Author: muskrat

Music, Travels

never meanin’ no harm

After finding out 2 friends had heart attacks and a 3rd has stage 4 cancer (all my age, all in my profession), I’ve had levels of nostalgia for the simpler times of the 1980s that are even higher than I have on a regular day-to-day basis.  So, in the past […]

Neighborhood

robbed

I probably shouldn’t have been going to my car.  It was 12:30am.  Happy hour had begun at 6:15, and the drinks had continued through dinner and into the early hours of tomorrow.  My bride was texting every hour or so to make sure I knew I could rely on her […]

children

nope. not assholes, we.

I was actually rather surprised at the internet’s response to this question, given that it’s 2013, and the Age of Commenting on Blog Posts concluded 4+ years ago.  However, we (my bride and I) took your comments seriously, which were in stark contrast to the ones I got from all […]

Law, Travels

mardi gras 2013

After my bride and a few friends have sung its praises over the past several months, I decided to start actually using the Instagram app I downloaded a couple years ago, and having it actually meant that I had something to do besides overindulge this year in New Orleans!  I […]

children

are we assholes?

A few months ago, my bride told our oldest that if she made all A’s in her international baccalaureate program during the fall semester of her senior year–the last one prospective colleges will likely see and evaluate–we’d take her to New York City for her spring break.  She wanted to […]

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