Digger

Did a little work this morning while Amanda took care of some laundry and packed for the weekend. Milly spent time playing with her toddler princess dolls then pretending she was a turtle in a laundry basket. We left around 1:00. Harvey wanted to come along, but Cyra’s watching the house this week and is […]

Duke and Florida Gulf Coast

Duke played Florida Gulf Coast tonight and got off to a slow start, but ended up winning 88-67 behind a career high night for Mason Plumlee (28 points, 10-11 free throws).  Rasheed Sulaimon had 19, and he’s already doing so well that we Duke fans are afraid we might lose him to the NBA a […]

Everybody’s Sick

Milly was still sick today and I was a little sick and Karen had a headache and texted me that she wouldn’t be coming today.  Despite all that, and despite the fact that Milly got up at around 7:15 (with a dry pullup, yay!), the day went pretty well. Of course, we just set our […]

“You Didn’t Build That”

I’ve thought for a while now about writing out my thoughts concerning the “You didn’t build that” meme.  Context for any possible future readers, from Wikipedia: On a campaign swing through Virginia, Obama stopped in Roanoke to speak to supporters. In his remarks Obama noted that while he was willing to cut government waste, he would […]

11 Years of 9/11

I can’t believe it’s been so long.  I think I’ve said that every year for the past few, but still.  It’s crazy to think of how many people have been born who will only know about it from history books.  And some of those kids are probably just now starting to learn about the events […]