The grocery stores, I’m sure, are stocking up on bread and milk.
We have the pleasure of telling my cousin, who’s moving here from Southern California, about this lovely tradition.
Heh. Heh.
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My Confucius thought for the day
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Banking. Financial Services. Automobiles. Etc. Etc. Free market doesn’t equal government handouts.
Inspired words
Writing evokes emotion in different ways for different people. As someone who has spent a great deal of his life in the writing arts, I’ve developed a great appreciation for skilled writers. Perhaps that’s one reason I married my wife.
Leonard Pitts, the teacher and Miami Herald columnist is making an appearance in town and I’m [...]
I’m going to need another job
Before going to bed tonight, Camille - our 7-year-old - gave me her Christmas list:
“I want another set of Littlest Pet Shop toys. I think I also want a diamond ring. Maybe a half carat.”
Daddy matters
Camille has been one who wants Mommy when she’s not feeling well. But tonight, she asked for a little Daddy time.
Susan and I generally take turns putting the kids to bed. We had been lying down with both of them, but Abby’s finally grown out of it. Camille still requires one of us to lie [...]
Mass. Appeal
Social studies. History, geography, physics, etc.
Abby brought home what I think is a fun project. She gets three weeks to do a report on a state. She was given Massachusetts. Being from the Northeast and having spent about three years of my life living in New England (and covering the Boston Red Sox and New [...]
Sick little ones always get me down
When Abby gets sick, you know it. For a kid who has no trouble smiling, you can’t get one out of her for love nor money when she’s not well.
When we packed her up to send her off to her after-school program (teacher work day), we knew she didn’t feel well - a stuffy head. [...]
Politics overload
Political stuff that struck a chord with me today:
FiveThirtyEight’s electoral project. It’s mission: “Most broadly, to accumulate and analyze polling and political data in way that is informed, accurate and attractive. Most narrowly, to give you the best possible objective assessment of the likely outcome of upcoming elections.”
On SNL, Fred’s Map/Fix It!
Opie stumps.
See more Ron [...]
A Wii bit o’ news
I guess we can blame it on the babysitter.
This summer, the kids spent some time with one of our neighbors, a teenager who helped us out during the weeks the kids weren’t in camp. That fact that she lived two houses away from us - and had a car - was perfect. Not only that, [...]
Are you a stud at Scrabble?
I love to play it. But I don’t think I want to make the kind of investment in it that some bidders are contemplating on eBay right now.
Now if you want to buy it for us for Christmas…
Ever heard of a bruised growth plate?
It’s what happens when a 10-year-old sticks her foot in between another 10-year-old’s foot and a soccer ball.
Abby’s fine and the limping has finally stopped after a week. Now, she’s getting a cold.
Don’t you just love the fall?
