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I wouldn’t say The Cure are one of my favorite bands, but I do like them quite a bit. Alright, so it’s less a band these days in many ways and more of Robert Smith and some (long running) friends, but still, as the primary songwriter for the band’s career one can be forgiven to…
This year August and Déla have decided to join band. August is taking the trombone with Déla picking up the flute. Since August is in 6th grade now there’s a lot more stuff to carry back and forth to school. Here is how August travels to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Aren’t these two cute? Last Friday…
I am not saying “No” to everything television, and there are some of the new programs I am watching, but by in large, I am skipping out on most of the new television series. Not because I am not interested, not because they are necessarily poor quality, and not because I am already watching too…
Tevye is 17 months old now. He’s cute, but like pretty much every child of that age he is quite a handful. What helps me keep my sanity, which in turn helps keep him alive, is the fact he is a pretty good sleeper. He goes to bed at an early hour and stays down…
I became aware of Heart in 1983 through local television. During the 1983/84 television season local station KING channel 5 produced and aired “Rock Entertainment Videos” or REV, which was hosted, nominally, by John Keister. While many know Keister from his stint as the host of “Almost Live” (another program produced by KING) this is…
Netflix has a new talk show available, the Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show. In it the time travelling duo host a chat show but instead of helping Sherman with his homework, now the historical figures are guests on their talk show. Sort of a follow-up to the recent film, Dreamworks Animation presents this series where…
Things just sort of gt out of hand last week and I wound up not getting around to posting my usual Friday pictures last week. There are quite a few to jump into. A couple of weekends ago there was another cross country meet. This featured, once again, the whole of the school. And some…
Want to know my secret to making dinner and having the kids eat it? Social media is full of parents expressing their frustration at cooking dinner only to have their children not eat. And I understand this dilemma. It can be difficult to schedule a time to get the whole family together to sit…
This is part review, part blog post. Bear with me. I needed more dice for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign August and I were hosting. Since I was the only one with any experience with the game, as well as the only one with any dice, I knew the boys coming over would need a…
I had this scheduled to go up yesterday, but messed up the calendar and wound up scheduling it for *next* Monday. I just discovered that mistake. Oh well. There has been enough written about Fleetwood Mac and the album Rumours that it almost feels cliche to write anything else about it. However….