The Things They’ll Do to Children
Michelle Singing from Lone Locust Productions on Vimeo. Kids and Karaoke don’t mix! Apparently this is what they get up to in Taiwan when I’m not around. Well, better while I’m not around.
Kids
Last Day of (Private) School
Yesterday was the last day of school for the kids, which I’m finding an oddly bittersweet affair. The fact is, it wasn’t just the last day of school for the year, it was the last day of school at their current (now former) school. It had not been our intent when we started having children … Read more
Pitch Report
They say most people consider Labor Day to be the “End of Summer”, but in fact, it’s not till September 21. Typically, though, summer has begun to let off by now. Not so this year, which I think will be remembered not-so-fondly as the “summer without end” It’s still topping 100 degrees every day (101 … Read more
Tied the cat in a bag and tossed him in the washer.
Yesterday was interesting. We were forced into accelerating our purchase of a new washer and dryer, and we went ahead and got front-loading units. They’re more economical and gentler on the clothes; however, I’ve never actually observed one in action. I spent hours watching the various programmed patterns: Normal, Heavily Soiled, Delicates, Towels, etc. Each … Read more
San Diego – Day Two – We Lost Our Son at LegoLand
Getting out fairly early, after a breakfast of toaster waffles, we headed towards Legoland, which is 20-30 miles north of our hotel. First we had to stop at a nearby (to LegoLand) outlet mall and pick up our three-day passes to San Diego’s major attractions. While we were there I stopped, for the very first … Read more
San Diego – Day One – iPhone 3GS on the road
It’s a bit of a fudge to call this “day one”. Any trip road trip to San Diego involves basically wasting all day on the 376.01 mile drive over. Even though we left at 8:30AM, we didn’t arrive at the hotel until 5:00PM. It’s really one barren, desolate wasteland, with Yuma smack dab in the … Read more
Firsts for boys
One of those inconvenient truths about parenting is that awkward time between potty training and actually being able to use a public restroom unaided. With Michelle I was able to escape that duty fairly easily. I only had to take her to a men’s room two or three times before she could go unassisted to … Read more
Note to self: Never entitle blog posts, “Don’t tell my daughter”
My wife uses the OSX RSS Visualizer screen saver, with the feed set to my blog. Michelle walks into the rooms, 30 seconds later she looks at the screen and says, “Don’t tell my daughter what?” I hastily cleared the screen saver. I should never underestimate that girl…
Don’t tell my daughter…
It’s a good thing my kids don’t read my blog. This will be no surprise to most parents, but my kids are not like each other… apart from the obvious anatomical differences. James is a compulsive, obsessive child, who is frequently fixated by superheroes. Hardly a day goes by where it isn’t “Batman this, Batman … Read more
Life – In General
Life is a series of vignettes. Some longer than others. At times they may feel like they’ll never end, and when they do, you know they’ll never come back and you might feel a little maudlin. And so a new vignette begins. Since 2002, just before Michelle was born, Irene has been a stay-at-home mother. … Read more