Over the 4th of July holiday, I was outside, lighting a couple of sparklers for my nine year old son, all the while admonishing him to be careful and not burn himself or set the yard on fire.  It struck me that when I was seven, living with my grandmother and this is absolutely true, I used to buy illegal fireworks, M-80s - the explosives that are ( Read more... )

I collect vinyl records.  Call it  my addiction.  I have no idea how many I have.  I've never counted them.  I can count the number and length of shelves and bookcases that I have them on and if I were to stack the albums I would have a stack that would be sixty nine feet or just over twenty one meters tall.  I am not kidding and that doesn't even ( Read more... )

Happy Anniversary to me.  Nine years ago today, Patty and I were wed. We first met quite by chance at a friend's apartment late evening, Saturday, October 9, 1999.  Oddly, I wrote "Met Patty" on my calendar at the time as if I had some weird fore knowledge that this was a significant event in my life.  Looking back on it years later I realize that ( Read more... )

Happy Canada Day.  Meanwhile in the U.S., happy National Postal Worker's Day and National Postage Day.

Yesterday, I was informed by a sunglasses wearing newscaster on my tv that it was National Sunglasses Day.  My instant response by talking back to the television was an incredulous, "What!  National Sunglasses Day!  Nonsense ( Read more... )

As I was driving my eight year old home after school, seemingly out of the blue he stated, "There are numbers after infinity ( Read more... )

Thirteen years, four months and fourteen days on Livejournal, mmmm.

Halloweens remind me of Carl who was married to my grandmother's sister, which would make him my great uncle, though, I don't remember anyone ever refering to him other than by his first name, never Uncle Carl or certainly not Great Uncle Carl, just Carl. The mental picture I have of Carl from my childhood is of a good looking guy who looked a lot ( Read more... )

My eight year old asked me if Donald Trump is our king now. No, I explained to him, he hasn't had his coronation yet.

I love Halloween. It brings out my inner child - I mean when else can you dress up as a ghoul and extort candy from your neighbors after dark with your parents acquiescence. This Halloween I took my son who is eight and Maddie, a friend of his who is a year older Trick or Treating around our neighborhood while my wife Patty stayed behind to hand ( Read more... )