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Ron and I took Benjamin and Truman up to Skibowl today, for their first snowboard lesson. These are Tru’s highlights. Unfortunately, Benny didn’t snowboard long enough to get any highlights, but he sure had fun throwing snowballs!

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Behold Saberboy!
Tru got a lightsaber from Grandpa Jim and Grandma Liz and he’s pretty dang stoked about it. He cut parts off of me all day long. 

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The last couple of years we’ve been going caroling with some friends during the holidays. We went last night. Twelve of us altogether, evenly split between kids and adults. We outfitted the kids with instruments and sent them to the door while we all sang. I had my little camera with me, so I took [...]

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Here’s a very excellent video by my buddy Gregg Koskella. This is a link to his original post. Enjoy.

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Ran across this poem this evening and it really struck a nerve. It’s copied below, but I found it here.

Six Apologies, Lord
Olena Kalytiak Davis
I Have Loved My Horrible Self, Lord.
I Rose, Lord, And I Rose, Lord, And I,
Dropt. Your Requirements, Lord. ‘Spite Your Requirements, Lord,
I Have Loved The Low Voltage Of The Moon, Lord,
Until There [...]

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I’ve got to write this down so I don’t forget. I spent a bunch of time trying to decipher how to get streaming video on a webpage. It turned out to be relatively simple, once you know the path to follow. It was just tough finding the path. Here’s an example of what follows. The [...]

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We decided to sell our 1994 Jeep Cherokee. I cleaned it up today, took some pictures and put it on Craigslist. 3 hours, and 5 inquiries, later it’s gone. That’s easily the speed record for any car I’ve sold. Amazing.
And we sold it none too soon since our water heater exploded last night and we [...]

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