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Lisa it's your birthday

Our daughter and youngest just turned two recently. It made me think of something. The Simpsons has always been big, essential really, in...

First real busy summer

Time flew the fastest this summer and I'm both kinda sad it's over and glad for it. Prior to this year we'd travel a little bit and...

Chariots of Fire

The Olympics are over, but there's still a good story to tell and you'll have to pretend this was more timely. This year, for the XXXIII...

Brain fog

I don't often get sick, and when I do it's not often all that bad or for all that long. Most of the time when I sense a bad headache or a...

House of the Dragon

When I first saw ads for House of the Dragon, I was profoundly confused. Who wants this?!? My reaction shouldn't be surprising, the...

Our first sourdough

We've been tempted to get into sourdough for a while now. The bread and the rest are super tasty but going down that road can be a little...

Big travel and big emotions

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

The 1968 DNC, Chicago

1968 was a tumultuous year of protest. Anti-government and anti-authoritarian sentiment, amongst a host of other issues, resulted in...

Smokey and the Bandit

Until very recently I knew the name Burt Reynolds, but to be honest I think I'd only completed one of his movies, the original The...

Building a sandbox

This spring I developed an idea to build a sandbox for our kids and wanted to get it done about as quickly as possible. It became a...

Day of Days (Band of Brothers)

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France during World War II. It was the largest...

Accepting reality

As a kid I was relayed the old wives' tale that men inherit their hair from their maternal grandfather and, since mine was completely...

Heart healthier meals

Since learning my cholesterol rose rapidly in the last year or so (see here), I've pretty successfully changed my diet. This is an update...

Shogun

Maybe you've heard about the new show from FX (and Hulu) called Shōgun. It's a mini-series, meaning one season only, and is an adaptation...

Polybius and the political cycle

I've been reading Polybius, 'The Histories' (or according to Penguin Classics, 'The Rise of the Roman Empire'). A second century BC Greek...

Learning about myself through my son

I'm sure I've said in the past how kid #1, our son, is basically my Mini-Me. It's not a reference to how he looks, it's that he generally...

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