It’s shaping up as something of a tradition in its own right. My birthday has an overt tendency to suck. A quick recap may be…
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It’s shaping up as something of a tradition in its own right. My birthday has an overt tendency to suck. A quick recap may be…
If I haven’t written here as much lately, perhaps it’s because I feel constrained from public discussion of many of the topics which are currently…
There was a little frost outside this morning, but our cold snap seems to be coming to an end. The morning bike ride was chilly…
I’m still trying to catch up to the present. We celebrated Xy’s birthday last Tuesday. Since she was feeling sick and I was run ragged…
When we were out in Oregon there was a story on the news that caught my interest, out of the corner of my eye, about…
I wasn’t feeling quite right. When Xy offered to take our daughter with her on a shopping expedition I assented. It was just starting to…
I found and scanned an old photo from my files. Here’s Brian Jones and I getting into a serious subterranean study session. I’m not sure…
Just in case you thought we were getting too sappy around here. Twelve anti-love songs by B.B. King, The Plastic Cheeses, Moon Cakes, and others.…
Xy and I are celebrating our 16th anniversary today. This might be a good time to revisit our infamous puppet-show wedding. Or if you’re in…
Sometimes it really sucks being married to a public school teacher. Sometimes? Well, pretty much all the time. But sometimes it sucks more than others.…
Last night for the first time ever we left our daughter with a babysitter and had a fun night out on the town. Actually it…
I’d like to take a moment to salute all the teachers of the world who work so hard for our children. You rock! Today is…
Sunday we made a quick jaunt to the beach, kind of a last hurrah for our summer. It seems hard to believe but Xy’s vacation…
Lots of stuff going on lately, and so little time to write. The days slip away uncounted. I can’t stand that. So here are some…
I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but we’ve got a rabbit in the house. I’ve been able to piece together a few clues. Apparently…
Posting’s been a little thin here lately because we were on a two-week vacation, visiting friends and family in Indiana and Tennessee. But I’m back…
Xy’s job hunt is in full force. She had a interview at a nearby elementary school last week. Yesterday I came home for lunch to…
When ROX #85 debuted on the internet, we sent out press releases every which way, and we got quite a bit of coverage, from Time…
Xy is officially looking for work. She’s been teaching over in Algiers for six years, pretty much continuously, with a little interruption for that storm…
This morning Xy unplugged one appliance in the kitchen to plug in the toaster. Unfortunately the cord from the first appliance landed in the second…