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Happy Birthday, My Love

UPDATE: An annotated version of this photo appears on my Flickr stream, here. Today is The Wife’s birthday, a day which will be filled with much celebration and joy. And, later on tonight when she gets home from work, cake. … Continue reading

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The thoughts that come

A couple of thoughts that keep occurring to me, in the wake of last night’s plane crash in Buffalo: :: While we were hanging out at baggage claim, just miles away people were perishing in a fireball. There was absolutely … Continue reading

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Exhale….

The Wife is home, safe and sound. The Daughter and I picked her up on schedule last night, no problem, no fuss, no muss. But on the way home from the airport, we did notice five or six police cars … Continue reading

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Do the pipes still work, Dear?

Howdy folks! I’m finally back and blogging in Western New York this evening. Actually, The Daughter and I arrived back home early last evening, but we had so much stuff to do post-flight, continuing into today, that I’m only now … Continue reading

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On a jet plane

Well, as you all are reading this (theoretically), The Daughter and I are on the first of a series of flights which will bring us back to Buffalo. I’ve enjoyed seeing The Wife’s family again, albeit under terribly sad circumstances, … Continue reading

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My cruising altitude is now zero feet

Thirteen hours, spent on three different planes. That’s how long we were traveling yesterday. I know, I know — when you have to throw together a cross-country flight plan literally the day before you need to be in the air, … Continue reading

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Preserve, protect and defend….

Here’s how today feels to me: Godspeed, Mr. President.

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Mazel Tov!

For the first time, Stephen Frug has a legitimate excuse for taking lots of blogging hiatuses. Congrats to him and his wife! (I’ve been forgetting to link him since the arrival of the Wee One.)

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Festival Times

Lynn on Christmas: Fillyjonk calls the week after Christmas “the quiet week at the bottom of the year.” I like that. It’s so much better than thinking of it as “the big letdown after Christmas” or the week of “thank … Continue reading

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Pizza Hut Memories

One mildly unremarkable news story that happened in Western New York during the period when I was on extended blogging hiatus was the closing throughout the region of a whole bunch of Pizza Hut locations, including the one where I … Continue reading

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