• Steerers?

    An overhead snippit of conversation, later confirmed by Kim: Katie: What are these? Are these steerers? Kim: Those are your knees… Katie: Oh, Ok. Neither one of us have any clue what that meant.

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  • Nocturnal 4 year old

    Just overheard in the hall regarding our frog: Katie, to Ellen: “See, he’s nocturnal, so he sleeps during the day. That’s what’s nocturnal about him.” I love it when they toss around these big words that barely fit in their little mouths. katie’s 4, by the way.

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  • The cat came back…sort of.

    We spent yesterday searching high and low for Angel, our new cat, but almost to no avail. Finally, after searching the house for an hour or so, I found her in the crawl space in the basement. She was wedged into one of the few spots in the house inaccessible to humans, which is either…

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  • News news and more…um…news.

    The last 24 hours have brought about some remarkable developments in the North Atlantic…oh, wait, that’s “The Hunt for Red October”. But, in fact, a good deal has happened here. First, the sleep study. I found out some good and some bad news. The good news is that I didn’t have any “obstructive sleep apneas”,…

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  • Bunnies from hell

    With a title like that, how could one NOT read this entry?? Of course, this bit of twisted webdom comes from the equaly twisted Neil Gaiman. Could anyone else find the Bunny of the month club?

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  • A long week ahead

    Today starts at least a 7 day work week, possibly longer depending on whether I take off next monday or not. I have to work most likely all weekend, and all week getting ready for that project, so if anyone has a nice soft bed for me to crash in next week, please let me…

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  • Ribs, NY Times style

    For my friend Greg. I’ve made these maybe 15 times. They’ve been great almost every time. Start with fresh, babybacks. It’s much better. Trim off excess meat and pull of the membrane from the bottom of the rack. You’ll do this in stages, the first taking overnight, the second taking about 6 hours. 1, In…

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  • A long, scary, frustrating evening

    Well, I’m back from the sleep center. It’s a few nicer appointed rooms in a fairly nice hospital. The strange evening started with me leaving my family for the night at 7:30 PM. The kids were very confused. Then, following their directions, I ended up driving through all of Patterson, NJ. I’m sorry to any…

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  • Sleeping it off.

    So tonight I go in for a sleep study to determine if I have sleep apnea. I don’t know if I do or not, but I DO know that I’ve been so tired lately. Even a long night’s sleep leaves me feeling tired and I’ve been much grouchier lately than I think I normally would…

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  • Reflections of a 6 year old.

    My mom took Ellen to Beauty and the Beast on Broadway recently, and during intermission, this was, apparently, the interaction at the concession stand: Ellen: I’d like some skittles. Concession guy: Sorry, we’re out of skittles. Would you like something else? Ellen pauses, thinking Concession guy, after a minute: Is there something else I can…

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