“I just realized that Maly won’t be able to sneak out of her window when she gets to that ’sneaking out at night age’.”
“How’s that?”
“Her entire window is covered with a huge solar screen. It would be too difficult for her to remove it and sneak out through her window.”
“Well then she’ll just sneak [...]
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Life’s been difficult as of late. This time of downtroddenness was spurred on Father’s Day when I stepped on a scale for the first time in many many months. I weigh more now than I have ever weighed in my life. This weight increase is not from newly acquired solid muscle mass - It’s more [...]
There was a major accident on 71 this morning just west of Hamilton Pool road involving two 18-wheelers and a car. I didn’t see a car.
My normal 1 hour commute to work took 2 hours. I don’t like the commute. It’s a dangerous route marked with fluorescent spray paint.
Dear Maly,
You turned two months old this week. We stare at you constantly and note how much you’ve grown. Caught up in the bewilderment that is you, I know your mom and I will not take notice of how old we will have become until it’s too late.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently [...]
Elise, Maly and I woke up early Sunday and headed out to cheer our friend Jenny as she completed the 2006 Danskin Triathlon. We were running late and trying to hurry. The finish line was 3 miles from where we parked, it was 98 degrees outside and we were walking against traffic. [...]
Watch what happens when you skewer four Mentos on a paperclip and rig them to drop into a 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke after having set the chemical reaction to spew out of a 1/8-inch hole.
“What the hell is this?”
“Poop.”
“How did it get down here on the carpet?”
“She shot it out of her ass.”
“Oooooh.”
Continue reading " Monday morning conversations used to be so different "
Elise’s longtime friend, Heather and her four-year-old daughter, Juliet made their annual trip to Austin from Des Moines last week. I was outnumbered by females and soon realized that one day my own daughter will be old enough to be reasoned with. She will say things like, “No. No. No. No. NooooOOOOO!” and be [...]
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