A Happy Mother's Day to all of you fine Mothers out there. Birth-Mothers; Adoptive Mothers; Single-Fathers who must also be Mothers; Godmothers; Grandmothers; Great Grandmothers; Aunts and Girlfriends who take that role ( Read more... )

We celebrated Sunshine's 5th birthday on Sunday, with Pipes' family. They have a family dinner every Sunday night, but we only make it out there about once every month or two, owing to our work schedules. We made a special effort this last Sunday, because Pipes' Mom offered to bake a cake for Sunshine ( Read more... )

Every year on April Fool's, I think I really do need to come up with something very cool to do the next year. Maybe this time I'll really do it.

Here is a quick list of great April Fool's jokes, which various websites have been playing. It doesn't mention the one that really got me though... Xbox.com announced a "Vintage Edition" Xbox 360 and a ( Read more... )

Take a few minutes, and give a prayer of thanks for Those Who Went Before...

Taps
Composed By Major General Daniel ButterfieldDay is done... Gone the sun ( Read more... )

Happy Earth Day! Even if you're an imperialist capitalist military-industrial complex conservative polluting, species-exterminating treehater* like myself.

For every animal you rescue? I shall eat two.

Enjoy.

* That's just me, being facetious. Many people have enjoyed portraying me in that light. I'm a big fan of the environment. Just not ( Read more... )

Happy Easter, everyone!

Steve and Kris did something par-ticularly gracious for today. According to the parenting agreement, Amethyst was scheduled to be with me. But, it turns out, many holidays where I get pre-eminence for parent-time happen to fall on days I'm scheduled to work, and so the reality is that I don't get these days anyway. Our ( Read more... )

Enjoy the [in]sanity!

I don't know what you do to celebrate... but have a good one anyway. May the luck of the little people be with ya. (But don't toss any of 'em!) If you're the drinkin' sort, get a designated driver, m'kay?

Here's a funny link: Green icebergs... and they occur naturally, too!

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