Published writer, compulsive reader, Old School Whovian, Match Game enthusiast, NKOTB fan, data hoarder, and - surprisingly, given that list - married with four kids. Welcome to my take on life, fatherhood, entertainment, and whatever strikes my fancy. Enjoy!
Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Junie sees NKOTB!
On their way to see #NewKidsOnTheBlock in Chicago! All four kids of #TeamSlap will now be able to say their first concert was NKOTB - a tribute to the group's longevity. Have fun ladies!!
Positive by David Wellington
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
A Dateline Lesson
Watching #Dateline. Lesson reinforced: it's the kill kit that'll convict you. Buy it all with cash at different times, at different places. And throw away the receipt. The idiot asked the cashier at Walmart for lime! lol
Monday, May 18, 2015
Ready OkieOh!
Just played our first game of Zombie in what, a year?? Great fun with Smiley and Junie. Ready Okieoh!!
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Pitch Perfect 2
Lisa is at The Avalon watching Pitch Perfect 2 with my oldest three. Meanwhile I've weeded, aerated and sifted one of the two garden beds that have laid fallow and overgrown since '12.
The Cryptic TP
Why put the roll on and dispose of the cardboard tube when you can do cyptic art on the tube instead? Sigh.... - Lisa
Friday, May 15, 2015
The verdict on Smiley's ankle: a fracture on the growth plate and a torn ligament. He'll be in a cast for three weeks and a walking boot after that, along with possible physical therapy. There is some concern his summer camp may need to be canceled or rescheduled, but hopefully that won't be the case. Mucho thanks to Lisa for enduring a three hour orthopedic visit with him.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Quote of the Day
Me, to Lisa, as we lay in bed last night: "This isn't my pillow - no way you'd let me have something this comfortable."
Sick Days
Yesterday was quite the evening. Smiley hurt his ankle in gym class and after walking with a pronounced limp at his dentist appt, Lisa took him to urgent care.
The diagnosis? A broken ankle, a cast, and crutches. [Some good news: he still needs to be seen by an ortho to confirm the diagnosis and God willing, maybe they read the X-rays wrong.]
Junie had a high fever and sore throat and went with him to the ER, where she was diagnosed with step throat. Minus two of my favorite riding partners, I had to bike to Walgreens alone to fill her prescription 🙁
Parallels
It's our first day back on Netflix in a year, and first up for me was this movie length sci-fi pilot about a family searching parallel Earth's for their missing father. Pretty darn good. I hope it inspires enough interest to kick off a series.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
25 years ago today: the big snowstorm!
25 years ago,on a day I remember very well as a high school student, Milwaukee was hit by a snowstorm - ON MAY 10TH!
Here's Vince Condella, WITI meteorologist, talking about his memories of that day:
25 years ago today (May 10, 1990) I awoke to quite a surprise. Actually everybody was surprised. On the TV6 News at 10 the previous night, my forecast called for a chilly, cloudy day ahead with light rain. But overnight the weather system intensified, or deepened as we call it in the meteorology business. That increase in intensity brought colder air into the system and changed any rain to snow overnight.
I couldn't believe when I woke up and heard reports on the radio of a heavy wet snow. I was hoping it was a dream. No such luck. And because we had warm weather in the previous weeks, including temperatures in the 80s in late April, the trees were budding and full of new leaves. Those leaves got loaded with the heavy wet snow and came down, bringing power lines with it.
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