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Why is this suddenly a thing?

Wake the kids and call the neighbors, a new craze is apparently sweeping the nation. And by “nation,” I mean three people I know.

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Like a glove

Last week, I had an unexpected and completely satisfying reunion with some friends I used to see every day, but haven’t spent time with in quite a while: my old running shoes.

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Wordless Wednesday: Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

Ten years ago today, The Wife and I tied the knot. Tonight, we’ll celebrate by taking the kids to swimming lessons and probably falling asleep on the couch.

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Dear Bud: I’m actually almost totally on board with this realignment plan

In my first “Letter to Bud,” I let the commissioner know what I think about the recently revealed plan to bring balance to Major League Baseball.

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“That’s how I can do it”

I’m told that some people have issues with their children getting out of bed when they’re not supposed to. We have the opposite problem.

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Remembering Nonnie

When we moved back to Texas eight years ago, the small town we were in didn’t have a lot of daycare options and most of them were frankly pretty scary. Somehow we lucked upon finding Ophelia Morphew (known to her kids as “Nonnie”), a widow operating a small childcare operation out of her house.

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Wordless Wednesday: Yellow submarine

In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea. And he told us of his life in the land of submarines.

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Dancing fool

When Usher’s “More” comes on, you can’t stop The Boy. You can only hope to contain him.

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