Wow... it's been a long while since I last posted.
I've been kind of down of late.  Lots of emotional ick.  Expectations all around not being met.
Blah.

On a good note, last weekend was nice.  We traveled North and spent Saturday in Sebastapol with juggledude and his daughter, who I hadn't seen in about three years.  I also got to meet his delightful partner ( Read more... )

And Phoenix has joined the sick train.  102 ( Read more... )

When organizations like the WHO declare things like Stage 5 threat levels and while there's only one death in the US so far, we should expect many more, people who struggle with paranoia like I do have to work hard to not Completely Freak Out.  Paranoia makes things painfully difficult.  I have to try to take a step back and ask myself if my worry ( Read more... )

I've never wanted a minivan.  But if I had to get a minivan, I'd want a VW Routan SEL.  Cute car with some really cool features.  Alas... no hybrids.

Also worth mentioning... a couple weeks ago, my Mom finished knitting a new hat for Rozzy.  A fabulous, fish hat.

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Rozz wrote a song at school today.  He asked Teacher Anja to write it down for him. 
Delivered in a tone somewhere between punk/metal:
"You and me and Michael too. 
I guess you don't have my pain on my street. 
I like my pain. 
Mommy.  Daddy. 
R-r-r-raaaa!  Chu-Chu-Chu!"
Odd lyrics for a 3.5 year old, but whatcha' gonna' do?

Around noon thirty, I was ( Read more... )

Mis-hearing lyrics has almost become a past time.  There are books devoted to it.  Raziel, of course, is far from immune to it.  My favorite lyric alteration of his is to The Cardigans mid 90's hit "Love Fool".  Instead of singing the first line as:
"Dear I fear we're facing a problem, you love me no longer I know..."
Rozz sings:
"Dear I fear my face ( Read more... )

Normal kid dentist day for Rozz today.  He hadn't been since our dental coverage changed, so I had to set up a new patient appointment.  We picked the Children's Dental Center in San Jose... an hour away but one of the 2 nearest Pediatric dentists to us.  Now, I grew up in LA county and used to be on good terms with my town's local homeless ( Read more... )

Mrs. Fend tagged me for this one, so in no particular order, the 10 songs I'd most hate to disappear from the world.

1. Rope On Fire - Morphine
2. When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies
3. I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
4. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
5. If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly
6. Let Go - FrouFrou
7. Suede - ( Read more... )

Back when I worked in Pescadero, I discovered that there was a time of year that the salamanders wandered across the road.  I'd find hundreds of them squished all over.  This is them:

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Really nifty pictures, assuming they're all genuine.