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  • Back. And tired, tired, tired.

    Back. And tired, tired, tired.

    We are back–and no we didn’t listen to Jackson Browne. Sorry. We don’t have any of Jackson Browne’s CDs. Co-adult says there are some he’d like to get but I have to admit I’m not very familiar with Browne’s music. Need to get an USB cable for the camera I was using the first couple…

  • Immune System is Appreciated by Boy

    H.o.p.: I want pot stickers. Me: Well maybe we can have some later. H.o.p. (pulling yogurt from the frig): But first let me have a little dairy product. When he got over his cold/flu/whatever it was we had that was so long term noxious, he thanked his “immune system”. Literally, he profusely thanked his immune…

  • The 2nd wave of uh-oh it’s animals in my food hits H.o.p. Briefly.

    H.o.p.: Guess what! Daddy told me there are pigs in pot stickers. Me (framing an old pic): Yes, there are. You didn’t realize that? H.o.p.: Well, I would like to keep the pigs safe. Me: H.o.p., you do know the beef you eat comes from cows. H.o.p. (after a split second’s consideration): Well, you know…

  • And they’re off! (Nearly)

    We’re toast here. On the homestretch of prepping for nearly a couple weeks worth of down time that will be lots of driving as we hate airplanes and like the road. Having stopped fooling myself that eight-year-olds can appreciate scenery I’ve been stocking fodder for the portable DVD player…plus we’re passing through Texas. Twice.

  • Police Like to Tase at UCLA

    What to do when a student doesn’t pull out his ID? Why, tase them of course. What do you do while the student is lying on the floor screaming in that way that tasing seems to make people scream and howl and doesn’t leap to their feet like you want them to do? Why, you…

  • H.o.p. asks "What's your most embarrassing moment"

    H.o.p. is wanting to know things like “What’s your most embarrassing moment” and by this he means two or three dozen. As my whole life is an embarrassment I was unable to make a selection. But the co-adult is less tragic and does have a segment that he has always related as “most embarrassing”. He…

  • The Most Startling Movie of the Century!!!

    “The eternal wonders of space and time, the far away dreams and mysteries of other worlds, other life, the stars, the planets. Man has been face to face with this for centuries and barely able to penetrate the unknown secrets. Some time, some way, the secrets will be pierced. Why must we wait? Why not…

  • Taliesin West – Pool, Rabbit, Woman

    Taliesin West – Pool, Rabbit, Woman

    Taliesin West – Pool, Rabbit, Woman Light box enlargement

  • Yuck! Yuck, yuck, yuck!

    One thing this apartment has been fairly good about is a lack of bugs, which I appreciate. Sure, during the summer months there’s always one big ol’ waterbug sighted scrambling across the kitchen floor to scurry back outside under the door, and about three or four times a year, after it rains, ants suddenly flow…

  • Palm Trees and Cactus, Cactus Gates

    Palm Trees and Cactus, Cactus Gates

    Palm Trees and Cactus, Cactus Gates, Scottsdale, Arizona Light box

  • Oops…thar she blows!

    Here I have in my Netflix-borrowing hands a DVD of “Cat Women of the Moon”, which far surpasses any expectations I had for it, and I’d planned to blog my giddy, glorious wonder of this film on Friday. But then I opened up the Bloglines and what met my eyes but Pharyngula’s “Demand higher standards…

  • Travelers Motel, Georgia

    Travelers Motel, Georgia

    Travelers Motel, Georgia View On White

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