Some years just seem more momentous than others. Just so happens, 2015 was not one of them. It’s not as if ’15 was totally forgettable. I jumped out of the comforting bosom of corporate America into the vast nothingness of freelance space. It’s the first time I wasn’t answering to a boss in some 30… Read More Twenty sixteen
OK, I realize this might be getting a little obnoxious, so I’ll keep this short. [See above] So that’s good, right? Another very good school, this one in a pretty cool place. [We visited a few months ago.] Truth be told: If Luke doesn’t get into Georgia Tech, this might be my top choice. My top choice.… Read More Nice to be wanted
I mean, he’s not 18 in this photo. I’m thinking 6 here. (The All-Star Game was in Chicago in 2003. See the T-shirt? So this is probably later that year.) (But the T-shirt might be old. So it might be 2004.) (You expect me to remember these things? You expect me to look it up? Not… Read More This kid is 18
MARY JO: Whaaaat? This isn’t supposed to be here yet. Is it …? JOHN: Well, it says, “You are Tigertown Bound.” I think, uhhh, yeah, I think it is. MJ (peering under the address label): “Dear Luke:” … I can’t see … I’m not sure … JD: What’s it say, what’s it say? You gonna open… Read More Who wears short shorts?
Mary Jo points out that a year ago today, Sept. 26, she brought Brodie home. Which seems as good a time as any to post this: This is a picture of our bedroom door. The little mark on it, on the left side, is about 12 years of The Greatest Dog Who Ever Lived butting his… Read More Little remembrances
Luke (and Mary Jo) have finished the college application process. The final group: Georgia Tech Texas Illinois Purdue MIT North Carolina State Clemson Colorado School of Mines Now comes the financial aid paperwork, and then the waiting. By late December (for a couple of them), or early in the year (for the rest of them, Tech… Read More Bald-faced money grabbing
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