I put Ari on a jetplane to Phoenix this morning. In two days, she’ll be back with her dad. We’re all very excited here. Julien is making many plans for when Papa Karl arrives. Gabriel just wants to ride in Papa’s big truck.
I have mixed emotions, of course. Who wouldn’t? We’re taking on a roommate, […]

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Sunday morning, I was laying on the couch with Julien. We were watching Kids Next Door or Teen Titans, something like that. I was trying to tickle Julien’s cheek with the end of my beard. I kept jutting out my chin so that the very tips of my whiskers brushed against his ear and his […]

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We were sitting in the drive-thru lane at Church’s. It was Saturday afternoon and although it was only early April, it was quite warm. We’d waited a long time in line, like 10 minutes, which is a long time for fast food drive-thru. Gabriel was in the backseat. I half expected him to fall asleep. […]

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This may be a totally faulty memory, but I’m pretty sure I can remember the day I first saw Mitch Hedberg on Comedy Central. It was a 1998 episode of Premium Blend. Julien wasn’t quite a year old and I was pacing the living room trying to lull him to sleep. Mitch delivered the line, […]

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