don't forget the sunscreen

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Yesterday the Chop and I went kayaking. The sky was clear, the water was smooth and the sun was shining. Oh, and we forgot to put on sunscreen. Today the Chop and I are sitting at home, nursing our sunburns. He's worse off, as he wore shorter shorts and a tank top, ...

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weekends are supposed to be relaxing

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Saturday began as a rather typical weekend day. Reggie woke us up around 9ish (rather, 7 first, then 9ish, and to be true, she woke up the Porkchop, then I wandered out about an hour later), we lazed about on the couch, debating which errands we had to run first ...

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do you have anyone else in the car?

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

We crossed rather uneventfully into Canada earlier this afternoon, driving along the lake for the most part. Entering Canada is rather easy. Hi, yes, we're just driving through to get to the other side. Thanks, have a nice day! Canada: no worries, we aren't worried you're trying to bomb us. On the other ...

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deer can fly

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

If you've never experienced deer parts flying into your windshield while you're going 80 on a two lane highway surrounded by trucks, you haven't lived. The mini road trip ended with a lovely little ::splat, goosh, splat::—and me not being able to turn on the heat in my Jeep for the ...

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The Traveler

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

I was driving through the city today and noticed that there was a panhandler on nearly every major intersection. They all had various creative cardboard signs. Everything from “Will work for food” to “I need a beer – God bless.” I decided to investigate. I wanted to talk ...

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