What a wonderful response I have received so far for an all-new call out for words for this writing experiment/practice/exercise.

Some people clearly want me to have to think outside the box because in the days ahead I need to conquer (among others) "Unicorn" and "Vegemite"!

I'm going to start with the one submitted by saturnascend. She gave me "Triple ( Read more... )

Oh, you wicked world. It's only Tuesday and I desperately want it to be Friday.

What is new with my LJ amigos? It seems like there was a pick-up in entries from various people over the last few weeks and now there is a bit of a lull. I really should add here that I don't comment as much as I should but I do read a lot. Oh well... people update at ( Read more... )

I've very much been enjoying being an assistant coach for Gavin's soccer team. It has been entirely too long since I coached (the last time was when Bailey, 13, was in 1st grade!) and it is considerably more fun than being a referee, which I took on for about 3 seasons in our former city ( Read more... )

Ya know, I always swore I was not going to become one of those writers who habitually writes about his kids. And, in giving myself a little bit of slack and/or credit, I'll preface this entry by saying that in my many years of blogging/journal writing I have, more often than not, only written about my kids in the context of learning something from ( Read more... )

I don't care what your sport of preference is or your team of choice. You could be "Football" and I could be "Hockey", the guy over there could be "Basketball" and the girl at the coffee shop could be "Soccer"... if you follow a team sport and you love a certain team we all follow a similar script: We cheer, we sometimes boo, we're loyal, and when ( Read more... )

I've been drinking my coffee slower this week. Everything slows down a little when you're on vacation and especially if you're at home for any part of it ( Read more... )

I’ve discovered the joys of the massive bags of whole bean, organic coffee at Costco. And I swear to you... I’m never going back to pre-ground. The fact that the grinder going off each morning scares the ever loving shit out of one of the cats is just a bonus.

On to The Rounds...

”Give Me Some Truth”This past week’s flap-up over former President ( Read more... )

Let me preface this by assuring you that I am not one of those parents when it comes to my kids and their sports endeavors. There is no secret vicarious need within me for my children to excel at soccer or baseball or hockey or whatever... I just like it when they do good and perform well as anything they try their best at ( Read more... )

“It’s April 21st [22nd] and everybody knows today is Earth Day
Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday to whoever’s being born
And now I’m trying hard to think of something meaningful and worthy
Kinda earthy, to make everybody asks themselves just…
What are we doing here?
And what ware doing to her?
I don’t know
What are we gonna do?”- Dramarama, from ( Read more... )

This one actually pains me...

*Clears throat*

With my Colorado Avalanche 8 points out of a playoff spot and only 12 games remaining in the season it will take more than just the Avs continuing to play their best hockey of the season (6W-0L-1OTL in their last 7!); they will need for the team(s) they're chasing to lose some as well. The most ( Read more... )