Author: muskrat

Music

andy, did you hear about this one?

Last weekend, I saw REM perform.  Being a 30-something parent with multiple professions, I rarely get to go to concerts any more, so I try to pick them well. Stipe can still rock like he did 30 years ago, and seeing Mike Mills glow when he took over vocals for […]

Baby

picture pages

We recently learned that the baby we are expecting this fall will be–consistent with Pretty Bride’s intuition–a boy.  That’s right.  This baby has junk! Here’s the little man rocking out.  We put some headphones on either side of Pretty Bride’s belly and piped in some Twisted Sister.  Damn right he’s […]

Growing up

a confused boy learns about diversity

I started elementary school in Germantown, TN in 1980, having moved there from Ohio after a stint in Delaware.  It was at this Germantown elementary school that I met a young boy named Robert whom I liked, but just did not understand.  Robert was African-American.  I’d never seen such a being.  Robert […]

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