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This Sunday is one of my favorite days of the year: the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. Let the record show I think the whole “daylight savings” program is ridiculous, but I do like the neat little trick we pull … Continue reading
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Every year it’s the same routine: get sad on March 2 thinking about Joe and now his late father as well, then a few days later be happy again because it’s my son’s birthday! Birthdays are a pretty big deal … Continue reading
Every year on March 2nd I write about my best friend for all eternity, Joe Sullivan, who was killed March 2, 2006, in an automobile accident at the age of 23. I think about it the other 364 days a … Continue reading
My calendar now says March. And there is now outside my house. This is not right. In like a lion I suppose. … Continue reading
This is the last post of February. Thank God. I’ve just about had it with this month of snow and cold. And winter, yeah, I’m ready for winter to be done. It’d better be, actually, because that giant barrel of … Continue reading
For the first time in several years I’d actually seen a few of this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture Nominees. I’m either getting old or the Academy is getting loose with how they’re throwing around those nominations. One of … Continue reading
New McDonald’s donut sticks… excellent. McDonald’s donut sticks to kick off a snow day… even better. McDonald’s donut sticks to kick off a snow day that becomes 55 degrees and sunny in the afternoon? This is the stuff dreams are … Continue reading
They’ve arrived. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Donut sticks… today… at McDonald’s. Yes, McDonald’s, you continue to tantalize me after all these years. New products and taste creations and a promise of diversion and merriment. And… it’s … Continue reading
Perhaps I expected too much from The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. The first one was good; they set the bar high. Too high, perhaps, for in the sequel… everything’s not quite awesome. My son loved it. He’s four. I think … Continue reading
Among the other things I do at my “regular job” (that would be math teacher) I host something at school called Gaming Club. The above scene (from the original Legend of Zelda) came up the other day. We discussed the … Continue reading