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People are often surprised at some of the bands I like. This one is probably one of them. And I don’t care. I became aware of Letters To Cleo through the song “Here And Now” like pretty much everybody else did, though not necessarily through the Melrose Place soundtrack single and video that most people seem…
School is back in session which means the routine is back and it is easier for me to keep with a weekly posting schedule for these things. Starting with the first day of school, here is Tevye who wanted his picture taken, but he wasn’t included in the previous post because he isn’t going to…
This month’s Geek Fuel box arrived later than usual. It did come with a few things August rather liked though, so let’s jump into it. Here is this month’s shirt. Turns out it is the 30th anniversary of the original Transformers animated movie this year. Then perhaps his favorite item in the box, a Pokemon…
evenSaturday September 24 will see BabyFest arrive in Seattle. Portland is getting the same event in May of next year. This event will be held from 11:00 to 5:00 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, but there are some ticket packages that will get you in earlier, along with a few extra perks. What is…
Last week Xavier was able to take his school supplies into his classroom and check it out. Monday, the day before the first day of school, the other grades were allowed to bring in their supplies. The first stop was Ciaran’s 3rd grade classroom. Yes, each kid had their own box. With four different supply lists…
Today was the kids’ first day of school. Kindergarten, 3rd, 6th and 7th grades. This meant Xavier was getting into a uniform. And since I was taking a picture of Xavier, Dela wanted in on the action. Looking around for the other two school children I found them in the halllway. Ciaran began to scoot…
It’s been a month? Jeez, for what is supposed to be a weekly posting I sure have been lax. Having a new baby is no excuse… Let’s get to it. There was another dance competition this summer. This was across Lake Washington in Bellevue and would be Dela’s first feis (pronounced “fesh”) outside of the…
The summer of scouting continues – first there was Cub Scout Day Camp then Cub Scout Resident Camp. I mentioned I had to leave early because I would be transporting the Boy Scouts up to their resident camp. Leaving with a van full of teen boys int he van I was thankful the camp was…
This year was the first year I was able to take one of the boys to Cub Scout resident camp. It was only a couple of days, but it was ridiculously fun. And it wasn’t the only camp this summer. As I documented earlier I volunteered at this year’s Cub Scout Day Camp which Ciárán…
I showed this video to my daughter a couple of weeks ago. She is into dance – having taken a few different classes before settling into Irish Dance a few years ago. This blew her away. There are two components to this video. The first is the song itself. Listen to the words. Rhythm Nation is…