We have begun the cutting of the ties ( Read more... )

THANKS to vaxhacker. A meme about your holiday traditions:

1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate: Eggnog. When I see the eggnog on the shelf at the store, that defines the beginning of the holiday season for me.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or set them under the tree? Santa always wrapped his presents in both my house and my wife's house as kids. However I have always ( Read more... )

I know it seems obvious, that my kids are as different as can be ( Read more... )

A meme from vaxhacker. Why not? These are always interesting.

Copy this list to your blog and bold the ones you have done before:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland / Disneyworld
8. ( Read more... )

Assuming I actually passed.

Today I completed my Part IV NBCE Board Exams. It was a weekend full of stress and anxiety. I took the Radiology portion on Friday. That seemed easy. Maybe it was all the studying I put in the week previous, or maybe WSCC over-prepares their students for boards. I don't know and I don't care. The questions seemed pretty ( Read more... )

Or How to String out Christmas for 15 more days ( Read more... )

A quiz I took from vaxhacker

Interview one of your children, asking them the following 20 questions.
I interviewed Jb, my eleven-year-old.

1. What is something that Dad always says to you? “Stop pestering your sister!”
2. What makes Dad happy? “Is there anything that makes you happy (grin)?”
3. What makes Dad sad? “Me pestering my sister (grin)”
4. How does your ( Read more... )

In this day and time, we are drawn as a people to our polling places (virtual in many cases) to vote for our national, state and local positions. Every 4 years at this time I am drawn back to the words of our first President, George Washington, that he presented to the congress on the eve of his final months in office. The final statement of one of ( Read more... )

Well after much debate, we have decided that Arizona is the place for us. (specifically Gilbert - Queen Creek suburbs of Phoenix ( Read more... )

An art meme taken from my BIL2 lackeyluvr

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...
Traditional, Vibrant, and Tasteful

13 Islamic, -4 Impressionist, 7 Ukiyo-e, -21 Cubist, -12 Abstract and 8 Renaissance!


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