I was recently castigated for not posting enough cute baby pictures here. Hopefully that will assuage my critics for the time being. The girl’s just…
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I was recently castigated for not posting enough cute baby pictures here. Hopefully that will assuage my critics for the time being. The girl’s just…
So my parents want to come visit for the girl’s first birthday. That’s cool. Her first birthday falls on Samedi Gras — the Saturday before…
The recent news from the North Shore, about an initiation into the Ku Klux Klan that turned into murder, holds a certain sick fascination for…
We worked a little magic in Mid-City today. We gathered on the banks of Bayou St. John and collectively welcomed a new person into our…
Here’s the full-on Crown Royal costume in all its glory. I drilled two tiny holes through a Crown Royal cap to make her crown. Two…
My cousin Leslie and her family in Houston went to Austin for a wedding around the time of Ike; they are still waiting for power…
Me: Yeah, she’s pretty good-natured, pretty happy, but she’s been teething this past week, so she’s been a little fussier than usual. Relative #1: That…
I’ve been catching up with various friends and relations here in Bloomington. Met up with some roxlysters. Met up with Laura Dedelow, a fellow Gustavacuee.…
Just wrapped up a four-night visit with the in-laws. (Actually they left town yesterday morning.) What to say? They read this blog, so of course…
I was playing with the girl yesterday, and I asked her some silly question I don’t even remember now. Then I answered my own question,…
I’ve managed to stretch my first Father’s Day into a whole weekend. It started Friday night and with any luck I’ll still be celebrating Monday…
When I first heard about flooding in Indiana last week, and saw some pictures of IU students frolicking in the high water in Bloomington, with…
Dad wrote me a nice note and, since I know he reads this blog, I thought I’d answer him here.
We’re just wrapping up a three-night visit from my parents. I put my Dad to work installing brackets for an ambitious shelving project. We installed…
My parents are coming down for a visit, so we are frantically preparing the household for their arrival. Time to put away the illegal drugs…
Workers of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! On this May Day I salute my father-in-law Michael Paxson. He is…
Satan should be her name To me they’re bout the same Ha! Just kidding, Susie. Though I love to tease her with the lyrics to…
Today’s my mom’s 70th birthday. I usually call her on the telephone but I can’t because right now she’s in Cambodia, part of a short-term…
We got the receipt from Tulane University Hospital & Clinic’s Healthcare Payment System. For the record, we racked up $2,484.00 in room charges (two nights’…
I’m not the kind of guy who carries around pictures of his newborn child. But I will post ’em on the net. I can understand…