I’m Low on Magnetite…or, Why I Didn’t Make It to the Dentist This Morning

See that map up there? It’s a map that Sheryl printed for me this morning with walking directions to my dentist appointment. Getting to my dentist used to be so easy even I could get there: take the train to Bryn Mawr, get off the train, and there was the dentist. Then they moved.
To say [...]

Weirdos

A guy plopped down next to me on the train home tonight when there were plenty of open seats still available. I took the social faux pas with the typical aplomb with which I handle things like this — I let out an audible sigh. It didn’t work.
It got worse. The reason the guy scootched [...]

Can I Hold the Mouse, George?

I fired up the grill tonight to throw on the dogs and burgers. Then I opened the lid to check if the fire was going and there stood Mama Mouse. She hopped straight up in the air and hotfooted it outta there. That grill is a very expensive Habitrail.

It’s a Bird…Maybe Not

We’ve had all our deck furniture off our deck for the past few weeks. We got the deck refinished — with a $1,000 interlude to have the squirrels extracted from our attic.
And we haven’t used our grill in several weeks. But something has.
Sheryl called me outside yesterday afternoon and said, “Take a look in [...]

Matt Went to the Prom

To see full size image, click here and then click on the + arrow to enlarge it. I also put up a Flickr set here.
Matt put on his first tux and headed to his junior prom at Conestoga High School. We did the obligatory photos in the backyard. As you can see, Snickers the Wonder [...]

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