by Mir | Jul 24, 2024 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Every couple of years, Otto’s family throws a big family reunion—emphasis on BIG. I come from a family where there is almost no branch you can travel along the family tree and find more than two offspring at any given node. I grew up with one sibling and...
by Mir | Jul 1, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
I remember when I first moved to Georgia and became acquainted with the fresh hell that is the palmetto bug (motto: we’re too genteel to admit we’re roaches!), at some point as I sat huddled in a corner, rocking back and forth and trying to find my happy...
by Mir | May 21, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Summer vacation, man. Things are crazy already, and it’s only the second day. I think tomorrow I’ll be able to direct you to a post about my summer philosophy (spoiler: Now with fewer Give A Craps!), but for today all I can tell you is that we ate all the...
by Mir | Aug 28, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Longtime readers know that I’m not squeamish about much, but the bugs down here in the south—unfettered by a nice long winter freeze like the bugs where I grew up—do not screw around. They are free to grow to insane sizes and spend the entire...
by Mir | Jun 15, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Oh look! Something furry!!
It seems ridiculous to claim we’re out communing with nature when, in reality, our camper has a microwave and the campground has free wifi. I know. But we’re parked in a forest where emerging takes you right to the ocean’s shore, and more to the...
