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What a loss. I had been contacting Qwest, then subsequently Century Link (after the corporate buy out) with regards to our internet service for a long while. Years, probably. The service has been spotty, cutting out at apparently random times. After several service calls, technician visits, repair orders, and years of frustration, we…
Had we realized Friday had been spayed just 2 days prior to being available we probably would not have adopted her. Still, it is important to demonstrate follow through and commitment to my kids (as well as simply following through on accepting responsibility) which is how this story should be considered. The other day,…
Thanksgiving was rather eventful this year. My son Kyle came home from college for a few days. I had planned on getting a picture of all 5 kids together, but somehow the time slipped away and I didn’t take one picture of any of the kids. I’d have loved to have gotten a picture of…
“Dad?” I could tell this was going to be an unusual question. Ciárán, age 5 and Xavier, age 2 were sitting at the table eating lunch. Usually when Ciárán says something during lunch it’s a statement. “Did you put jelly on my sandwich?” “No, why?” This is a major point of contention. Ciárán likes cheese…
{EAV:4a4471bb4fa558a0} My wife, August (age 9) and I were talking early Saturday afternoon in the front room. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Nothing terribly important. The topic of choices and sacrifices came up. My wife asked August if he had to chose which to give up, would it be video games or…
There are two things I want to get across in this post. It won’t take too long, so bear with me. Earlier today I was taking Ciárán to pre-school, and had Xavier with me, as usual. We walked the block and a half, and since we got there a little early I decided to…
A couple of days ago it was Halloween. Here are a few rejected costume ideas from the dress up trunk Xavier and Déla modeled. And our pumpkins. As for the costumes the…
There seems to be a stereotype about Seattle residents, and I’ve found it to be true for the most part. By and large, IPA (or India Pale Ale) is the preferred beer. Sure other people outside of Seattle drink it, but it seems virtually everybody in Seattle does. And Pearl Jam. Everybody here loves Pearl…
In the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle there’s a big Fred Meyer. Sure there was some uproar over its construction, but not enough to derail the project. It’s by a local brew pub (Hales) and a ship yard, a paving stone company, a mechanic, you get the idea. More industrial than anything. Sure it’s two…