Junie and Me

JUunie's incessant mantra: "Daddy/Mommy, I have a question . . ." It can get on your nerves, but I'll miss it when she outgrows the phrase.

Kids and Cats

Am I drinking with Lisa? In the early evening? Why yes. Yes, I am.

Keep This in Mind

When you're struggling and doubting yourself, just remember that Ty Cobb - he of 4189 hits, three .400 seasons, and a lifetime average of .366 - batted all of .240 in his first season in the bigs. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

My 75 year old neighbor across the alley cut my lawn for me, which certainly doesn't reflect on my manhood. No, not at all.

Stuffed shells...Delicious dinner only Dan and I will eat. #what'snew nomnomnom - Lisa

SO true. Phone calls should be reserved for business, text for everything else. And voicemail is an abomination. Why do you bother? I'll never hear it! Lol

Question

Anyone know what kind of mushrooms these are?

My last final exam of spring is complete. Six questions, three hour time limit. I didn't fail, and that's all you'll ever get out of me. There was a moment of panic when I tried to upload the exam answers and got repeated errors. I had to walk my laptop to IT to complete the process, but it got done. Now I have two weeks of break before summer classes begin.

The Invitation

A man grieving the death of his son attends a dinner party with friends at the invitation of his ex-wife, and soon fears her motives are sinister. But is it his paranoia at work, or a real threat? It's slow moving and slightly spoiled by the fact that any reasonable person would leave the party after ten minutes, paranoia or not. But worth a rental on DirectTV.

It doesn't take a village to raise a child, but it helps. Smiley just returned from another day of helping an elderly woman maintain her home. Thanks go to all those who have recommended my kids for jobs or provided the opportunity themselves: Tre, Alys, Julie O., Sue across the street, Grandma J and anyone else I may have missed.

Hysteria

There's a medical study trending on Facebook that says swaddling your baby increases the risk of SIDS. Cue the hysterical "shares" and rants. If you RTA (read the article) you'll know the study says the risk increases when you swaddle a baby THEN place it on its stomach or side. Um, if you swaddle a baby and do that, YOU increase the risk, not the swaddling. #CommonSense

Happy Mother's Day

I went for a walk with Junie, then took Lisa to The Chancery for Mother's Day. Afterwards she visited her Mom while LK and I paid our respects to mine. After some yardwork, we've settled in to a night of drinks and Lisa TV (no baseball): Bring It!, Sister Wives, Dateline, and Paula Zahn.

Still not loving the new Captain America movie. When your opinion of a movie slips with every hour that passes, they did something wrong.

My Thoughts on Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there! By which I mean a woman who birthed, adopted, or even just helped raise a human child. If you're a "mom" only to "furbabies", remove your memes and stop trying to chisel your way into the holiday. You make your " kid " poop outside, clip off his genitals, and keep him on a leash. If you're a "Mom", I need to call CPS.

Captain America: Civil War

I just saw Captain America: Civil War with LuLu, her friend Capri and her Mom, Alex Q and Thomas G. It was good, but not great. It did feature the best Peter Parker/Spiderman to ever hit the silver screen tho!

Captions by the LuLu

How LuLu captions a dinner out with the family

Mount St Helens

According to published accounts, scientists have recorded more than 130 small earthquakes under Mount St. Helens since March 14 - allegedly an indication that the magma chamber is recharging.

Yup

If it works, don't improve it into failure.

How I will Spend My Summer

How I will be spending my summer (or lack thereof): Overview of statutes, regulations, and cases relating to federal income taxation with particular emphasis on fundamental principles and provisions relevant to the practice of various legal specialities involving acquisitions, ownership, sales, exchanges and donative transfers of property, debtor/creditor and bankruptcy problems, divorce and civil litigation.

Summer is Near!

First #TeamSlap grill out of 2016!

Trump's Cinco De Mayo

ROTFLMAO. "I love Hispanics!" I actually think he has no beef with Hispanics, and that the security of our border is a legal and defense issue not a racial one, as our beloved media and the nutty left would have you believe. But that line. Just. Sounds. Odd. LOL