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Friday, January 3, 2014
Cold Day
MPS has closed Monday due to cold weather, extending Christmas vacation an extra day for the kids. For all you West coast/southern people who whimper when it's 50 degrees - we're expecting a HIGH of negative 13F with a wind chill of -22F.
I Don't Blame Them
MPS has closed Monday due to cold weather, extending Christmas vacation an extra day for the kids. For all you West coast/southern people who whimper when it's 50 degrees - we're expecting a HIGH of negative 13F with a wind chill of -22F.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
How would I rate 2013?
2012 SUCKED, so there was little chance 2013 wouldn't improve on its predecessor. Even had the bar been higher, I'd rank 2013 as one of the good ones. Employment was steady, everyone was healthy, we made some improvements around the house, I started law school, and we avoided the 3D's - death, divorce, and dismemberment - always a good thing. I hope 2014 continues the trend, and I hope the year rocks for you and yours. Happy New Year everyone!
James Avery
RIP James Avery, aka Uncle Phil from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". He was 65
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A Saying of Mine
What other people think of you is none of your business. If God wanted you to hear what was said behind your back, he'd have put ears on your ass.
Monday, December 30, 2013
A Crime to Remember
Greatly enjoying the ID network's "A Crime to Remember", a well done and insightful series that follows crimes of the distant past. Within one of its darkest tales, the gruesome "Career Girls Murders" of 1963, a reminder that even the worst aspects of human life carry within it some purpose: the mistakes made during the investigation of that crime led NY to abolish the death penalty and the US Supreme Court to deliver its "Miranda Rights" decision.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
A Follow-up to the (missing?) follow-up
Not sure what happened to it, but I don't see my follow-up on LuLu anymore. It was a sprained ankle and foot. She was fitted with a walking boot and crutches, but they saw no broken bones on the X-ray. :)
Exam Grades
Remember when I said my contract law final was one of, if not *the*, hardest exam of my academic life? Did you think I was exaggerating, or being unduly modest regarding my performance? Think again. The professor emailed the class the results, which account for 100% of your final grade in the course. Of the 80 questions on the exam, the best score (not mine) was 52 correct, or 65%; the worst was 23 correct, or 28.75%. I notched a 36, or 45%, and thanks to the curve created by this collective ass whupping I received a B on both the exam and the class. This, well, . . . . wow. Lisa dismissed the results of the class as evidence it was designed to scare and weed out the weak links of the incoming class, but either way . . . zoinks!
Friday, December 27, 2013
A Broken Foot??
We went sledding today at Pulaski Park and LuLu may have broken her foot there while snowboarding. Lisa's at the hospital with her right now. I swear, these kids will do anything for attention ;)
Gordon Hinkley
A big RIP to Milwaukee broadcasting legend Gordon Hinkley, who passed away this week at age 88.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Mike Hegan
RIP former Brewer and announcer, Mike Hegan, who also had lent name on a batting cage facility here in Milwaukee.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Found It!
A Christmas miracle! Out of the blue I found LuLu's long lost Junior vest - missing half a year - folded up neat as can be right where we've looked a dozen times. Lisa credits the big J.C. with the victory on this one, but I object: if he wanted it found, he'd have led us to it months ago. All credit for this one, IMHO, to one Dan Slapinions, aka Tammy Faye Sugarbaker, aka Wonderman, aka Boone Doggie.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
LuLu won!
LuLu is THRILLED with a Monkey-go-Happy she won in a worldwide contest on pencilkids.com! It came all the way from New Zealand! To win it she had to correctly id the foreign city shown in a video, which i identified as Cracow in the first ever use of my eastern European history degree! Lol good for her!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Anchorman 2
Home again, after seeing "Anchorman 2" with Lisa, courtesy of $5 Tuesday's at your local Marcus Theatres - with popcorn included in the price. LOL'd a ton, picked up a few new catchphrases, and followed it up by going out for decrepit, moderately burnt coffee at the airport Denny's.
We finished the date with a flourish:, by stopping at the grocery store for kielbasa that YaYa told us she needed *at 9 PM* for a cultural fair at school tomorrow. LOL
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Contract Law Final
I'm back from my Contract Law final, and officially done with my first semester of law school. The test itself was a b--ch, right up there with the toughest of exams I've ever taken (for a course where ambiguity is bad and vagueness is a killer, there sure were a lot of vague and ambiguous questions). I still finished after two of the allotted three hours, and I'm reasonably certain I didn't fail. I've taken the night off from work and - if I can get Lisa to agree - strongly desire to party all night, Old School style.
update: He did not, in fact, party all night. Old School. Or New School.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Joan Fontaine
Some news this morning that made me literally gasp with shock, which makes no sense, as the woman was 96 years old: the GORGEOUS and talented Joan Fontaine has passed away. Since the late 80's, when I was a devoted watcher of the AMC (back when it was an actual classic *movie* station), I have been a fan of her work, and, to be honest, her hotness. Along with Brittany Murphy, she is now enshrined forever in the Dan Slapczynski Eternal List of Five. RIP
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