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vacationland
We are back from the Central California Coast today. Actually, we got back yesterday, but then spent the afternoon and evening in a sort of exhausted daze. Paul reminded me last night that we need to take one of them "relaxing vacations" one of these days. I pointed out that we won't get one of THOSE for another ten years. But today, we're ( Read more... ) -
Ben Plays Hockey, Just Like Quatchi!
A couple weeks ago, when reading "Goodnight, Canada", we got to the page that reads, "Good afternoon, friends playing hockey. Score a goal!" To which, Ben remarked, "They're playing hockey! Just like Quatchi ( Read more... ) -
snow, l.a. style
Today, Paul and I took Ben to see snow fall at the Grove shopping center. By "snow", of course, I mean the tiny bits of foam that are used by shopping centers and Disneyland when they want to create holiday seasonality. But at the Grove, it's a Production, complete with music and a synchronized fountain (water leaping to "Let it Snow"). And ( Read more... ) -
last weekend's camping adventure
We went camping last weekend with Ben ( Read more... ) -
trip to vancouver (a slightly delayed entry)
Paul, Ben and I went on an adventure to “The Best Place on Earth”™ a couple weeks ago. We flew into Victoria, stayed a day there, and then ferried it over to the mainland to visit all our friends and relations in Vancouver. Of which we have many. (Well, I have many. Paul has many by marriage ( Read more... ) -
23andme mixups = hilarious baby swap results!
We recently sent our DNA samples (read: spit) to 23andme for analysis. "We" being Paul and I. I caught the 4/23 special of a $99 all-inclusive DNA analysis, and promptly signed us up. I wanted to know what conditions we may be at risk for so I can try to avoid them, and I was also hoping some data may come up on my DNA other than "Northern ( Read more... ) -
let's start voting with our wallets!
That's it. If the Tea Party is starting a TV channel that is "anti big government" and "pro-business", I say we all learn to be pro-business, and vote with our fucking wallets.
After all, we were pro-business for the last thirty years since Reagan, and look where it got us. Real wages, adjusted for inflation, have gone down. The pay of the ( Read more... ) -
today's Ben photos shoot
Today, I took Ben to the Target Portrait Studio in Pasadena after I picked him up from daycare. Objective: to get passport photos for his Canadian citizenship application. Unfortunately, we failed at that because Target didn't have their passport photo camera set up for someone Ben's size. However, we did have a coupon for discounted portrait ( Read more... ) -
apb2k+10
I actually went to a concert on Friday! I went to see Apoptygma Berzerk at Das Bunker. Apoptygma Berzerk (which is really one Norwegian guy, Stephen Groth) has been one of my favorite goth/industrial artists for years...and it just took me a while to get to a live show. This time, even though I had to go on my own, I was determined to make the ( Read more... )
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