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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Ann Coulter vs Tom Hanks
It is my firm belief that Ann Coulter is a vile human being. I know nothing about her personally; she could spend every weekend sewing clothes for homeless orphans, for all I know. But I doubt it. Even if she … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning
Tagged 9/11, AIDS victims, ann coulter, astronauts, boat lift, every day heroes, life learning, random acts of kindness, soldiers, Tom hanks, vile human being, whoopi goldberg
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The cure for “general annoyance syndrome”
What is general annoyance syndrome, you ask? It’s what I had today. It’s probably not real, but they have a syndrome for everything else, so I figured why not? Symptoms? Well, general annoyance, of course, at all people and things. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting
Tagged babysitting, Being alone, date night, diet coke, dumpster, family, fantasize, general annoyance syndrome, knitting, posting photos of food, reading, sewing, tourists, watching movies
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A visit with Christopher Columbus
One of my favorite scenes in the movie “Dead Poets Society” (a film made almost entirely of exceptional scenes) is when Robin Williams’ character, Professor John Keating, commands his students to stand on top of their desks. They are reluctant, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning
Tagged art, Central Park, christopher columbus, cnn, columbus circle, dead poets society, desk, discovering columbus, john keating, life learning, living room, perspective, robin williams, tatzu nishi, views
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Confrontation
Here’s something you may not know about me. I’m not much of a fighter. I can argue with the best of them, but fights? Not really a fan. So almost coming to blows with a woman in my building’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, blogging
Tagged confrontation, family, fighting, laundry room
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Getting around the soda ban
It has been the butt of jokes for months. Our illustrious Mayor, proposing to tell New Yorkers what size sodas they can drink! What a laugh! As of yesterday, the joke is apparently on us. Mayor Bloomberg’s personally appointed … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, blogging
Tagged 7-eleven, big gulp, byob, free refills, health dept, Mayor Bloomberg, movie theaters, soda ban, soda industry, stadium concessions
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On Mackinac Island
So you know how sometimes you have a memory of a place you went as a kid – probably on a vacation – and it was the ABSOLUTE BEST PLACE EVER? A place you wanted to live; a place that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Travel
Tagged Ben, bikes, family, fort mackinac, grand hotel, kid heaven, life learning, Mackinac Island, Maya, parenting, public school, Starbucks, travel, unschooling
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Chickens?!
As you know if you’ve read my bio or been following my blog for more than a month or so, I grew up on a farm in southern Indiana. We had cows – still do – and for a time … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Travel
Tagged brother, chicken houses, chickens, cows, doug, family, farm, flies, fresh eggs, hogs, life learning, michigan resort, parenting, travel
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The Bridge Walk
It’s a tradition. Every year on Labor Day, pedestrians gather by the thousands to walk across the 5 mile span of the Mackinac Bridge. But that’s not what we did today. Instead, we joined a slightly smaller, if no less … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Photography, Travel, Writing, blogging, holidays
Tagged Ben, best beaches, bridge walk, canada, family, gogomain river, huron, ice cream, Labor Day, life learning, mackinac bridge, Maya, raber, tradition, travel
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1st Day
We’ve arrived in God’s area code! (I remember as a kid they used to sell t-shirts in Cedarville that said, “God’s area code is 906″.) The weather here is perfect. Bright sun and warm during the day, cool and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, holidays
Tagged family, god's area code, grand hotel, hessel bakery, Les cheneaux, life learning, mackinac bridge, Mackinac Island, resort, travel
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Heading West-ish
There is a great exchange in the movie “Last of the Mohicans” where Daniel Day Lewis, aka Hawkeye informs an English officer that he, his brother & father are not scouts for the British but are in fact heading West, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged british accent, cuyahoga river, daniel day lewis, english officer, family, hawkeye, last of the mohicans, life learning, Michigan, pennsylvania, school year, scrubgrass township, stoney lonesome road, susquehanna river, travel, unschooling, upper peninsula, west
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