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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Hey Kids, Let’s Put on a Show!
What if we did a remake of the Wizard of Oz and had Gary Busey play all the major roles? I came across this picture today on Ye Olde Interwebz. It reached out to me, back into my childhood and … Continue reading
Writer’s Strike: Brain Cells Demand Vacation, Coffee Upgrade
The writing just hasn’t been coming lately. I’ll get ideas when I can’t write, and then when I can sit down at the keyboard….ZipZeroNada. Vanished, every last whiff of it. If I was being graded on my blogging consistency, or on … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Math, math major, Topology, writer's block, writing, Writing Exercises
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Adventures in Home Ownership, Plumbing Edition
This is a positive-outlook blog, so I shall not complain about the unsurprising but egregious error with the Manabloc PEX system, made by the plumbers-who-shall-not-be-named that we used in 1999 – which was only discovered about 20 minutes ago when our current-and-competent plumber came to install … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged egregious error, outdoor faucet, Plumber, Plumbing, water, Water pipe
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Wordless Wednesday: No Paparrazi Please
Posted in Family, My Photos
Tagged babies, granddaughter, My Photos, paparazzi, Wordless Wednesday
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Nuts to you – OR – On the road again
Muffled cries of distress, coming from approximately the area of my abdomen, awoke me this morning. Babies, apparently, have nightmares just the same as the rest of us. I wonder at the content of my granddaughter’s dream, which seemed to involve … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Personal
Tagged Brazil, Canton Ohio, Cousin, Heggy's, Massillon Ohio, Ohio, Peanuts, Soda fountain, travel, vacation, vintage
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Feeding Your Face Hand-Over-Fist For the Fourth
Apparently it’s a tradition of which I remained blissfully unaware until today – Nathan’s sponsors a hot dog eating contest at Coney Island every Fourth of July. I’m staying at my sister’s house this week, and my brother-in-law recorded this … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food
Tagged Coney Island, Hot dog, Independence Day (United States), Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
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