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Ripped Like a Spun Monkey?
Okay, my youngest son (12), the monkey, is now blogging again on The Blog that Will Never Love You. Apparently the blog is very sad this Christmas and needs cheered up with comments. So please go here and do your part. He has quite a sense of humor. Here is the youtube Christmas Greeting he…
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Mean Kitty’s Baby Sister
I’ve been pretty busy since Thanksgiving, trying to get Gay Fatherhood, the Global Community for Gay Dads fix up and redesigned. Lots of new pages and features and a billion little links. Sigh… Thank God for Bob’s help! Anyway, so between that and the off and on cold bouts, the work and the upcoming…
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The Time for Thanks Has Passed
So how was your Thanksgiving? Even my friends in Northern Ireland took time for a feast of thanks on Thursday! Ours was delightful, but Rachel Ray’s Manchego Cheese in Smashed Potaoes recipe needs butter in it (just in case you ever try it. Otherwise it was great), and in the future I’m going back to…
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From the Mind of a Fifteen Year Old
Leaving the little country store tonight, with our bag of fried chicken in hand, his ear phones draped down from the sides of his Zack Efron hair, I turn and notice a far away, serious look in his eyes. Me: (Concerned) What are you thinking? Him: (With barely a hesitation) Who would win in a…
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A Note on the Fridge
Clarice has dined on liver and fava beans and a nice chianti — at 1:10 AM Clarice is our kitten Claire, thus named for the greater part that the allergy medicine Claritin must play in our lives, especially for my son Jon who turned red and blotchy and burst into sneezing minutes after first starting…
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Two Speeches
I stayed late at work last night because I knew the speeches would soon come and I didn’t want to miss anything on the drive home. There is much to do for all of us in the days and months ahead here in these United States, but last night I felt hope again. I found…
