The ground should slope away from a house. It should not slope to a house. Part of our house is in blatant violation of this simple rule. It is the part of the house that floods every time God’s dam bursts.
I have been out there with shovel and wheelbarrow in the evenings chipping away at […]

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Julien is one rough sleeper. He came to our bed last night because he’d had a bad dream. By sunrise, I’d been punched, jabbed and kicked. I was balancing precariously on the edge of the bed while my little 4 ft. spawn enjoyed a wide valley of soft, plushy bed between Ari and I. Next […]

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Well, Mom has returned to the land on enchantment. It was great to see her again. I sometimes feel bad that it’s always her making the trips here instead of us making trips there, but then I remember that she’s only one person. We are four. And when you think about how much attention the […]

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I like Molly Ivins for many reasons, the most recent reason being that she can admit to liking Bush and still see that he’s not cut out for his job. I like this because I hope there are many more like her out there. More people who claim to like the man but agree that […]

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We’ve just returned from a lovely three days in Galveston, Texas. I’d been telling people, mostly natives of this part of the world, that I was looking forward to seeing the ocean and the beach. I hadn’t seen a real beach since Ari and I were in San Francisco ten or so years ago. The […]

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If current events could be compared to the Star Wars trilogy, we’d be knee-deep in episode 5 right now, The Empire Strikes Back. This from Brit Hume of Fox News (no I’m not going to link to it, it’s bad enough that I’m even quoting it):
Richard Egan and his family have donated $6,000 [to Ralph […]

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Now this makes me very happy.

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So I’ve been so wrapped up in my new Linux machine lately that I haven’t even been posting a whole lot to my linux blog. It’s been amazing, building this computer. Not only did I assemble it on my own - meaning I bought a motherboard, a CPU, an empty case, some hard drives and […]

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