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  • A One Second Comedy Show

    A One Second Comedy Show

    I was going to post a quote from Alan Watts but then people started farting around me, distracting me from my current sense of purpose. Hop encouraged, “Try it, it gives you more humor.” Pretending ignorance, I said, “What?” H.o.p. said, “Farting!” He blew a fart on his arm and laughed. “See, it’s like a…

  • Ruby Falls

    Ruby Falls

    Portraits of a Young Man in Full Burgeoning Blossom of an Angst Ridden Preteen Who Still Wants to Have An Awesome Time as a Kid But Finds Himself Now Sometimes Also Subdued and Self-Conscious and Simply Dutifully Posing for A Pic Ruby Falls #1 Ruby Falls #2 Ruby Falls #3 Was wild getting out of…

  • Preparations

    Have been getting all our online curriculum/study aid subscriptions up to date, signed up for the zoo classes, and just finished ordering a slew of books. The way we schedule schooling, we’ve always begun immediately after Labor Day as opposed to August. But I’ve started prepping H.o.p. for the idea of returning to his studies.…

  • Something not normally heard

    “Take that, Sydney Opera House!” H.o.p. and Marty are up front playing “Godzilla Unleashed’. I’m writing. I heard H.o.p. say that. It just struck me as one of those things not normally heard–unless you’re in earshot of people playing “Godzilla Unleashed”. Now I hear, “I’m confused already,” and I think yes, that’s a bumper sticker.

  • Use the camera on the iPhone, right?

    H.o.p. picked out for me the best cheese a couple of weeks ago. Was expensive but so good I finished it off in two days. Had never tried this kind before. When done, I threw out the wrapper without thinking to write down the name and now Marty and I are kicking ourselves because we…

  • An Unexpected Gift

    H.o.p., at the Dogwood Festival, had the amazing good fortune to be gifted by an artist with a handcrafted glass globe he’d been admiring. “You like that?” the vendor asked. H.o.p. had been ogling for a while and said he did. The artist boxed the globe and gave it to him.

  • Entertainment for the evening

    H.o.p. and Marty are spending the evening reviewing Hayao Miyazaki films. I’ve no clue what I’m up to. OK. I’m puzzling over the back of the “Seattle’s Best” cup, which reads, “It all began in 1970 on the Seattle waterfront with a desire to create a smoother cup of coffee and an old peanut roaster.”…

  • Not Very Educational Illustration of the Wright Brothers

    H.o.p. was reading a brief bio on the Wright brothers. The illustration for their childhood showed boys playing with blocks and toy cars. Marty says, “Maybe they invented the time machine.” Which was what H.o.p. said.

  • The sky, this Sunday, brought snow

    The sky, this Sunday, brought snow

    View On White This year’s snowfall. Always a rare event in the South. They’re anticipating an accumulation of 1 to 3 inches for us. I don’t think there will be any snowman building for us this year. The flakes are nice and fat coming down, but they are sloshy wet flakes. As soon as they…

  • We’re Going to Need Some Good Music During the Long Walk Back

    Yesterday afternoon I spent quite a long time talking on the phone to an old friend who lives half this continent away while H.o.p. was with Marty touring the Jim Henson exhibit at the Atlanta History Center. She was adamant I bring up NPR on the radio and listen to the concert at the Lincoln…

  • Here you are, a weird thing I learned via Yoga

    How this came about, I don’t know really, and though it works for me it may not work for anyone else, and though it has worked for me now a number of times over the past few months, it may not work for me in the future. But it has worked for me every time…

  • The Silver Grill – Midtown

    The Silver Grill – Midtown

    Are you as profoundly embarrassed by your sister-in-law as Rob is by me? The Silver Grill was not in top form the day before Christmas, except for friendly service. H.o.p. and I liked the booths but some of the accessorizing could go out the door–after all, the restaurant *is* an old diner so it’s not…