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Blogging, Movember

the accidental meme

I was visiting a few blogs I don’t read often enough tonight and saw this post about doing something that scares you every day for a month.  And then I thought: “Hey, it’s only the 2nd day of November, but I’ve done that every day of this month!  How cool […]

children

the rock

“I am a rock.  I am an island.”  – Simon & Garfunkel Last weekend, I took Maddie to a classmate’s 6th birthday party at one of those indoor playgrounds where they make the children get active and compete with each other in order to celebrate another year of life.  We […]

Music

almost better than the real thing

Disturbingly rare are the chances the Mrs and I have to go out and hear live music.  However, when the opportunity to see an awesome cover band called Yacht Rock play the entire Thriller and Purple Rain albums at a small venue on a Saturday night presented itself, I had […]

Neighborhood

the great house hunt of 2011

Ever since we moved out of our small, 3-bedroom bungalow to a cramped, 4-bedroom ranch a few miles north, we’ve been looking for what our 5-year-old calls our “forever house” (in contrast to our current “in-between house”).  I thought this would be a fun process, given the real estate dystopia […]

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