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The Modernish Father I’m The Modernish Father and this is my wee corner of the web. Life rarely slows down long enough for me to be able to record what’s going on, but when it does, I share it here.

09 April 2008 ~ 0 Comments

The Linkage for Apr. 9th

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Apr. 5th to Apr. 9th:

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07 April 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Opening Day

Opening Day

The Boy played his first real teeball game this evening. Or as he insists, his first “baseball” game. Apparently he doesn’t want people thinking he’s playing some watered-down version of the sport. As we were watching him play the game, The Wife and I were amazed at how much he’s grown up. He’s not a [...]

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06 April 2008 ~ 2 Comments

And boom goes the onion bomb

And boom goes the onion bomb

Ugh, today marked the return of an unwelcome chore – mowing the lawn. Fortunately I was a little smarter about it this year and didn’t wait until the grass was twelve feet high like last year (possibly an exaggeration, I didn’t actually measure it) and consequently it wasn’t that bad. Took me about two hours. [...]

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04 April 2008 ~ 0 Comments

The Linkage for Apr. 4th

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Mar. 31st to Apr. 4th:

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03 April 2008 ~ 2 Comments

The hair up there

The hair up there

If you paid attention to the picture in my last post, you may have noticed that I’m sporting the beginnings of a beard. It’s not really thick enough to be called a beard, but you know, I have to call it something. I’ve always been a lazy shaver, but I stopped shaving completely about three [...]

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01 April 2008 ~ 0 Comments

One wedding and no funerals

One wedding and no funerals

The Wife and I packed up the young ‘uns for another weekend road trip on Saturday. This time, the kids were left in the Swamp while The Wife and I went to a wedding on the fairly acceptable island of Galveston. When I was younger, I really disliked Galveston. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s [...]

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31 March 2008 ~ 1 Comment

I (heart) baseball

I (heart) baseball

This is it – the best day of the year. Baseball is finally here again. Sure we’ve had those couple of games in Japan and that affair last night in Washington D.C.. For most of us though, today was the real opening day – a day when we’re saved from the tedious boredom of winter [...]

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28 March 2008 ~ 0 Comments

The Linkage for Mar. 28th

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Mar. 20th to Mar. 28th:

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