http://randomfodder.com . . . in a bag in the trunk of my car. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:15:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sebastian played his second and last tournament of the year as his team wrapped up the hockey season during the first week of March. Though Sebastian did not get any goals this time around, he did have one great breakaway and did a great job on defense and as goalie. Against ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/03/12/sebastian-fire-on-ice/ Sebastian and his hockey team played their first tournament in Camillus' Shove Park on Sunday, February 22. All the kids were quite excited to be participating. The Midstate team started out with a warm-up skate followed by a pizza party. After that, they hit the ice for four back-to-back games against ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/02/27/camillus-hockey-tournament-2009/ Sebastian's hockey team had a chance to play on the Syracuse Crunch's home ice on January 31. After the practice, they headed downstairs for a pizza party and then enjoyed a Syracuse Crunch game that night. Sebastian scored a goal and had another good shot on goal. He played goalie and ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/02/05/crunch-practice/ After a few months of doing "all right" in respect to my dad's death, I just had a bout of missing him tremendously. My dad loved music, and back in the day (late-70s through the mid-80s) he listened to a lot of what we now call "classic rock". It wasn't ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/01/29/missing-dad/ Sebastian's hockey team played their first "game" against the neighboring Camillus Cougars. I put the word game in quotes because there weren't referees or even face offs after every goal. The Midstate teams did well against the Cougars, allowing just a couple goals and scoring plenty. Sebastian scored two goals on ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/01/19/sebastians-1st-hockey-game/ Sebastian continues to go to physical therapy twice a week to build strength in his legs and ankles and also to improve his balance, all of which are good but below where they were before he went to the hospital for 10 days due to transverse myelitis. On January 10, Sebastian ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/01/17/sebastian-returns-to-hockey/ 2008 has come and gone, and 2009 brings with it a new set of 43 Things to do. How did I do this past year?: 7 goals (16%) were completed successfully. 8 goals (19%) were abandoned. 28 goals (65%) will be carried over for 2008. What goals have I chosen for 2009? 28 goals ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2009/01/02/43-things-2009/ On Friday, December 12, Sebastian seemed perfectly fine. He complained about both his feet falling asleep in the morning when he woke up, which seemed like no big deal at the time. The following morning at hockey practice, Sebastian complained about his shins hurting and was falling down on the ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2008/12/23/sebastians-10-day-hospital-visit/ Sebastian put a lot of offensive effort into his second year of soccer. He didn't get any goals his first year, but his coach could tell that this year would be his breakout year. He was right! Sebastian scored many goals this year and really helped his team out. During one ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2008/11/27/sebastians-soccer-goals-2008/ Since today is Veterans' Day, Sebastian has the day off of school. Last night as we were discussing plans for today, Sebastian overheard us discussing the vacation day. That's when he asked the classic question: "Why do we have school off for Veterinarians' Day?" So we had a good laugh, explained to ... http://randomfodder.com/archives/2008/11/11/holidays-and-traffic-signs/