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my armpit is sore

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

000_0368.JPGMan the weather rocked this weekend. My son played his first t-ball game and he loved it. On Sunday, we went over to my parent’s to let my son play with another little boy. They played together fairly OK, but sharing became an issue more than once and the other little fellow liked to hit. I told him he just killed Santa Claus by being such a bad boy(kidding). Later that day we got on our bikes and headed down to the land bridge, spotting our first turtle of the Spring. We spent a ton of time outside, I hung a new bluebird house made by my wife’s granddaddy in the front yard. The best part of the weekend was that Dana didn’t get a big bad migraine.000_0391.JPG

It wasn’t all play though – I actually ironed all my work shirts, did a buttload of laundry, worked on the PSling online store, made a couple additions to the legalhelpin24hrs.com website. I got a nice phone call from the owner of that site too on Friday afternoon. He called just to thank me, he’s already made money on the investment in my development, selling leads through the new tool I built for him to the tune of over a grand + he’s now paying $50 less a month for his web hosting.

Saturday night I tuned into UFC 70 : Nations Collide and was astounded by Mirko Filipovic’s loss to Gabriel Gonzaga. It was touched on in the prefight analysis and I think that Crocop’s training in a ring rather than an actual UFC octagon a factor, but Gonzaga is definitely for real. He absorbed a tremendous body kick to take Crocop down for some ground n’ pound. I still don’t understand how Mirko didn’t blow out his knee and ankle with the way he went down from the knock out kick.

I finally had that time that all father’s must share with their children. That’s right, I taught Van and Viv the finer points of armpit farting while we basked in the afternoon sunshine in our hammock. They were a both quick learners. Afterwards, they came inside and showed Mom their new talents. Last night at dinner, my son declared his armpit was sore and Dana said, “I think I just heard the blog title for tomorrow”…once again Mrs. K was right on the money.

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the logic of bluebird house hunting

Monday, March 12th, 2007

The weekend was a great one – we got a new big TV from our neighbors, I found out my friends Chris and Rachel had their twins, the bluebirds look as though they are making a nest in our box (built by Dana’s grandfather) in the front yard, the kids got to play outside a lot, and Dana shook her migraine too.

Dana did some research last night and having a bluebird box does require some commitment. It’s very important to monitor the boxes to promote a happy home for our new buddies. We have to keep an eye out for cats, raccoons, starlings, and blowfly.

Our neighbors Brian and Heather are incredibly kind, they got a new really sweet TV and want to give us their old TV – very nice projection TV (62″ diag). We’re currently convincing them to accept some moolah for it. Their offer of dog sitting their beagles as payment isn’t exactly equitable. We’ll have to find a way to make it up to them. I think the bluebirds are moving in because of Brian and Heather…good neighbors are hard to find.

I finished Man’s Search for Meaning last night and I’m getting ready to start Cowboy Logic by Kinky Friedman. I need something a little more lighter after reading about noogenic neurosis and the existential vacuum.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast. Viktor E. Frankl