The gang I love
Today was Evie’s first day of school. She was so excited when I put her to bed last night I was sure she’d wake us up before dawn with her backpack on, ready to hit the road. Fortunately she slept well — better than either of her parents to be …
The ugly weather from Tropical Storm Ernesto is keeping everyone in the house today, and the outlook for the weekend is pretty poor by all accounts. Those of you with small children know that when combined with a long weekend off work, this spells looming insanity. For some reason the …
Today we’re taking it easy after a day of birthday partying (child of friends’) and shopping for Evie’s school clothes. I’m working on the Installation Guide for Fedora Core 6, trying to document some of the changes and filling in a few holes here and there. It’s reminding me how …
For anyone who didn’t know, my friends Christopher and Darya brought home their new bundle o’ joy yesterday. We’re hoping to swing by this weekend with some goodies (and an easy-bake dinner that Christopher can handle) and baby gear. Isn’t Ava a cutie?
SuperWife has earned her title this week by finding good things for us to eat that involve very little cooking, which is a boon considering temperatures outside have been hovering near the century mark for a couple days now, with humidity somewhere between “sauna” and “armpit.” Ugly, hazy air is …
Ethan is now at the stage where, between spates of screeching and spinning his head off his shoulders while fire shoots from his eyes and ears, he is taking quantum leaps of development, especially linguistic. At age 2-1/2 or so, he’s lagging only slightly behind where Evie was at his …
Just got home from carousing and carrying on with some very close, old, and good friends (In the best senses of all words concerned) tonight. We holed up at a neighborhood pub (or the closest facsimile that the US can provide — given that we’re in Virginia, that’s not too …
Especially if said pimp’s modus operandi includes copious amounts of taffy. Yes, I got my permanent crown put in today, and boy is it shiny!. Thankfully it’s a back molar, so it won’t show much, but I’m using my new mouth bling as an excuse to smack Eleya on the …
Tomorrow at oh-dark-thirty we’re getting on the road with the kids to head to Nashville — me for the Red Hat Summit and the rest of the family for fun and frolicking, including visiting relatives. It was a nice birthday gift to be able to give my wife, and I …
Tomorrow night, hitting the road again for another kick-ass show at Andy’s on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Unfortunately, our brilliant cellist Okorie will be down for the count since the chicken pox has made an unexpected visit at his house. Could be worse; at least there’s no buboes involved. It does …