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Yesterday I logged into Netflix and clicked the “Watch Instantly” link. At the top of the page, it recommends shows based on what you’ve watched in the past. Check out the “Suspenseful TV Shows” they recommend! It just doesn’t get more suspenseful than Inspector Gadget, people. And I’d love to follow that with some Mario […]

Kaeta has been asking “Why?” questions a lot lately. This week I took her with me to the grocery store, and while we were walking through the store, out of nowhere, she asked, “Why do people have to die?” I don’t know what prompted that question, but she seemed genuinely troubled. I picked her up […]

Yesterday I read the book “The Prince of Ireland and the Three Magic Stallions” to the kids. It includes some Irish expressions, which I generally don’t try to explain — I just keep reading. For example, at one point the prince of Ireland comes upon an old washerwoman who was “keening as if her heart […]

Whenever we do our phonics lesson, I give Kaeta some letter blocks so she can “build the letter” that we learned.  Usually I give Jonah the blocks too, because he likes to “make an A” (which usually means he lines the blocks up or sets them up side by side or something).  But last Friday […]

When I read this article and started thinking of all the people I wanted to email it too, the list was so long, I figured I’d better just link to it from a blog post.  It’s called Confessions of a Car Salesman. Basically, the author got a job with Edmunds and they immediately gave him […]

I’m listening to The Time Traveler’s Wife audiobook, and I noticed a character misused the word “momentarily.”  This is one of my pet peeves — “I’ll be with you momentarily” is wrong unless you mean, “I’ll be with you for a moment, and then I’ll be gone again.” Anyway, now I’m wondering, did the author […]

A couple of nights ago at dinner time, Kaeta said (apropos of nothing): “If we get a new house, we have to bring the whiteboard, and the drill, and your tool stuff.  And the brownies, and the bookshelves.” “Oh?  What else?” (Looking around…) “Marty.  And his crate.  And the new baby.” Now we can see […]

The kids were all the way at the other end of the house, but when they heard we were taking pictures of Coco, they came running.  We couldn’t even get the first picture snapped before the little blurs came running over to give the baby kisses. Our kids are so silly. And cute. And sweet. […]

I was really nervous about how Kaeta was going to like homeschooling.  She’s been looking forward to it for weeks, and I was a little worried that she would be disappointed.  But so far, that has not been the case.  We only have formal lessons (and I use the word “formal” pretty loosely) three days […]

This is a rough recording from a few weeks ago. I keep thinking I’ll re-record it, but who am I kidding, that’s never gonna happen! So here it is: Download the MP3