Archive For September 30, 2016

Phamily Foto Phriday: 9/30/16

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Phamily Foto Phriday: 9/30/16

Yes, it has been two weeks. You try doing regular updates with a toddler and a month old. By the way, here is the toddler acting and dressing as fabulous as he is. We made it to one more Mariners game this year. Cotton candy was had, with Ciaran none too happy I was taking…

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Dedication Or Foolishness

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Dedication Or Foolishness

For those unfamiliar Cub Scouts is organized by grade. Tiger Cubs is the program for 1st graders, Wolf for 2nd, Bear for 3rd with 4th and 5th graders being WEBELO Scouts. You have all school year to work on projects, do activities and earn the rank specific to your grade, though it is not required…

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Music Monday: Thank You Bosstones

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Music Monday: Thank You Bosstones

Dear Joe, Tim, Joe, Ben, Chris, Lawrence, John, Kevin and Dickey (along with Nate, Tim, Josh, and others I am forgetting), Thank you. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones has been an important band in my life for a long time. I have blogged about my association with the band and music several times over the last…

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Learn Your Manners

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Seattle based restaurant El Gaucho will be hosting an etiquette course at each of its locations. Seattle (both locations), Bellevue, Tacoma and Portland will have noted etiquette expert Cortney Anderson-Sanford help recapture some of what is increasingly missing from today’s digitally connected world – real connections and manners. These classes will come in two flavors, one geared…

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Music Monday: Picking A Favorite

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Music Monday: Picking A Favorite

It is no secret The Beatles is my favorite band. If it is a surprise then you haven’t been reading this blog very long. Sometimes I am asked what my favorite Beatles song is. For the longest time it was “Rocky Raccoon” for reasons I don’t really quite understand to this day (and no, it…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 9-16-16

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Phamily Foto Phriday 9-16-16

It has been a busy time over the last couple of weeks since posting one of these. Let’s take a look at what has been going on. I went to the annual 2016 Penny Arcade Expo and was able to take the kids. I showed you a picture of Xavier last time, so here are…

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Disposable Water

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Disposable Water

What a time to be living in. Our refrigerator has an ice maker and dispenser. No need to open the refrigerator or freezer to get some ice or cold water. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate this. Not only do we have hot and cold running water, we are at a point where we…

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Music Monday: Letters To Cleo

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Music Monday: Letters To Cleo

People are often surprised at some of the bands I like. This one is probably one of them. And I don’t care. I became aware of Letters To Cleo through the song “Here And Now” like pretty much everybody else did, though not necessarily through the Melrose Place soundtrack single and video that most people seem…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 9-2-16

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Phamily Foto Phriday 9-2-16

School is back in session which means the routine is back and it is easier for me to keep with a weekly posting schedule for these things. Starting with the first day of school, here is Tevye who wanted his picture taken, but he wasn’t included in the previous post because he isn’t going to…

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Red Sonja: Queen Of Plagues (Blu-ray)

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Red Sonja: Queen Of Plagues (Blu-ray)

Some, if not most, of you will be familiar with Red Sonja as a character portrayed by Brigitte Nelson in what wound up being a Conan knock-off due to rights issues at the time. That is a shame because the character is much more than that. The history or Red Sonja is fairly complex with…

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