Monthly Archives: April 2011

A Day Off

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

I remember a segment in “The Beatles Anthology” TV special back in the 1990s when Paul McCartney told about how the band was on tour in Asia in the ’60s and they had a rare day off in the Philippines. … Continue reading →

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Heading Out To The Highway…Maybe

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

It had been a long day for all of us. It always is when we drive out to our “weekend home” out in Mariposa, Calif., near Yosemite National Park. We can’t blow down the highway at 75 mph the whole … Continue reading →

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Runners take your marks, get set …

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I don’t have any good excuses, so I’ll simply say this: Thank God for Rex’s beard. His eight-week facial odyssey while home on paternity leave provided lots of good YDD fodder, countless Grizzly Adams references, and most definitely picked up … Continue reading →

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Why Daddy Drinks-Reason No. 4: It’s Potty Time!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

My older daughter, Maddo, is 27 months old and she is at that stage where her vocabulary and her comprehension levels are growing faster than the weeds in my tomato-planting box. And thanks to the never-ending rain of the last … Continue reading →

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