July 15, 2010
You love vacation this much, too?
Long time no blog. Part I was summer fuzzbrain, segueing straight into panic and nutso trip prep and now - TahDah! -- out of the Unsuburb, out of pocket, out of country with Minerva and Girl Child.
Posts from away, if the spirit moves. Otherwise back stronger than ever week after next.
Loyal readers, I love you.
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July 1, 2010
You shocked, too, that the Fourth is upon us?
I blame the Unsuburb’s school system, which kept our little geniuses in class until a week ago today – long after kids of friends elsewhere were out and driving their parents crazy.
Dismissal practically at the end of June gave us exactly one full week of summer vacation until the long Independence Day weekend, causing date-shock and cold anxiety about where summer went before it actually went anywhere.
Way I…
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June 24, 2010
Glad it's finally summer vacation?
Disappointed and gotta admit a mite annoyed yesterday, finding out that I was not invited to attend the special end-of-year cowgirl/cowboy party for Mrs. Taylor's first grade class. A big deal for Girl Child because she shares Mrs. T's fetish for things Western and got to wear her genuine Texas (bought at DFW during plane change) cowgirl hat.
Discovered that I wasn't going from a secretary in the school's front office, whom I…
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Bad Dad classic with funk, rhythm, and unique in this vein, fun. The brothers don't cry, they party, diggin' no-good Papa's misdeeds, told solo and in tight Temptation harmony. There's an off-song mama they keep asking if Papa was as bad as all that. He was.
Be a lumberjack and be okay, ecoweenie-wise. Little dude (8-inch bar) cuts better than you’d think, with no emissions ‘cause it’s powered by…
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