Category Archives: Life

The Meryl Diet

I tried to start a diet back in June, and I went with a diet that worked years ago, back when I only had about ten pounds to lose. Basically, I cut out junk foods, cut down on Coke (sorry, … Continue reading

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Observations

I realized a long, long time ago that I am a terrible housekeeper. It’s mostly because I really hate cleaning house. When I left my apartment last year, I decided to hire a cleaning staff so that I wouldn’t have … Continue reading

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Player of the day: Nate

Last night, I stopped on the way home to watch Nate play in the Little League All-Star tournament. It’s his team’s third game, and they faced the other team in the tournament that was undefeated. We got to see two … Continue reading

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Baby sea lion swim break

Time for a cuteness overload. Via Neatorama.

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Busy, busy, busy

Who knew organzing a comic collection would take this much time? And we’re not half done.

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Can I call myself a Southerner yet?

Last week marked my seventh anniversary as a resident of central Virginia. Since I’ve moved from New Jersey, I have done a number of things in Virginia that I never did in NJ. They are, in part: Voted for a … Continue reading

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Stupid spammers

Every once in a while, a new spam subject comes along that apparently keeps managing to elude the spam filters at the server level. And I have to ask: What effing moron actually thinks he will get a free sample … Continue reading

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A midday visit, with pictures

Sarah and the kids were in town today so that Jake could retake a couple of parts of the test for the gifted program. He was sick and on meds when he first took the test, and didn’t score highly … Continue reading

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The poll results

The poll has been up for quite a while now, and it looks like the answers are staying pretty steady. Here are the results:

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Reflections on hotel life

It’s been a really long time since I actually stayed in a hotel instead of with friends. And even longer since I stayed at one that caters to a more upscale clientele. So much to snark, so little time. Just … Continue reading

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Back to school

I just want to say this upfront: The Learning Tree absolutely rocks. They give us breakfast. They have soft drink machines that charge only fifty cents for sodas and water. They give us a snack in the middle of the … Continue reading

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I’m back

The drive was exhausting. But I have a corned beef cooking, and a Gencarelli’s panelle bread, and some kosher steaks in the fridge. I had a very nice weekend with friends, and learned that my nephew is, indeed, going to … Continue reading

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Saturday picture shows

We’re waiting for Bob to get home from the movies before we go to lunch, and for the clouds to go away before we go swimming. But I have time for blogging, and I simply had to share a few … Continue reading

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Traveling

I’ll be on the road by the time this is posted, on my way to NJ for my nephew’s graduation party. I swear, he was only six last year. Maybe the year before last. But graduating high school? No way. … Continue reading

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A Hebrew robocall?

Someone in the marketing department in some company that has my phone number really screwed up. Because I got a robocall in Hebrew late this afternoon. It was the greeting that tipped me off that something was, er, not kosher. … Continue reading

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