Happy Birthday Darin!

tom | May 29, 2005

Neighbor Darin is bumping his age by one so we’re doing a party for him tonight. He already had a birthday lunch with his staff on Friday last week so of course we had to poke some fun at him a bit. A bunch of us got together, bought, decorated and installed a [...]

Crazy Path to Re-Liberation?

tom | May 29, 2005

WARNING: This is a slanted rant which may contain several flaws and is not nearly as objective as I’d like. It is partially for my own reference, partially venting and provided with hope that someone smarter than me will get a better idea based on one or more of the concepts contained herein. [...]

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tom | May 27, 2005

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tom | May 27, 2005

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tom | May 25, 2005

Everything’s Fine — And a Fat Lip

tom | May 20, 2005

Kerri just called to tell me she was 5 miles from her Vegas offramp and wanted to know how things have been going with the kids. I gave the honest answer that, “Everything’s fine honey” but 30 seconds after hanging up I put Ben up on one of our patio chairs only to see [...]

One Child Down, One Child Drone

tom | May 20, 2005

Oh boy, where do I begin? Yesterday I got a call from Ben’s school letting me know that he had a fever so I went and picked him up. I checked him at home and it was 103 degrees (yipes!). It sure seems like a reaction to his MMR vaccination last week, [...]

Self Serve

tom | May 19, 2005

Ben no longer allows us to help him with things like yogurt or soup or cereal. As you can see, the world does not produce an effective enough bib for this sort of activity.

Bloom Coordination

tom | May 16, 2005

I could swear that yesterday there were no flowers on this plant and today they all decided to come out at once. This is just a little corner of the yard that I rarely spy and here they are, blooming away for me to see. Spring rocks!