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Friday is a beautiful day. Late lunch, grocery shopping, nap. The largest fireworks display in the area is in the park, a ten minute walk from my house. It’s not overly crowded, there’s a clear sky and a gentle breeze. Just a perfect night. ::sigh:: Saturday is hot and sticky. I made ice cream: Banana… Continue reading Weekend Update

MYOB? No Way! Natalie has decided to mind other people’s business in an effort to deflect evil spirits bad things from happening to her. You see, the way she puts it: I realized today how often the act of simply minding your own business tends to set off a series of most unfortunate events. Think… Continue reading MYOB? No Way!

On Friday, Mel and I went to Pennsylvania to visit her folks and go strawberry picking. We’d been looking forward to this for a while; Mel hadn’t been picking in a long time and I’ve never been. We’d planned to make jam and also freeze some strawberries to use for protein shakes. After her mom… Continue reading The Invasion of Strawberries

I didn’t expect to like it, and I certainly have no knowledge of boxing as a sport, but I actually had a pretty good time. Mel loved it. There were seven or eight different bouts, and several were televised on ESPN2 along with the main event. We had decent seats. We could see fairly well… Continue reading The Fights

While trying to get to the arena, I got harrassed by a traffic cop. Never before have I been harangued in such a manner by an officer of the law. I’d wanted to park in the arena lot and there were cops directing traffic on the approach to the lots. I misinterpreted the hand signals… Continue reading Going to the Fight