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This morning, when I woke up, I was pretty sure that my brain was not comprised of gnat spittle.  After the events of today, though, I'm not so certain.  What happened, you ask?  You mean, aside from the realization that Gnat Spittle would be a good name for a rock band?  What happened was, we […]

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Today was my mother-in-law's 50th birthday.  To celebrate, we brought my wife's sister and her family all the way down (up, actually) here from Tempe, AZ and took everyone to Miller Canyon.  This lead to a very unexpected and pleasant discovery.
Arizona still knows what to do with water when it gets it.
Lately, we've been getting […]

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Recently, my sister sent me a picture of her daughter dressed for her first day of school.  For some reason, I was inspired to photoshop it.  I came up with a short story to go along the new photo, as well.  After reading this, Mrs. Schadeboy suggested I start writing children's books.  That might be […]

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I wanted to take a moment away from repairing my ductwork to say to my little Monkey…
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!!!
She is celebrating three years of being alive, today (Monday).  Monkey, I want you to know I love you so much!  You are a wonderful blessing to your mother and me.  Keep being the beautiful, smart, "ahead of your […]

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Before I get into the thing with the truck and all, I owe my daughter a story. Today is Bear’s first birthday. I have never actually written down her birthstory, so I’d like to take the opportunity to do that now. Not sure if there will be any funny stuff here, as […]

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What Makes a Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle’s flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The […]

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Sorry folks.  Due to being excessively tired and not having enough time, I was not able to complete the planned HNT entry I had for this week.  Tune in next week when I continue my story from last week.  Did that make sense?  No?  I don’t care.
For this week, I have decided that it’s time […]

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Today I received my Father’s Day present from my wife. It’s a week or so early, but she was anxious for me to receive it, and to be honest, so was I. To understand why, I must go back to a couple of months ago. Back before my trip to Virginia. […]

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I want to take a moment to mention a really good example of how to be a dad. There’s no deep moral message here. Just an example of spending quality time with your child and have fun at the same time.
You can find it at Puffin’s blog. He and his daughter had […]

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First, and I recognize that this is a bit late, but happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there. And I mean that in the nicest way possible, too. Truly. Think about it. If it weren’t for mothers, where would we all be?
This weekend was pretty busy. It started […]

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