This weekend we went to Lancaster to celebrate Lily’s birthday along with Bonnie’s father’s and grandfather’s (8, 68, and 94 respectively). ‘Course, since Bonnie had to work on Friday evening we didn’t leave until about 11 PM and didn’t arrive until around 1:30 AM ( Read more... )

Right, so, this weekend was my birthday celebration, as well as one for my brother and for Lily, and the Superbowl. And it was a pretty darn good weekend… once it got past the rocky start ( Read more... )

So the Oscar nominations were announced today. The Best Picture category is comprised of 5 movies: one I’ve never heard of (The Reader), one I’ve only heard of because I listen to Fresh Air on NPR on the drive home from work each day (Slumdog Millionaire), and all 5 are movies I have never seen and have no real interest in seeing. Maybe… maybe… I’ ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to anisette_toast!

Your result for The which philosophy suits your personality? Test...

Synthetic Perception, by Kant

56% Nature, 58% Rationalism, 30% Religion, 52% Freedom, 52% Individuality, 29% Power and 60% Uncertainty!


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Here’s a year in first-sentence-of-the-month review…

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More than halfway through my last full week of work before the holiday break ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to in_this_guise and illuminant_love. Love you gals!

Thus far, it’s been a pretty lousy week ( Read more... )

It’s been some time since I made an update here - almost a month. Evan’s joined Webelos (that thing between Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts) because a couple of his friends are in it and it gives him the chance to see them since he’s no longer in public school. Lily wants to join Girl Scouts (well, I guess at her age it’s Brownies). Our soccer record is ( Read more... )