Duke, Maryland and Chicken Finger Wraps

Yesterday I said something about wanting to see how Duke responds to the St. John’s loss in their game against Maryland.  To be honest, I was a bit nervous about it.  They ended up doing pretty darn good, beating Maryland 80-62 and only trailed for 40 seconds of the game. Tyler Thornton got his first […]

Bless You, Daddy

Milly said, “Bless you, Daddy,” after I sneezed this morning.  Later today she came back to the office and pooted then said, “Pootie yay!”  I really have no idea where she got that one; I certainly didn’t teach it to her. As fun as she was, Milly took no good naps today.  We were afraid […]

Dancing and Walking

Milly was very good this morning.  Amanda and I let her pick out her clothes for church (she picked a light green shirt that had a slightly darker green little half-sweater over it, we took care of her pants, socks and shoes) and she wore pigtails, which is always cute.  Having all of her hair […]

A Streak is Ended

Duke played Boston College at Cameron tonight, and I was very happy with how the Blue Devils played, winning 84-68.  Nolan Smith scored 28 points and Seth Curry helped out with 20, his best at Duke.  Mason Plumlee would have had a double-double if he could shoot free throws decently. In sad news about the […]

Michael Mercer’s 28th Birthday Party

Michael wanted to eat at Outback for his birthday, so we did.  We had a nice time there at our local Wilmington Outback Steakhouse.  Good food, good service.  It was a decent-sized group: me, Amanda and Milly; his parents, Karen and Phil; his grandparents Peggy and Earl Lemons; uncle/aunt/cousins Barry, Anna, Hannah and Kirsten Frazelle; then […]