Category: daily drivel
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Tina
B’s mom called in the afternoon to tell her that Tina had passed away. [10/20/14: Tina was my sister-in-law, Tina Marshall, married to B’s brother Greg. Tina and Greg were especially good to us, lending us their guest room for a week when we were between assignments.] Read.
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birthday boy
Phone call in the morning from Joan, to wish Sean a happy birthday; she caught him just as he was heading out the door for school, good timing. Then I forgot to wish him a happy birthday myself, big dummy. Barb and I picked up a pair of speakers for his stereo set as we Read.
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first earthquake
Experienced my first earthquake tonight, though “earthquake” is a pretty strong word for the two or three gentle shakes we got. Must’ve been about a 0.8 on the Richter. I was sitting on the sofa, Tim was on one of the overstuffed chairs; we were watching television. About halfway through the program I got the Read.
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so desu ne
Sunday, our lazy day. When I wasn’t taking a bike ride or working on a project with Timmy, I spent my free time working out the tougher parts of the Sunday crossword. Sumo season has begun. I can’t say why we’re interested in it as much as we are, other than because it’s so very Read.
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Shimoda Salmon
Picture a shallow pool filled with about 200 salmon, big ones, about ten-pounders. A siren sounds, and about a hundred people jump into the water and try to catch the salmon with their hands. That’s the Shimoda Salmon Festival, our latest cross-cultural experience. Shimoda’s just a little way from here, so we figured if we Read.
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earworm poison
Remember how I’ve complained for years that my brain, against all reason, has squandered valuable memory neurons, or whatever they’re called, storing all the words and melody to the theme song from Gilligan’s Island? Well, guess what? I’m finally putting it to some good use. Who hasn’t had a noxious pop tune stuck in their Read.
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sickos
We’re all a bunch of sickos today. (Razzes from the peanut gallery.) I mean we’ve all got whatever hacking crud is going around. So far all I’ve got is the scratchy throat, but Tim stayed home from school today, and B’s been kind of dragging herself around the house. So far only Sean seems to Read.
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coin hoard
I’m still busting open boxes from the move. Today I opened up my coin collection to put the albums in a book case, and ended up playing with them all night. The idea of playing with coins probably escapes most people, but here’s what I get from it: For a couple years now I’ve had Read.
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Halloween
Happy Halloween! I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had giving away candy and toy treats tonight. Kids of all ages, but mostly the fun young kids, came to my front door with big sacks hoping to make themselves sick on a huge haul of goodies, and I happily sat on the front stoop Read.
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Lake Towada
It was one of those rare days when all of us are free at the same time – I wasn’t working, B wasn’t coaching, Sean wasn’t wrestling, Tim wasn’t caring for lame pets. When we find we’ve all got more than an hour together, we try to do something – play cards, go for a Read.
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