“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” - Thomas Jefferson
Posted in Family on Mar 8th, 2008
If I didn’t have to go in to work today — major project hitting a critical point — I’d have slept in.
And I’d have missed the snow.
Okay, you folks from up north are saying, “That’s not snow.”
And, for your world, you’d be right.
Only, I don’t live in your world. I live in the South.
It don’t [...]
Posted in Family, Food and Drink on Mar 3rd, 2008
This past weekend, we went to southeast and northeast Georgia, visiting relatives. The children, actually. Plus my grandmother.
Sunday was the day we went to Athens to visit The Little Princess.
We got there just before she was about to head out to a movie. A movie she really didn’t want to see.
You see, Larry Munson, the [...]
Posted in Family, Food and Drink on Mar 3rd, 2008
Last weekend, we took a trip to southeast and northeast Georgia, visiting family members. On Saturday, we stopped in Brunswick to see my son.
He was just getting off work when we got there, so, of course, The Wife wanted to run to Wal-Mart.
After leaving Hell-Mart, we ran over to my son’s apartment. After a quick [...]
Posted in Family on Mar 2nd, 2008
The Wife and I just got back from visiting my son, my daughter, and my grandmother.
We’ll talk more about the family visit at another time.
Right now, I want to complain about our stay at a Ramada.
We visited my grandmother Saturday, then went to visit my son. After we finished there, we headed back to see [...]
Posted in Family on Feb 17th, 2008
This morning was a very difficult morning.
You know, The Wife has chickens. And goats.
This morning began early. About 3:30. When the phone rang.
You see, her sister has goats, too.
And she called The Wife, who needed to go see about her sister’s goat.
About 8:00, The Wife needed to see about her own goats.
Actually, about what her [...]
My Big Sister (who’s 5′4”) got a package from Amazon.com today.
No, that’s not big news. Lots of folks get packages from Amazon.com.
What’s big news is that she actually got it. Because she finally got it. Two day express shipping only took three days from the date of shipment.
Here’s what happened. At least, as best as [...]
Posted in Family on Jan 16th, 2008
Why don’t men understand women? And why don’t women understand men?
Because we think different.
Gift soap, for example.
Women seem to love that stuff. Otherwise, there’d be no such thing as Bath and Body Works or Bed, Bath & Beyond.
The other day, The Wife and I were in Hell-Mart, and I saw some Valentine’s Day gift packs.
Soap.
Yes, [...]
Posted in Family on Jan 2nd, 2008
Sometimes, you find yourself looking for things you never expect.
Like recently, before Christmas, the Wife and I were doing some shopping. In Wal-Mart, of course. Because the Wife likes Wal-Mart. I don’t, but she does. She’d take a vacation at a Wal-Mart if she could.
Anyway, while finishing up shopping, or trying to at least, she [...]
Posted in Family on Jan 2nd, 2008
Lots of families have Christmas traditions.
I’m thinking I’ve developed a really bad one. Again this year, I was sick Christmas. And am just now recovering, although I haven’t fully.
A last-minute change in plans meant that my daughter and son weren’t able to come here for Christmas Eve, as was the original plan. So, I [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 25th, 2007
It’s a stereotype that men don’t read instructions. And, sure, there’s truth behind it, like most stereotypes. But it’s not a universal truth.
I read instructions. Or try to, anyway.
Not that I’m not a typical guy. I think I’m pretty typical.
But, experience teaches me to read the instructions.
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad [...]
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