My Dad Lloyd writes: Hi all, Here we are in Alaska after getting up at 3:00 a.m. to catch a 7:10 flight to PHX, we are traveling with some friends who retired from AA, We made it through to Anchorage unscathed. They didn’t know about the hoops you have to jump through to get stand-by passes on another …
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Scenes from the Day
My children are chicken-fried nuts. Jacob is chaotic at times, but underneath that boy who’s running around screaming and pretending to be a robot is a very keen mind. Exemplar gratis: we used to own a hammock. It’s strings have long since rotted away, but we did keep the hammock stand, a set of tubes …
Salsa De Cojones
SALSA DE COJONES 7 or 8 roma tomatoes 2 jalapeno peppers 1 small yellow onion 1 head cilantro ¼ cup apple cider vinegar (approximate) salt and pepper ½ t. chili powder oil for tossing vegetables blender half-sheet pan parchment paper a large bowl line the half-sheet pan with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 400 …
New Photos
I’ve added some photos from May, June, and July, including a picture of the cocoonie as Jacob calls it. May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 This set contains the cocoonie, stylishly disguised as a sumo outfit.
Cocooning.
Jacob’s been a little bit odd lately. I’m not sure what it is, but he’s had a moment of either sheer brilliance or lunacy. Laureen found a dress at the thrift store which essentially looks like a shift. It’s copper colored, sleveless, etc. Jacob likes to get in through the neck hole and work his …
Little Things
Many of you know that we’ve been trying to streamline/straighten/work out our finances and other money situations for a while now. Today was a watershed day, but only in the sense that water on the roof of a shed might cave it in. We’ve been working getting insurance for a while, and for some reason, …
Exponential Laundry
I understand that clean clothes are necessary in today’s civilized world, but it’s strange how much laundry has evolved. When you’re a kid, the clothes appear magically in your dresser. Sometimes you get dirt on your favorite shirt, and you cry, so your mom takes the shirt and magically replaces it with a clean one! …
20 years, 20 thoughts
In honor of attending my 20th high school reunion, here’s 20 thoughts on high school. 20. Yes, I put the APATHY acrostic in the yearbook on purpose. 19. Yes, I was ready to be slapped by the former yearbook editor. 18. Yes, it would have been worth it. 17. There is a large part of …
Is it okay if I don’t care about Michael Jackson’s death?
One of the problems in today’s society is that with twitter, facebook, and everything else, news events get sent through the echo chamber many more times than before. It used to be that you’d see something on TV, or you’d read about it in the paper, but today, arguably 90% of the facebook updates that …
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Under Where?
I’m starting to think the time you feel most out of sorts is when you’re wearing underwear that doesn’t work for you. It’s either that it’s too small, or too big, or it bunches up, or… This is coming from a guy. I only have one undergarment. I have a hard time imagining the struggles …