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Music Monday: Devo (Part 2)

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Music Monday: Devo (Part 2)

Last week I started to go a bit more in-depth about my relationship with the band Devo. One of the two tattoos I have is inspired by the band as is the name of this blog. Wednesday night the band was in town for their Hardcore Devo Tour. There were only 10 stops on this…

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Music Monday: Devo (Part 1)

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Music Monday: Devo (Part 1)

I have touched upon my relationship with the band Devo before, and I guess it is time to further explore this a bit more. My initial introduction to the band was a library copy of the 1981 LP New Traditionalists. Sure I had heard “Whip It” on the radio, but it wasn’t until the summer of…

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Discussing The Changes

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Discussing The Changes

Puberty can be a difficult subject to discuss. It is such a wide-ranging and encompassing change that just one conversation won’t cover it. Add to that the awkwardness of sitting down and actually having the discussion. Yeah, many of us parents sort of blunder through it. Along comes an outside agency and puts everybody on…

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Music Monday: 2014 FIFA World Cup – “We Are One”

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What is it with FIFA and using Latin American artists for the official song for the World Cup? One would think the official song of the world cup would come from the host country, or at the very least vary in ethnic origin. 3 of the last 5 World Cups have had an official song…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 6-6-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 6-6-14

Yes, I’m still behind and I’m going to pack in as much as I can here and try to finally get caught up. I do have to admit this is a better position to be in than having nothing to post. First off you may remember a few weeks ago August got first place within…

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Music Monday: Fiddler On The Roof

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Music Monday: Fiddler On The Roof

If you’ve been paying attention to this blog at all the last few weeks you would know Fiddler On The Roof has had a major pressence in our lives. First we had the latest addition to our family, Tevye, then a few days later our oldest cat Chava died. A great “Sunrise, Sunset” example. I…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 5-30-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 5-30-14

Still playing “catch-up” with photos. Next week will also be another one of these types of affairs. At least this one includes sharp objects being flung. Seriously. Two weekends ago, yes, very shortly after Tevye was born, I took August to Webeloree, an event that is done in conjuction with the Boy Scout Camporee, a…

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Goodbye Chava

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As we were moving, in the throws of the beginning of our remodel, right after Tevye was born, we had yet another major event happen in our lives. Our old cat Chava was put to sleep. She came to us a rainy September day in 1997. She was sitting outside our window, meowing, waiting to…

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For Xavier At 4

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For Xavier At 4

This is late. If you’ve been paying attention you would know that certain life events have come in the way of having this written, let alone posted, in time for his actual birthday. It’s been a heck of a year. You were 3 years old when you went on an international, even inter-continental, trip to…

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Music Monday: Frozen

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Finally saw Frozen last night. We missed it in theaters, unfortunately, but right when it came out on Blu-ray we bought it. As life happens, I didn’t get to see it with the kids. The second time they watched the film it was with mom. After the 2nd time of watching the film my daughter…

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