Category Archives: kids

Grow Your Own Space Needle!

On my recent trip to Seattle, I wandered around Ye Olde Curiousity Shoppe for a good deal of time. YOCS is a great place for old fortune teller machines, real mummies are on display, among other unusual goods. Most of … Continue reading

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AS SEEN ON TV

The Max (aka my son) has a new passion. It’s called, “I want everything sold in infomercials.” I completely understand this. Recently whenever anyting is broken in our home, he insists that it can be repaired with Mighty Putty. He … Continue reading

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Theaters: Now and Then

In the past few weeks the sun has shown us it’s power here in the sometimes polar state of Minnesota. I’m not going to explain why, but I hate this. I’m not a hot weather fan. Though, as I hear … Continue reading

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Sleep, Wall-E, and Batman

Vacation was great. Blah blah blah. The only thing I really took with me was that I am becoming disturbingly jealous of those who do not work. Not for the work thing, but for the sleep. I slept nine plus … Continue reading

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Big and Small

I drove across most of Montana today. Montana means mountain. Mountains mean high altitude. High altitude means snow in June apparently. Blurry, cold, snow. This was at the Continental Divide. It snowed, and rained for most of the day. I … Continue reading

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The Farmer Takes a SPOUSE?!

Max came home yesterday and we went through our daily conversation: Me: How was school? Max: Good. Me: Who did you sit with at lunch Max: I don’t remember…wait…I think it was Salvador Me: What was your favorite part of … Continue reading

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Errands are the Devil

I hate errands. You do too. It’s not so much that I hate them, but they are increased in time ten fold it seems when I have to drag max along. My list for this morning was this: go to … Continue reading

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Growing Up Grocery

I think there have to be lots of families that share one common detail. Maybe it’s something pleasant, like they all golf. Maybe it’s something worse, like they all smoke crack. Among plenty of families in this world there is … Continue reading

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So, that was fun.

My 24 hour pity-party for myself is now over. Let me tell you it was terrific. But today I decided to make a trip to a certain landmark located on my favorite website and he had all the answers to … Continue reading

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Who’s Gonna Embrace NKOTB This Time?

If my guessing is correct New Kids On The Block were popular about 1988-92. I fell right in their target audience during those years. I never did idolize them, not on any level. Don’t for a second think I was … Continue reading

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