That's how my brother has always pronounced it -- Novenember -- and it is a peculiar characteristic of Jon-speak that a lot of the words are just so close to correct that you find yourself using them, too.  So Happy Novenember, everyone ( Read more... )

 This past weekend was a really great one, with lots of fantastic stuff, but it was so exhausting that we're STILL tired from it.

( Football Camp! )

This past weekend I hosted my family, which was equal parts nice and a little stressful.   It was nice because A) I like my family and B) I haven't seen them since Christmas.  It was stressful because A) I'm not used to being surrounded by five other people all the time and B) I'm not used to cooking, cleaning, and entertaining six people.  Still, ( Read more... )

My brother is staying with us for a few days.  He looked through our game closet and decided he'd like to try playing The Game of Life, which he has never played before.

He beat us by a cold one million dollars.

Lucas and I are getting very tired of the Gamecube, so this afternoon we forced Jon to play a real game for awhile.  He chose Boggle.

Now, my family is pretty serious about Boggle.  One of the first things to be taught to me as a child was "If you can find the singular word, always look for the plural, as well."  If there's "sot" anywhere on the ( Read more... )

I'm now officially off work until next Saturday.  I think my blood pressure automatically went down a dozen points just by leaving the building yesterday.

My brother is up visiting, as well, which makes this extra fun.  Last night he wanted a story before going to bed, so Lucas read him a Choose Your Own Adventure.

He died, shot by poachers.

Today the ( Read more... )

I got yelled at for not updating that I got back to Columbus OK, so here you go ( Read more... )

Not much more to report here. Still waiting to hear from Kent State - still glad I have Clarion, at least ( Read more... )