Just over a week ago, my favorite oldest married a wonderful, caring, and driven partner. This week my favorite youngest is moving out to their first apartment. Wife asks me if I’m retreating into myself or being present in the moment while I am googling pictures of the old school…
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I had to learn a lot, like a metric shit ton, of hard lessons that could have been avoided
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"He stirs the stuff regularly. After cooking the grass like this for a while (say, half an hour), his kitchen really smells incriminating."
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I like to hang out here, especially in the winter. Its too damn cold for a crowd other than the fowl. Come warmer days, I’ll be walking the pond and fighting off the ankle biting geese.
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I love going into the office early before anyone else arrives. Starting the day watching the sun emerge from behind the mountains, the ducks and geese huddling in the middle of the pond and me enjoying my morning coffee. I hate the cold in general, but somehow enjoy and appreciate…
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Moonshine is one of those drinks that is either Kool-Aid in nature, or something that can transcend interdemensional time and space. When done well, its both. The first time I drank this wonderful poison, I was in my late teens. I remember the burn from the sips. The uncomfortable warmth…
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Raspberries from the yard. Vodka from Five Wives.
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No rest for the weary. Even though the work obligations continue to capitalize most weekends, it doesn’t erase the honey-do’s.
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Finally done working. First beer going fast. Dropping an observation as I finished updating my EU counterparts. Europeans’ out of offices are like “I will not be working until 18 September. All emails will be automatically deleted.” Americans: “I am in the hospital. Email responses may be delayed by up…
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I cannot remember how long I have been craving this wonderful poison. Frosted Mini-Wheats used to be my breakfast go-to. Sometimes I would spoil myself with some super buttery multi-grain toast to soak up the sugar milk concoction after the fact. Its been years since I had it last. I…