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I have mentioned before that I rather dislike exercising, but do it anyway because it needs to be done. I need to exercise for the usual reasons, better cardiovascular health, weight loss, etc. Fine, I do it, but don’t ask me to like it. Because our schedule is so packed and crazy, the only time…
This past weekend I spoke at each of the masses as part of, well, I’ll just let my words speak for themselves. Hello. I am Daniel Pelfrey. Some of you may know me from my lectoring, usually at the 5 o clock vigil mass. Most of you probably know me from the school. But I…
After the debacle regarding Metal Machine Music and fulfilling his contract, Lou Reed got a new contract at a different label. Switching from RCA to Arista (both now under the ownership of Sony acting as the same label) Lou Reed got to work on a new record. Rock & Roll Heart was released the same…
Today has been… challenging? Rough? Just a day? It is difficult to write a post about getting only four hours of sleep while suffering from only getting four hours of sleep the night before. Initially I was going to go into the why of getting up in the middle of the night, then thought better…
Two somewhat unrelated yet connected thoughts this morning born out of experience. First – curb your dog. After dropping off most of the kids at school I took Tevye (and Grace, in the stroller) to preschool. While waiting for the door to open he walked off the sidewalk and around the rhododendron. It’s a small…
Well, that’s been a couple of busy weeks. It started off with Déla’s birthday. For her 12th birthday she got her ears pierced. At the mall. The mall also has Cinnabon. Right before school started Ciárán was invited to a birthday party at a skate park. He had never been on a skateboard before and…
I have discussed the band Dropkick Murphys a couple of times before. There has only been passing mentions of Rancid before on my blog. Recently I mentioned spending a week at Boy Scout camp, an excursion that was scheduled and paid for before the announcement of the “From Boston To Berkeley” tour was announced. I was…
It took a while for this one to arrive, but it finally came. Here is a closer look at the individual items. The big Rocket Raccoon figure and the reason the box was as large as it was this month. Luggage tag themed to Back To The Future. A pin based on The Justice League…
Yes, this is well after the fact, I know, but I still want to post about this, brief though it may be. This year was Ciaran’s first year attending the event, and we took the opportunity to check off a few requirements, such as sleeping in a tent the Cub Scout helped set up, cook…
Yes, this post is coming months after the fact, but I still want to get it posted, so here it is. Back in May the Cub Scouts took a trip to Northwest Trek. A couple of requirements for different levels of Cub Scouts involve observing animals and hiking. This outing took care of these, at…