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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, stepping out your door….

After a summer that has seen a surprising amount of weather that’s been truly unpleasant — from our cool-and-rainy June to our incredibly hot-and-humid July — we finally got a welcome taste of autumnal cool this weekend. Or, as I … Continue reading

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A Day at the Fair — the report!

So, the other day we enacted one of our favorite annual rituals: a day at the Erie County Fair. We’ve been going to the Fair ever since 2001 or 2002, the first year we actually lived in the Buffalo area. … Continue reading

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A Day at the Fair

Today The Family and I are off to the Erie County Fair for a day of gazing upon farm animals and farm machinery, watching the riding of bumper cars by The Daughter, perusing all manner of goods being hawked by … Continue reading

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Wow….

At the school I went to when we lived in Hillsboro, OR last (from fall 1979 to June 1981), this lady was one of my classmates. Interesting to see what she’s made of herself. (I only remember her because she … Continue reading

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Mazel tov!

Matt Jones, whom by virtue of having known him since fifth grade is the person outside my immediate family I’ve known the longest (unless you count the girl from 2nd grade who is now one of my Facebook friends) in … Continue reading

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Some Random Observations

Comments on some stuff…. :: I’m still not much of a fan, but over time I’ve developed a small bit of appreciation for The Family Guy. Mainly, I find Stewie (the megalomaniacal English-accented baby) and Brian (the articulate, alcoholic dog) … Continue reading

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Productivity: I has it!

UPDATE: Oh yeah, I forgot something! Updated at bottom. It’s been a pretty busy weekend at Casa Jaquandor: :: Grocery shopping, as usual. :: Making dinner last night. I found a new recipe for Chicago Deep Dish Pizza crust, which … Continue reading

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MarioKart!

So, we picked up Mario Kart a while back. This is, as the title makes clear, is one of the Mario franchise games. It’s a go-kart/race track game, in which you pick your character and your vehicle and navigate at … Continue reading

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Won’t someone please think of the children!

I always think it’s funny when someone thinks that they’re making a profound point, whilst remaining utterly oblivious to the fact that the only point they’re actually making is, “I am an asshole!”.

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Eleven!

So The Daughter turned eleven yesterday. Which meant that I got to embarrass her all day by pointing out things like, “Hey, eleven years ago today, I had to change your first diaper! I saw the first poo you ever … Continue reading

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