21 Aug
Look, Everybody, Colleen has documented her adventures hanging out outside of JTCC this morning/afternoon trying to catch a glimpse of Senator Obama! Here’s a cell phone photo of the campaign bus as it’s leaving the campus; If you were actually there, you could see the Senator waving from the window:
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19 Aug
I really don’t have much of anything to share with the world today, though it’s been a couple of days since I posted anything (other than a few tweets), so, here’s something. After last week’s constant “run the kid to camp every day” activities, which, among other things, proved that even a six year old […]
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14 Aug
Happy Birthday, Catherine! Congratulations on making it to your first birthday, and not keeling over in embarassment from a dad who posts pictures like this one on the internet to commemorate the occasion! Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure Mommy will put up something more flattering later.
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11 Aug
I was kind of worried that my outdoorsman muscles had atrophied somewhat, since it had been some time since I’d been camping regularly, but the skills honed through many years of Scouting (where I hit a peak average of an outing every eight weeks or so some time in my mid-teens) came back without a […]
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25 Jul
Been a quiet week; few token (but still pretty nice) posts, lots of rain, most of it over a few hours on Wednesday. Here’s hoping it’s a quiet weekend as well. Here are the first ten tunes my Sansa spat out this morning: “Afterglow” – Genesis “Neighborhood #2 (Laika)” – Arcade Fire “Never Said” – […]
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22 Jul
Yeah, you’ll pretty much have to click this. You know you want to. Trust me. You will enjoy it as much as the baby enjoyed the guacamole. Then you’ll want to click here for the high-resolution still image
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18 Jul
As of today, Colleen and I have been married for ten years. I wish I could come up with something clever to mark the occasion, but honestly, I’m a little overwhelmed* by the milestone. We’ve had a good run so far; sure, there’ve been a few bumps, but we manage to get past them and […]
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27 Jun
Then talk about it: “I Was Married” – Tegan and Sara “Turn It On Again” – Genesis “Wind It Up” (live) – Barenaked Ladies “The Well and The Lighthouse” – Arcade Fire “I’m So Tired” – The Beatles “Change Is Hard” – She & Him “Swan Swan H” – REM “Lay It Down Clown” – […]
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