Archive for June, 2005

Self defense

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Chase in Austin Car-jacking Ends With Arrest in Elgin
Austin police are looking into a car-jacking that ended in a chase and arrest in Elgin.
It happened Saturday at Barton Creek Square Mall and escalated to the small town. A woman told detectives she was getting out [...]

Sweet songs

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Right now Caroline is in the hallway putting together a toy and completely in her own little world, singing “Three Blind Mice” to herself with made-up words. Utterly unselfconscious. Her small little voice fills the upstairs. Every once in a while she plays with the sounds she is making, moving from words [...]

So there

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

It’s my small act of subversion to fill in false information on all the stupid little demographic-collection web forms which want your zip code and date of birth and gender. And I use BugMeNot.com whenever possible.
Do you have to fill out a form with your personal information when you read a magazine or newspaper [...]

Bloody Marys

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

As far as I can tell, I make a damned good Bloody Mary.
Start with a hefty portion of vodka. Add Mr. & Mrs. T’s bloody mary mix, lots of worcestershire, some tabasco, celery salt, and a squeeze of lime.
Delicious and nutritious.
I also made an excellent strawberry cobbler tonight:
2 cup sliced fresh fruit
2 cup sugar
½ [...]

Growing too fast

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

When Caroline was a baby she would not go to sleep unless I was holding her. I spent countless hours rocking her to sleep. At first she curled up with her head on my shoulder, and later she would sleep facing outwards. It drove me nuts to be so tied up for [...]

Chicken pox

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

We got the kids vaccinated for chicken pox. They ended up getting a mild case of it anyone while they were at Grandma and Grandpa’s house last weekend. No fever, no scratching, just red dots.

Wow.

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Why cyclists wear black pants.