Kangatopia

God, I love it when it rains. And raining right now, it is. All dark and stormy outside. It’s actually kind of a nice day to work.
It has in fact been raining for about two weeks. Maybe it’s only been going on for a week. I’m not sure. The [...]

Today I am re-aligning myself to my fitness goals. So, for the coming weeks I can promise lots of boring blow by blow accounts of such. Happy Reading!
Here’s a quick recap of things that have been happening in the last few weeks which I have neglected to blog either because I’ve needed to [...]

“…find what you love, and do it. If you don’t love what you’re doing, you’re dead. Take out insurance. You’re dead.”
Remarks by Frank McCourt at SU/SUNY ESF Commencement
Sunday, May 13, 2007
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Remarks by Frank McCourt at Syracuse University’s 153rd [...]

I rode to the lake this evening to keep from snapping. The kids had gone to their dad’s to fulfill their court ordered time with him. I had tried talking to him calmly to describe why it is important that he clean up the house he has fouled. I attempted to explain [...]

Today, I turned 36. I would write and write and write and write about how I spent the morning crying and how I feel as if the only great thing I’ve done with my life is have three super wonderful kids, but then I would feel all self involved and stupid.
This has been a [...]

Shep amazes me constantly. He hopped out of bed early this morning and organized the kids while baking up a batch of blueberry muffins. Bear and Monkey stood guard at my bedroom door to keep me from coming out until breakfast could be brought up to me in bed. It was very [...]

Shep and I rode the Cedar Hill “Head for the Hills” bike rally yesterday, the first one we’ve managed to attend this season. We planned to ride at least the first mile with people with whom I work, but we arrived just on time for the scheduled start only to find that the ride [...]

In my job as an administrator at a university, I have the pleasure each May of helping out with the qualifying exams. Taken by second year PhD students, these exams are mostly oral presentations of the student’s project. If failed, the students will leave the university with a master’s. If passed, the [...]

Here’s a change of pace – a few little stories about the rulers of my universe:
Bear had a friend over to spend the night for the first time a week ago.  Bear has spent the night many times with his friends, but we’ve never had a child over here.  The problem has been that Bear’s [...]

9) Rub one out
8) Buttering the toast
7) Batter dip the cranny ax
6) Stuff the taco
5) Feed the kitty
4) Light the lamp
3) Put the lotion in the basket
2) Play cars and garages
1) Squirt the penguin