Given a higher than normal heating bill recently, mt wife took it upon herself to:
- Crank the thermostat down around 60
- Make her own version of the ever popular "huggie" (of infomercial fame) for everyone.

So when you visit our house now, you see things like this:

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Wow. The 40 - 50 below zero wind chills out there are making my balls shrink. Ummm, let me clarify ( Read more... )

A highlight clip from Rudolph, the Pissed Off Reindeer, the new holiday theater classic my son was recently in (as Sam the Snowman).

Rudolph

My son Jeremy is currently doing a lead part in "Rudolph, the P*ssed Off Reindeer." Here's the review: Rudolph ReviewHe doesn't think it was a favorable review, but I think it was fairly positive. I know one thing - the show is an absolute gutbuster, as attested to by the laughs of the full houses attending (every show was sold out ( Read more... )

My daughter's daily morning routine when I wake her at 6:20 ( Read more... )

I can't even call what fell around our place last night "snow." Rather, picture a 7-11 slushie machine sitting there pumping out about a 2 inch layer of unflavored mix (slightly heavy on the liquid side) over our entire driveway, sidewalks, stairs, etc ( Read more... )

I'm doing the Santa gig again this Saturday. Given my kids are at an age where they ask for things like plane tickets to Vegas, Stratocasters and books by Kafka or Bukowski, I'm not real in tune with the latest gifts aimed at the younger generation. What are the hot items (besides Wiis) among the 2 - 12 crowd that I can expect to hear when they ( Read more... )

I'll probably never do it (in order to keep peace and tranquility in my marriage), but if I ever got a tattoo, this is what I'm thinking.
Remember, my kids initials in order of birth are JJE, JCE and EEE. All are musically inclined, one more or less lives on stage and his sister is leaning more and more that way.


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Don't know if it is a sign of the times (people looking for free family activities) but we had a record turnout yesterday at the Meet & Treat we run each year. As part of her job of revitalizing the local downtown area, my wife organizes an event where all the businesses along a six block stretch agree to hand out treats to the kids. Usually we ( Read more... )