I like winter

Brrr!

by admin on January 19, 2012

Except for the snow

freezing cold

icy roads

and scraping off the windshield every day.

Wait a second.

I like summer.

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Ahh, crap, I’m old

by admin on January 19, 2012

Sci-fi writer, John Scalzi, shows his 13 year old daughter an LP. It’s amazing to me the things my kids will never know about.

I have fond memories of playing records on the old hi-fi stereo when I was a kid. I bought my first 45 record at the local grocery store (you know, before WalMart and Meijer) – it was Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. I wonder whatever happened to that record . . .

Crap, I’m feeling old today.

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If only I had more Time

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The First Snow-Fall

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It snowed today. Big, wet, beautiful, white, flakes. The kind that stick to your coat and catch in your eyelashes. Like soft wet tufts of cotton candy drifting on the breeze. The kids got bundled up and enjoyed playing in what little bit was sticking to the ground. I even managed to scrape together enough [...]

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A few of my thankful thoughts and a good book

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Yes, I pre-ordered the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet

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For $199 the Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi is less than what I paid for my wife’s 3.5 inch screen iPod Touch last November. Here’s a quick breakdown of the “drawbacks” for the Kindle Fire – Only 8 gigs of storage. No camera. No GPS. No microphone. No problem. I have a [...]

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My new favorite Avett Brothers song – The Once and Future Carpenter

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I really, really, really, hope this song is on their new album (don’t know when it will come out, but I can’t wait – rumor has it they might be announcing a date for the album this Friday, September 23rd). My favorite line is – “If I live the life I’m given, I won’t be [...]

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Calculate your favorite baseball team’s Magic Number

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This time of year if you’re lucky enough to have your favorite baseball team in the thick of the playoff chase you will hear a lot about magic numbers. So what the heck is a magic number, you ask? The easy answer is this – it’s merely the number of games your team needs to [...]

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Space Oddity – a David Bowie inspired children’s book

Thumbnail image for Space Oddity – a David Bowie inspired children’s book August 31, 2011

Space Oddity is one of my favorite David Bowie songs and while cruising through the internets I came across this book illustrated by Andrew Kolb (do yourself a favor and check out his other illustrations – they are brilliant). Of course, this wasn’t done with Mr. Bowie’s permission so download the PDF copy of the [...]

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