with the awesome name of Ryszard Kapuscinski. The book ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2009/01/06/good-book/