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Caleb's room is now painted (at least the 1st coat). I'll post a pic of the "periwinkle blue" room when the second coat is dry and the decorations are up. Only 7 weeks until his due date... how time has flown since my first baby post! We're both really excited now... antenatal classes are mid-way (and very interesting), we've had two 3D scans (and seen our baby smile before he's even born... a good omen :-) and are starting to prepare for a hospital rush. I'm a "little" overprotective at the moment... last night we drove home from church in separate cars, me following, and some idiot came roaring up behind Clair going far too fast - I was tempted to cut in front of "him" to stop him tailgateing her :)

Tosh Meston posted an article about Ray Kurzweil's [aside: really cool Flash site] visit to MS and lecture, which apparently "echoed themes from his latest book" The Age of Spiritual Machines. A book which is already on my favourites wishlist (see the link to the right, and remember my birthday is approaching :-)

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