Wise Words

Never ignore the instincts of a coward

Quote

"a daily column is a ravenous beast that howls for content"

The Job Fair

@ job fair

2 comments: One, job fairs bring out a boatload of desperate people, myself included. Waited in line an hour & they said it would be the same or worse all day. Times are tough. 

Two: Not the greatest interview of my life, which is sad since the bar is set rather low. I had to prompt him to bring up anything other than BN, which is least impressive part of the resume by far. What a shit way to kick off the 1st day of freedom (aka school year).

1st Day of School 2011

Today is the first day of school for the year, and the first day of school EVER for Junie!

Height and Weight Growth!

In a before school weigh/measure here at home, Smiley came in at 3# later than he did at the start of summer, and gained an INCH in height. He is now 55# and 48 1/2" tall.

I think that by 14 or 15 Smiley will pass me in height, and eventually in frame (tho' not weight, hopefully). You can tell he's got a body that's built for size, and there's not much baby fat on him at all. As for football, I can't quite picture Smiley wanting to play at this point - he's the most chicken little boy in the world, God love 'im - but hopefully, by high school he'll be ready.

Ya know, come to think of it, Junie towered over a lot of her class this morning. It can't be that she's older than her K4 classmate as she just turned four this month. LuLu, on the other hand, seems to take after my maternal Grandma! 

2011 fantasy draft

Less than half an hour until my fantasy football draft . . .

update -

Results:

 1. Michael Turner RB Atlanta

 2. Peyton Hills, RB Cleveland

 3. Desean Jackson, WR Philly

 4. Mario Manningham, WR, Giants

 5. waived in trade

 6. Sam Bradford, QB, St. Louis

 7. Cedric Benson, RB, Cin

 8. Lance Moore, WR, NO

 9. New England D

10. Jay Cutler, QB, Bears

10. (compensation pick) Brandon Jacobs, RB, NYG

11. Johnny Knox, WR, Chicago

12. Gronkowski, TE, NE

13. Rob Bironas, K, Tennessee

14. Marcedes Lewis, TE, Jacksonville

15. Derrick Mason, WR, NYJ

16. Arizona,  DEF

Summer is Ending

@ diner w/ family celebrating the last day of summer vacation

LuLu Gets Eyebrow Stiches

@ St Francis ER w/ the family. LuLu got hurt playing w/ a friend and got a decent slash above her right eye.

That sounds too dramatic. It's stitch worthy but hardly dire. 

awww....she was so much braver then this pic depicts! - Lisa 

finally out @ 840pm. Geez. 3 stitches btw, and she was a trooper

Hurricane Irene

I just saw a radar pic of hurricane Irene. Whoa. To anyone on the East coast, take care. Our prayers are w/ u

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

On my lunch yesterday I finished reading "Dune Messiah" by Frank Herbert. Once again, I walked away stunned by how effective Herbert was at creating the universe of Dune, right down to the different language and speech patterns. I greatly enjoyed it.