I would like to blog about half a dozen things, but I have a histrionic 5-year-old ordering me to put everything we own into the basement. I guess we’re going to sit in the bedroom closet and twiddle our thumbs for a few hours.
This week was Tommy’s last ever IEP. If you’ve never been to an IEP, imagine having your job performance review posted on a blog and amended by trolls. Or, imagine sitting naked while everyone screams insults at you. Wait, that’s something else. It just seems that unpleasant. Doug threatened to sneak champagne in the school […]
It’s a bad year for the Olympic torch relay. The only time I ever came near the torch relay, the mood was completely different. It was just a few blocks from where I lived in Atlanta and I went to show Tommy and Sarah the excitement. Everyone in Atlanta was somewhere along the route and […]
Sarah has had boys buzzing around her for a few years now. In the past year it has gone from something only I notice to something everyone notices. Tommy and Noah’s scout troop has boys ranging in age from 8 to 18. We used to take the whole family and let the non scouts play […]
Me: “Why would you want to do that to yourself?” Doug: “To see what it was like.” Me: “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you, oh, never mind.” Me: “You do know that requires maintenance don’t you?” Doug: “Yes, but they said there’s less blood the more you do it.” Me: “Was it […]
The trip to LMU is half 4-lanes with a median Interstate and half narrow 2-lane Highway. The Interstate is the quick part of the journey. It is also flavorless. Things get interesting when you reach the large green dinosaur (or is that a dragon) advertising for the fireworks vendor. That’s where you turn onto the […]
It’s not overwhelming enough to prepare for the graduation that Tommy was never supposed to have. Now, we have to figure out what comes next. Without help, Tommy picked out the college and major that he wants for himself. I realized he wants to live the life of a normal college student and my stomach […]
Of all yesterday’s speakers, the only thing more entertaining than the students, was a doctor at LMU‘s new medical school. He talked about the school’s mission to teach medicine to the people of Appalachia so that they could return to their communities with the skills to help. The doctor was eloquent and passionate and if […]
How do these statistics compare to physical and emotional health issues in other industries? An article from old media desperately hoping that new media is a fad is less than convincing. Most bloggers LOVE what they do. They thrive on the constant input and rapid output of information. Doug gets an adrenaline high when he […]
When Doug told me about the new gentleman’s salon in town, I didn’t think twice about it. When I saw that they were having a special event for bloggers, I told him he should go. I saw it as a chance for him to get out of his dungeon and socialize with other bloggers. Don’t […]