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I know this is going up on Saturday the 18th. Shut up. And I only have one picture. It’s Xavier and Ciárán on the playground after school on Friday. It was cold but it didn’t stop them from playing. A lot of families left immediately after school, but my kids wanted to play. And they…
“Which do you like better? DC or Marvel?” This was a seemingly innocent question from my 8 year old daughter. “I grew up with DC, and Batman is my favorite super hero. I like much of that universe for many personal reasons and just couldn’t get into most of Marvel growing up despite liking a…
I don’t really know Brian. He and I have little in common other than both being dads and having blogs. He seems to be a rather active guy, just look at his blog, dashingdad. He’s a runner and even has a whole section on his blog about fitness. Me? Yeah, that’s not me at all….
Not too much happening lately. We’re getting back into the routine of school now that Christmas vacation is over. Earlier this week August had his Cub Scout meeting. One of the activities was virtual wakeboarding. Here he is pulling one of his friends, and here he is being pulled, and ultimately wiping out. Later in…
This is going to be a problem. I am looking across the table right now at something the kids will get so used to having when the inevitable supply chain dry up happens I don’t know if they will be able to cope. I am talking about the Scholastic book order. This picture doesn’t even…
I’m on an errand with Xavier, who is three and a half years old. We pass by the Library and he remarks, “There’s the library. It’s where a lot of good books live. And some not so good ones.” Allow me to share my two thoughts on his remarks. First – there’s the obvious. He…
It’s the first day back to the routine. The kids are back in school and I have a few hours to myself. The morning went well and nobody was late. There is a lot to write about. I have several thoughts about music. There’s the interchange I had with my youngest which I found amusing….
I didn’t run this last week because I was in the middle of my annual Beatles Week. Well, that, and I didn’t have any really good pictures from Christmas. I will share what I have and a couple of others from the past couple of weeks. Let’s start with Christmas. Here’s Kyle doing… something. …
“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” For me, this is one of those songs that typifies what a B-side is. It’s definitely not something you would necessarily find on an album (well, the White Album, yeah). This was the flip side to the “Let It Be” single, the penultimate 45 the band would…
“I’m Down” This song was written almost solely by Paul, according to BeatleSongs and recorded the same day as “Yesterday” and ultimately released as the B-side to “Help!”. Tell Me Why describes George’s solo as “his most confidently unhinged yet” and praises the song’s general rock and roll roots harkening shades of Little Richard. We…