John and Christine are in Mexico for a wedding this weekend. Back in February, when John asked me to be Godfather, he nonchalantly asked if we’d be willing to babysit Jack over the Memorial Day weekend. I said yes without hesistation.
A week later John asked, “Are you sure you guys are willing to [...]

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Elise and I had dinner at PF Chang’s last night to celebrate our neighbors’ daughter’s high school graduation. We ate at the PFC on Jollyville Road six or seven years ago and I remember the Lettuce Wraps. We thought they were good so I made my own a few days later. They [...]

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Many, many years ago, back in a time that we referred to as “The Nineties”, I lived in an apartment complex that was affectionately referred to as “The Method“.
Some of my closest friendships are biproducts of the days at The Method. We threw footballs to each other from the third floor of [...]

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I ran over to the Bicycle Sport Shop and picked up my mountain bike on Friday evening. I’m yet to ride it - that’s on the agenda for this evening. After washing the truck I sat down to watch “Saw” again. Elise came home from work midway through the movie and I [...]

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Aside from the $100/month pricetag, I knew there was a good reason we that we don’t subscribe to Time Warner’s digital cable.
I have a tendency to get a little trigger happy on eBay.
“But we need a Mork and Mindy talking toilet paper dispenser.”
I remember many years back, back in my college days and shortly after [...]

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I had a weird feeling today - that something significant happened a year ago on this date.
Since then my worklife has done a 180 and been kicked into high gear. Aside from the headaches I can say that I’m happy with my job. A little over year ago I wasn’t as happy with [...]

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John and Christine did a little house shopping on Saturday. Elise and I babysat Jack. Shortly after John and Christine left our house, Elise put Jack down for a nap. Shortly after that, Elise had to go to work. Your humble narrator and Jack were home alone. About an hour [...]

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Riley is our 5-year-old orange tabby/manx/rottweiler mix. He has special taste buds.
Orange Jell-O
Miller Lite
Corn
Blended scotch whiskey
Oranges
Kalamata olives
Fennel
Black beans

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I saw the end of a commercial for the new Dodge Charger this evening. Why can’t they just sell the damn concept car?!?!

“Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”
[Concept car]

“I’m on the way to Hobby Lobby to pick up party favors for my scrapbooking party”
[Consumer model]

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Bad logo: If Michael Jackson opened a children’s clinic.
Bad name: The first Grand Dragoness.

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