There are more videos on my youtube page and I'm uploading pics as often as I can at Kavi's Photo Album

I've uploaded more pics of Kavi to his own personal site. There's not much else there except for a photo album right now. Maybe there will be a blog or wiki someday :-)

Mala and I are so proud to announce the birth of our healthy, happy baby boy!

His name is Kavi Puri Kurup and he was born at 11:28 AM on June 6th, 2007. He is 6lbs, 8.5oz and 19 inches long.

A few more pics. Many more to follow.

Let's also get caught up with my investments. I last updated in May 2006 when I bought STS, JAX, EEI, KEYN and RSC.

At my next quarterly evaluation in August 2006, I sold DSWL at a loss of 16.7% because I had held it for 2 years and it no longer met my criteria for a stock I would want to buy. I bought SYPR and BSET.

In November 2006, I sold SEMI because it reported a negative quarter on top of negative trailing 12 month earnings. I sold it at $3.02, for a 42.8% loss, just a few days before SEMI announced that it was filing for bankruptcy and dropped to $0.28. Sometimes you get lucky. I bought SGC, IAL, FLXS, CULS, PRCP, and PARL.

In February of 2007, I sold KEYN for a 18.9% gain and SYPR for a 22% loss because both reported a negative quarter on top of 12 month negative earnings. I sold SRT for a 16.2% loss because it was such a small portion of my portfolio and it didn't meet my buy criteria. I sold COBR for a 23.9% gain and PATK for a 16.7% gain because I'd held both for 2 years, but they no longer met my buy criteria. I bought AIRT, HDNG, AWX, CAV, and JCTCF.

In April/May 2007, IAL got bought out for a 16.8% gain and BL got bought out for a 11.0% gain. I sold JCS for a 21.4% gain because they had fallen behind multiple quarters in their filings. I bought PMRY, POP and HOOK. POP dropped about 40% on the day that I bought it. Sometimes you get unlucky.

Here's how the rest of my portfolio is doing as of May 31st, 2007.

Attention Wisconsin Family Members:

Midwest Airlines is restarting direct flights from Milwaukee to Raleigh-Durham.

Once again, I've fallen behind on my life updates, so let's get caught up.

• Mala's pregnancy is going well, at least from the husband's point of view. She's due June 15th.
• We drove to Orlando for my CME conference because Delta cancelled our flight. It turned out to be a nice thing because we got to see Puja, Ethan and Loki on the way down and we got to stop in Charleston, SC on the way back.
• Not to be outdone by Delta, Northwest cancelled my flight to Minneapolis. For those scoring at home, that's 2 consecutive flights cancelled due to "weather"
• Our job search came down to the wire and, in a difficult decision, we chose North Carolina. I'll be working as a hospitalist at Durham Regional Hospital (associated with Duke University) and Mala will be at the University of North Carolina.
• We went to Baltimore for Mala's 10 year Hopkins Reunion. I got to see the campus where Mala went to college and we even took in a lacrosse game.
• My brother Manu started to blog. Yes, this is a thinly veiled jab to get him to update again.
• Puja and Farah threw a wonderful little baby shower for us. It was a lot of fun (yes, I just said that a baby shower was a lot of fun)
• I just got back from a quick trip to North Carolina to find an apartment. We'll be staying at a place called Southpoint Village, assuming that it gets built in time. Everyone please cross your fingers.
• My parents have moved to Dallas, TX, which means that the house I grew up with will be sold. It didn't hit me until just now, but I'll probably never see the inside of that house again.
• We're both beginning to wind down at our current jobs. Mala's fellowship ends in June and my last day is July 10th. We'll move to NC at some point after that.
• They finally turned the A/C on in the building here, which is really nice when the weather is 90+ and your wife is pregnant :)