Today’s adventure was a quick visit to the Professional Football Hall of Fame. It was (sort of) on the way home and we’d picked up passes in the last school fundraiser. Oliver has declared it boring and never wants to go back. I’m going to chalk that up to not enough sleep last night.
Overall, it [...]
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I just arrived home from a community meeting in the neighborhood next to mine. It wasn’t at all what I expected, and I am thrilled by my wrongness. Wrongety wrong wrong.
My expectations were for a contentious, loud, and pretty darn unpleasant couple of hours. Still, I felt it was important to be there to support [...]
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Right now I am collapsed in a heap on my sofa. It’s been a busy day, but wow… so much fun! After a quick trip to the Strip District for a few last minute items I was off to the Hebrew National Better-Than-A-Picnic picnic in Highland Park. We had great hotdogs (I mean really, really [...]
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Nearly everyone in my office is working from home today. The option wasn’t presented until I had already left for the day, and my office laptop stayed on my desk, so I’m here, working! [Seriously, it's going to be a great day to get things done. My goal? Inboxes, paper and electronic, ZERO. Just as [...]
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Oliver started playing organized (heh) baseball this spring. It’s been an adventure in so many ways. Last night, week 3, they finally got their hands on bats. When I suggested to the head of the program that helmets might be useful all he could muster was, “Um, okay. Yeah. Sure.”
O is in a group of [...]
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In an effort to clear the cobwebs around here, I’m going to sweep everything into a big ol’ pile (not a steaming one, but a pile nonetheless). Since last we chatted, on Eleanor’s birthday, life has been nothing short of insane. My calendar is a mass of entries and so many colors I can’t see straight.
Here [...]
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After nearly five years of being a parent I know my instincts about my kids are nearly always reliable. It’s something I discovered a few years before, during a difficult hiring situation at work. I knew who to hire. Everyone else was pushing me to hire another guy. I caved to the pressure and it [...]
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Wednesday is Library Day for Oliver’s class. The kids are allowed to take one book home and keep it for the week. We’ve been pushing Oliver to choose something other than football or baseball books, mostly because we want him to branch out but also because my eyes glaze over a bit when the finer [...]
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I tweeted extensively about Eleanor’s recent vision issues (bilateral amblyopia and extreme far-sightedness) but haven’t blogged about them. Though she’s doing fine, I’m still having a few issues. I am mostly over the whole, “Why didn’t I know? I should have noticed something.” part. Various sources have convinced me that we figured it out in [...]
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I come from a family of gear heads. Cars have been a central theme for as long as I can remember. My dad worked at a Pontiac dealership, my brothers have both been involved with cars professionally at various points in their lives, and I remember sitting on their shoulders watching drag racing when I [...]
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