Live Dylan: Zurich 1999
date: 1999-04-23
location: Zurich, Switzerland
boblink: http://www.bobsboots.com/cds/cd-m12.html
opener: Cocaine Blues (more…)
May 15th, 2008 - Posted in Live Dylan | | 0 Comments
Dad
Er… that would be my Dad. Anybody who reads this already knows, but my Dad has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He had surgery last Friday to remove a big chunk of his esophagus. The surgery went well, as these things go, and he’s recovering in the hospital.
We took the kids up to see him briefly over the weekend. Yakko was the most visibly upset, and couldn’t stay long. He might have been the only one who really comprehended how much work had been done on Grandpa. Whacko thought the tubes coming out of him made him look like Iron Man.
At any rate, everyone seems to be doing okay at the moment, and I’ll pretend like that’s a good enough excuse for not having posted in weeks.
May 13th, 2008 - Posted in Homelife | | 0 Comments
songsinmyhead - recently-deceased singer/songwriter edition
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
April 24th, 2008 - Posted in songsinmyhead | | 0 Comments
Early bird
Dot had been in bed with us as she sometimes is. She got up without explanation and trundled downstairs. In my half-sleep, I assumed she was going to lay back down or something. She came back up a few minutes later complaining that the basement was too dark.
“Why do you need to go to the basement?”
“I want to beat Whacko to the computer.”
A reasonable point, except that it was 4:45 am on a school morning.
“I don’t think you’ll have to worry about that too much, honey…”
April 18th, 2008 - Posted in Homelife | | 0 Comments
more injuries
Moylan’s DL stint another blow for Braves
An update to the pitching situation: Check your game program, fans. If you have John Smoltz’s autograph on page 17, congratulations! You’re the new Braves reliever. Report to the customer care desk to get your uniform…
April 16th, 2008 - Posted in baseball | | 0 Comments
Shaky ‘pen
I don’t believe in “The season’s over!”-type whining in April, but I have to say that I’m not filled with confidence about the Braves bullpen and their ability to keep it close. With 16 earned in 27 innings, the maybes seem to be running 6 or 7 deep, with only Moylan and Soriano shaping up as top-notch.
Young Blaine Boyer is working himself into a hole and struggling mightily, so of course Bobby Cox will keep going to him beyond all reason. That’s why guys love to play for Cox, but it tends to give Braves Nation heartburn.
April 8th, 2008 - Posted in baseball | | 0 Comments
Happy Birthday to…
If anyone wants to wish Nancy a happy birthday, it was yesterday.
April 7th, 2008 - Posted in Homelife | | 0 Comments
songsinmyhead: my childhood edition
3rd grade music class staple Old Dan Tucker. Thanks, Miss Lindgren…
April 7th, 2008 - Posted in songsinmyhead | | 0 Comments
Live Dylan: Dallas 2008
date: 2008-02-21
location: House Of Blues, Dallas TX
boblink: http://boblinks.com/022108s.html
opener: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (more…)
April 3rd, 2008 - Posted in Live Dylan | | 0 Comments
Taekwondo Test
We didn’t get any pictures, but Whacko, Yakko, went through our Taekwondo testing today.
Assuming we passed (no one told us we didn’t), Yakko, will be a senior blue belt and Whacko and I will be brown belts.
I wound up sparring kids again. Mr. K never lets me play with the grown-ups, which I’ll have to tease him about. But I’ll live.
Whacko got scolded a little for trying to kick his opponent after he’d fallen over. No more UFC viewing for him, I guess.
update 4/3: We did all get our belts last night at the ceremony. There were supposed to be pictures, but nobody could hold still long enough to get one.
March 31st, 2008 - Posted in Homelife | | 0 Comments
