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Grammie
If I haven’t made it clear enough already, I credit my grandma for fostering some of my better qualities: my curiosity, my work ethic, and my desire to learn my whole life through. I spent so many days after school at her house doing homework, working, and playing. I can think back on these times as some of the loveliest, most care-free days. A ( Read more... ) -
Fernie
As much as this will make me sound like one of those crazy dog people that owns anthropomorphic dogs, I have some concerns. Fernie, our seven-year-old Boston has been around through some turbulent times in my life. We got her as a pup when I came back from Germany the first time around. I found a picture the other day where she was sleeping on a ( Read more... ) -
Wait, it's because we didn't have Gonchar
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Caps take 65+ minutes to "teach Flyers a lesson(?)"
"They’re starting to get some fans now, I guess," Philadelphia center Jeff Carter said. "We can’t buy all the tickets."I love when Caps fans talk shit. Because it's like: "Wait, where did you even come from?" You have the best player in the league, but even last season you couldn't pack your own house. Worse, for the Nov. 2 game, there were almost ( Read more... ) -
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
I haven't seen the older, better Woody Allen movies. I kind of liked Match Point, but I have a hard time forgiving anyone that purposely chooses Scarlet Johansson (she of "Wherever I Lay My Head" fame) as a muse. I'm assuming that if you're a writer/director in search of muses, you'd at least want to see their acting skills. Scarlet couldn't act ( Read more... ) -
Vanity Fair
This past summer, we received a random knock on our door. It turned out to be some troubled youth peddling magazines to win a scholarship, so in an act of charity, my mom paid a hugely overinflated price and bought herself a Rolling Stone subscription and me a Vanity Fair ( Read more... ) -
Benjamin Button
This is going to sound so crazy, but in an effort to come to terms with not leaving for the Peace Corps in August like I was supposed to, I tried to think of positives. Sure I'd have to put my life on hold until March since they had pushed my departure back that far, but I knew there would have to be some good things about having additional time ( Read more... ) -
Christmas
My parents and I had a pretty low key Christmas. Festivities actually started for me on Tuesday, when we had a Christmas party at the after school program. The kids were all amped up on sugar, so I made sure they were kept busy physically to tire them out. I really love them a lot. I can see why having kids is so life altering on many levels ( Read more... ) -
Chicago is THE Story of the Year
Saturday trifecta: Flyers win, Penguins lose on HNIC and the Blackhawks beat the Canucks for their seventh win in a row ( Read more... ) -
Cessna 170
No work today because of the snow. That's one of the benefits of being tied to the school schedule. However, it can backfire if there's an early dismissal which leads to an impromptu half day. Instead of four hours, it becomes a seven hour work day and we have to find things to keep the kids busy for that long ( Read more... )