crucible of ennui

I’m cutting my hair tomorrow. I decided at the beginning of this year that I would grow it out one year and then get it cut, maybe even have 10 inches cut off to donate to Locks of Love, a place that makes wigs for children that loose their hair due to medical treatments for [...]

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I hate zombies. Hate them. Some people have a thing against clowns. Some folks - it’s dolls and ventriloquist dummies. For me it’s zombies.
So I’m at the bookstore the other day and I see a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, the son of movie great-Mel Brooks. How could I resist? A [...]

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My focus for the upcoming year will be reinvention. It’s a milestone year - not for any superficial reasons. But the feeling that this year will be different. For Glenn. For myself. For Catherine - she will have so much to learn and experience.
Reinvention. How can I apply this concept in my own life to [...]

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My heart goes out to all the people, families and communities devastated by the earthquake-generated tsunamis that have hit may coastal areas across the Pacific. The stories are horrific.

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Today I’m wearing a cozy mocha brown velour track suit.
I either look like a displaced bear or a fat J-Lo.
O’ the bitter truth.

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Besides uploading photos of the baby - I could probably upload the photos we took while we were in Japan, Hawaii and other points o’ interest.
As much as I think Catherine is adorable, I need to get more stuff online.

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It’s that time of year when agents send in all kinds of goodies to corporate. We’ve been feasting/grazing for the past two weeks.
Today I’m enjoying a bag of jalepeno popcorn.
Muy tasty.
I’m not going to share.

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These are the photos from our early Christmas. And some shots G. took yesterday of her.
Not much else going on. Still waiting for any news about work. We’ll just have to wait until after the first of the year I think. Same for G. on his interview too!

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Catherine got her first tooth. If you hold her head just so and pry her mouth open you can see it, although she’s usually pissed off at this point.
She’ll stand in your lap, with her hands on either side of your face… you know, like she’s playing with your ears, nose, mouth, whatever. And she’ll [...]

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You know how smell triggers memories? Today in the elevator at work I was standing next to a high level executive type who smelled EXACTLY like my grandfather.
It was all I could do to keep from throwing my arms around him and shouting, “Papa, Papa!!”
Outside of the whole grandfather memory, I love men who smell [...]

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