I get the privilege for the next week of having my 6 year old nephew around with us. Every summer for the last couple of years, he has come up to the mountains because he enjoys the time here and it gives my brother and sister-in-law a little bit of a break. Well, as much […]
A friend of mine once asked me why I don’t watch the news. I suppose it is as valid a question as why DO you watch the news. I’m not a total hermit and I do have a general idea of what is going on in the world and there is some news that will […]
I’ve wandered across a few different topics in the last couple of weeks and I think it’s time to go back to one that I’ve talked about before. That’s right, kids! It’s the return of . . . My father. *collective groan* If you need to catch up on the individual of which I speak, […]
I’ve given my dad a pretty hard time the last few days, so let me take this opportunity to say . . . he’s pretty much been asking for it. I’m going to sort of give it a rest today by including pretty much any family member that has caused my brother or I any […]
(If you’re just coming by for the first time, please be sure to check out Part I and Part II! Ya know what, screw that! Check out the whole damn blog!) If you ever want to know where to get the cheapest possible deal on pretty much anything, let me set you up with my […]
Do the clicky thing here if you missed Part I yesterday . . . I mentioned in yesterday’s post that my father is an electrical engineer. This makes him very, very smart. When it comes to electrical engineering. He is retired from IBM and did all kinds of really important electrical engineering stuff while he […]
I spent some time with my father this afternoon. I have not intentionally killed anyone since. (Note the word “intentionally”) Given that I carry the genetic code that he gave me 42 years ago, it is these times that I sit and think about my interaction with other people and hope, for all that is […]
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