Omaha, Raen (nee Kouryou-chan) and I all went to Portland last weekend, and we did it without taking the car. Or any amount of luggeage that wouldn't fit on our backs. Everything had to fit in a backpack, and we were bringing our bicycles ( Read more... )

A company named Winning Moves has bought the right to print "nostalgia editions" of old games, including the 1949 artwork for Clue! Omaha and I bought it and, with Raen's help last night, played it ( Read more... )

Since school is almost here, Omaha and I took Kouryou-chan to Wild Waves for one last summer experience last week ( Read more... )

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It has been an insane couple of days here at the Villa ( Read more... )

The big news for this weekend was Kouryou-chan turned twelve. Omaha and I aren't ready for her to be a middle-schooler, but damn she's growing up fast ( Read more... )

Caught up with Omaha's mother and went to breakfast. The girls have now eaten at that all-American greasy spoon, a Waffle House. The waffles were fluffy but uninteresting, the eggs were eggs, the coffee was so-so. I haven't had a decent cup of coffee in Florida that I haven't made myself ( Read more... )

After making tacos, the girls ganged up on me and forced me to bake chocolate chip cookies.

The second batch is cooling right now. I'm betting on sheer yumminess.