Our Daily Fred
After the boy finished his ‘God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our food’ prayer at mealtime, ending with ‘Thank you Lord for our daily bread’, he looked up at me…
Month: September 2008
Swiftboating Sarah Palin
I knew that as the VP pick she was too good to be true. At last, the truth is exposed. Brace yourself. Disclaimer: This is potentially very disturbing – and the opinions expressed herein do…
Special Delivery
So the boy and I go to get the mail today just as the postal delivery person pulls away in his / her truck. “Come on, it’s time for me to give you to the…
The Art in Engineering
How do you begin to blog about something like this? It simply has to be seen to be believed. I subscribe to an email list that sends me oddities from time to time – this…
Odd, I don’t sound like Scott…
One of the highlights of my day (even though I dread the actual first part of the event where I actually have to wake up) is waking the kids on a school day. I never…
Oh my . . .
So I know I’ve got the Six Until Me site on our blogroll, but today it receives more than an honorable mention from me. Kerri’s blog about her life with Type-1 diabetes is nothing short of wonderful — a…
Throwing a Wii Fit
The unthinkable happened. As we finished watching a late night John Adams (final disc in the series), I arose at about 1 am to remove the disc and put it back into the envelope for…
Experience. . . I has it. (phrase stolen from the LOL Cats…)
So I watched the Sarah Palin speech at the RNC, I have been listening to the ‘drive-by’ media (as it is called by conservative talk show hosts), and I have heard the talk of the…
Are you kidding me? (The Tooth Fairy Chronicles – Part II)
We are now playing a new game with our 8 year old — it’s called, “how many teeth can you lose and still eat real food?” She is the main player. I am a reluctant…
Men, the Essentials, Vol 1 (only volume), No. 2
“Ow!” I said this morning as I burned the top of my hand reaching into the toaster oven to grab the kids’ oh-so-wholesome-and-tasty pancakes. “Did you get burned?” the 5 year old boy asked. “Yeah, I…