Monthly Archives: August 2008
A Yummy 21-Day Week: A Restaurant Aside [Dallas]
I don’t usually say much about Dallas restaurants, but this is a rare aside. Every August KRLD puts on Restaurant Week to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. A vast majority of the 118 participating restaurants are really fine dining … Continue reading
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A Dull Thud: Fall Soccer Starts [Madysen]
Confession time: I’m not very patient or forgiving, which is one of the primary reasons I’ve never coached the kids’ athletic teams–that and I don’t particularly care for other people’s kids. So while other people’s kids are generally free of … Continue reading
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First Day Of School 08: Resume Schedules [School]
That’s right, summer is over. Madysen, doing her procrastinating best, managed to finish her summer reading around 4 a.m. this morning. So Madysen is now Sophomore, Speed an 8th grader, Layla a 4th grader, and Emma a 2nd grader. No … Continue reading
School Is On, So A New Header [Administration]
A new header for a new school year. Yeah!
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Heredity Risk, Legalese, And Chess Drama [Books]
I really enjoyed Richard Russo’s Pulizter-Prize winning novel Empire Falls several years ago. So when the third bookstore in Maine recommended Russo as a local writer–he lives in Camden, Maine, but grew up and writes about upstate New York–I gave … Continue reading
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Be A Part Of The Magic: Soccer Fundraising [Madysen]
I’m sure many of you have long wondered exactly how we do it all–four kids, school, sports, work, etc. That’s a very good question, for which I have no meaningful answer. But I do have an offer to make in … Continue reading
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Et Tu, Dragon?: Political Endorsements [Me]
I don’t write about politics often around here (this is the first post with a politics tag, in fact), because, well, it’s too much work to be funny. And I bring the funny without all the work. But this definitely … Continue reading
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BB Guns And Bloody Noses: Camp Time [Speed]
Last week was the penultimate week of summer. Other than Madysen starting the fall soccer season Monday, we don’t have much going on this coming week. But last week was Camp Week at our house. Madysen was left out of … Continue reading
The Cleveland Hillbillies?: Oklahoma To Ohio [Funny]
So I didn’t think about this until it just hit me yesterday for some unknown reason. It was ten years ago this month that Holly and I (along with Madysen and Speed) packed up our house in Oklahoma and moved … Continue reading
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Magazine Street, Lost Van Goghs, And Left Tackles [Books]
So Cabo might not have been my favorite, but all of the books I read while there were pretty enjoyable. I’d never heard of Ronald Everett Capps’ Off Magazine Street until it was recommended to me at Faulkner House Book … Continue reading
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