Archive | May, 2011
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Second grade rocks

Back in September, The Boy picked up some rocks on the playground because he was “going to need them for an assignment.” After the assignment didn’t materialize after two weeks, I told him to stop hauling the rocks around in his backpack.

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Adios, people of the internet

Not forever, just for the next week. Which in today’s society is just about the same as forever.

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Friday Night Videos: Armpit Hero

My children never cease to amaze me. Most of the time, that’s a good thing. Sometimes though…

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A hairy situation

As my three-week vacation from shaving nears its end, all this head on my hair is starting to freak me out.

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Rainouts in baseball are up this season, but it’s not all the weather’s fault

Weather only continues to wreak havoc on the baseball season. The question is, has some of the damage been self-inflicted?

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Wordless Wednesday: Back in port

With Endeavour’s solid rocket boosters returning this morning, I figured today would be a good day for the photos I took of NASA’s tireless and unsung retrievers, Freeedom Star and Liberty Star, hauling the SRBs from STS-133 back to Port Canaveral in February.

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A wintry wonderland – except for all the bears that can kill you

Here’s the project that The Wife and The Boy put together for his second-grade science project. They had to put together a habitat for an animal and he was assigned polar bears. I think they did a pretty good job. I’m also very excited that I didn’t have to be involved at all.

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Friday Night Videos: Catfight

First in what might become a recurring thing. Or it might not. You never know. Tonight’s video is courtesy of the “Guile’s Theme Goes With Everything” meme running rampant on YouTube. Please to enjoy.

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