by Mir | Oct 29, 2014 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Once again, the kids’ social studies teachers are offering extra credit to kids who dress up in themed costumes for Halloween. This year Monkey is in the Government class his sister took last year, and Chickadee is in US History. I both love and hate this idea;...
by Mir | Oct 28, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So my folks were here, briefly, and my father mentioned no fewer than three times that he was going to check my blog to see if I’d written. “Um, I don’t really write much anymore,” I said, as if he didn’t already know that. “Yeah,...
by Mir | Oct 21, 2014 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Over the years, Otto and I have worked out a system for being Involved Marching Band Parents, and it’s served us pretty well. My responsibilities include working in the concession stand whenever we have a home game (after my baptism by fire three years ago I...
by Mir | Oct 14, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Today the southeastern United States are experiencing Some Weather, by which I mean that our weather radio has been going off all day long with WARNING WARNING WARNINGS of local tornadoes and “severe thunderstorms.” I do appreciate the tornado...
by Mir | Oct 1, 2014 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
But first… a scintillating Duncan update: He is very much enjoying his hobbit meal schedule. Where he used to just sleep in my office all day long (presumably due to his low blood sugar and being mostly dead), he now hops up and follows me around the house....
