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We’re Going to Europe and I Made a Mix (That You Can Download)

Posted on 09/10/2018

in response to ‘the atlantic’: five ways to be part of the solution to little rock’s segregation problem

Posted on 04/28/2016

swamp bound: download my new orleans mix, ‘I ❤ NOLA’

Posted on 03/23/2015

our little olive turns 5

Posted on 11/21/2013

teaching my kids not to be thankful for jesus’ death

Posted on 01/11/2013

a 4-year old olive

Posted on 11/21/2012

so, my kids are socialists: the story of a bad king and queen

Posted on 08/10/2012

max 2.0

Posted on 06/08/2012

how then should we respond to violence?: a few thoughts on the thayer street shootings

Posted on 05/22/2012

lucy lu turns 5: a look back at the photos

Posted on 05/18/2012

3 years down: our little olive gets a little bigger

Posted on 11/21/2011

education animated: reflections on divergent thinking, ADHD & the victimization of the arts

Posted on 09/20/2011

how i learned to not laugh at the moms who cry on their child’s first day of kindergarten

Posted on 08/09/2011

(re)living in the 90s: download 2 new mixes for the road

Posted on 06/14/2011

a (first) birthday note to max

Posted on 06/08/2011

a birthday note to lucy

Posted on 05/18/2011

download my latest mix, ‘lullabies: a musical guide to putting your kids to sleep & retaining your musical dignity’

Posted on 03/14/2011

one year later: in memory of rob toon

Posted on 02/13/2011

snowblogging: photos from snowpocalypse 2011

Posted on 01/11/2011

help us throw a christmas party under the broadway bridge

Posted on 12/22/2010

ivy retardation: why our educational ladder leads to a dead end

Posted on 12/10/2010

download my latest mix: ‘christmas music for people who don’t like christmas music’

Posted on 12/03/2010

from the babybyrds blog: it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas…so be jesus.

Posted on 11/23/2010

a 2-year old olive

Posted on 11/21/2010

photoblogging: a vacation retrospective

Posted on 09/24/2010

i’m 30! what now?

Posted on 09/22/2010

beach blogging: in memory of the mitch

Posted on 09/16/2010

life’s a beach: a new mix to help you escape

Posted on 09/15/2010

creepy jacky, trust issues and horse bbq: a few words from the babybyrds blog

Posted on 09/13/2010

meet kevin, the other max in my life -OR- a brief ryan byrd music history

Posted on 08/24/2010

the tweet heard ’round the world: a few words about segregation and educational options

Posted on 08/23/2010

why we should stop letting black people live in the quapaw quarter

Posted on 08/16/2010

long on diagnosis, short on cure: remembering rob with don chaffer

Posted on 07/22/2010

i’m rubber, you’re glue: letting go of the negative

Posted on 07/21/2010

counting sheep: one more thought about guns, fear and becoming a sheep

Posted on 07/16/2010

more sheepishness: a few thoughts about our culture of fear

Posted on 07/14/2010

feeling sheepish: a few thoughts about concealed weapons in church

Posted on 07/12/2010

one month down: new pictures of max

Posted on 07/07/2010

so i’m the dude who crashed little rock family’s mommy blogger story

Posted on 06/29/2010

of max and men: teaching a boy to be a man

Posted on 06/12/2010

the new baby byrd has arrived: first pictures of max

Posted on 06/09/2010

pre-max: a lucy and olive photo retrospective

Posted on 06/07/2010

loving your enemies: a few words on criticism by don miller

Posted on 05/26/2010

baby watch 2010: lucy lu turns 3 and a free max mix

Posted on 05/18/2010

surprise! i blogged! -OR- looking for blog suggestions

Posted on 03/26/2010

download rob’s memorial playlist & videos

Posted on 02/23/2010

information about rob’s memorial service

Posted on 02/19/2010

the good, the bad & the space between: in memory of rob toon

Posted on 02/13/2010

a final farewell from Fat Ryan -OR- my plan to lose the equivalent of a 10-yr old

Posted on 01/23/2010

an advent reflection: in anticipation of life (and death)

Posted on 12/22/2009

our sweet little olive turns 1

Posted on 11/21/2009

pulaski academy, marching bands & the new racism

Posted on 11/13/2009

a little byrdy told me about a place called etsy

Posted on 09/28/2009

to the dave ramsey disciples: beware of moths and rust

Posted on 08/07/2009

my piece in little rock soirée: a day in little rock

Posted on 07/30/2009

father’s day pictures

Posted on 06/21/2009

father’s day thoughts: count your blessings…or curses…

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lucy and olive hit the pool

Posted on 06/10/2009

a quick pic of lucy lu

Posted on 05/29/2009

to lucy: birthday two

Posted on 05/18/2009

our [not-so-new] new house

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the common

Posted on 05/16/2009

my two moms

Posted on 05/10/2009

an olive update

Posted on 04/01/2009

facebook promotes sibling love

Posted on 03/17/2009

new pics of olive

Posted on 12/29/2008

merry christmas from olive

Posted on 12/24/2008

WARNING: gratuitous proud poop pictures ahead. :)

Posted on 12/22/2008

happy birthday, olive!

Posted on 12/21/2008

oh! christmas tree

Posted on 12/12/2008

more goodness from tony campolo: power vs. authority

Posted on 12/11/2008

a quick olive pic from the iphone

Posted on 12/07/2008

new olive pics!

Posted on 12/02/2008

olive’s first (real) trip out of the house

Posted on 11/30/2008

babybyrds.com updated!

Posted on 11/26/2008

more pics of olive: day 5 (already!)

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a quick pic from olive’s first night home

Posted on 11/22/2008

notes on an olive

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come see the olive

Posted on 11/21/2008

gone in 60 seconds: the story of olive grace

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scratch that last post…

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olives available next tuesday…

Posted on 11/20/2008

hell freezes: my wife’s a blogger!

Posted on 11/16/2008

babybyrds.com!

Posted on 11/15/2008

lucy lu: sans parents

Posted on 11/08/2008

baby byrd #2: very close…

Posted on 11/05/2008

why i can’t not vote for obama: a manifesto of hope

Posted on 10/30/2008

lucy lu @ the pumpkin patch

Posted on 10/28/2008

who knew ’73 was so fancy?

Posted on 10/27/2008

stay classy, g.i. joe

Posted on 10/25/2008

little rock: come here and you will die

Posted on 10/21/2008

healthy, wealthy…and wise?

Posted on 10/04/2008

the most profound mystery

Posted on 09/12/2008

5 years

Posted on 08/17/2008

lucy in technicolor

Posted on 08/12/2008

paducah: a retrospective (cue flowery music…)

Posted on 08/10/2008

lucy lu

Posted on 08/04/2008

springfield and me, the giddy obama stalker

Posted on 07/30/2008

honeysuckles in branson

Posted on 07/26/2008

marriage in reality: <i>to christen</i>

Posted on 07/24/2008

lucy the camera hog

Posted on 07/12/2008

alien girl found in woman’s womb…

Posted on 07/09/2008

our summer vacation is in minden, louisiana…seriously…

Posted on 07/05/2008

lucy lu

Posted on 06/27/2008

smoke in the air

Posted on 06/15/2008

lucy

Posted on 06/11/2008