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Happiness is a Cookie

Posted by benjamin

And a place to get out of the rain. I try to keep this in mind whenever I am feeling blue. Good thing I keep a bushel of Oreos in the cupboard; maybe I should invest in them, how is their stock doing?...

Gearing Up for the Birthday Season

Posted by benjamin

May is almost here and that means three little boys are going to be getting older and filled with cake, ice cream, candy, soda, sugar sugar sugar.. The twins will be turning three, Max will be six and time will not stand still no matter how hard I try. Sally is quite the planner when it comes to themed...

Fish in a Barrel

Posted by benjamin

Spring break took us to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Our idea was far from original as there appeared to be more humans milling about than fish inside the exhibits but nevertheless we managed to have a splendid time exploring the vast mysteries of the deep without so much as getting our toes...

Facebook Scares Me

Posted by benjamin

People find me. It's not like I am hiding but all I did was add my name to an internet website and boom, I am exposed to the world. It's not like I didn't know it would happen. I did, and I still fell for the peer pressure to join the crowd. Everybody is doing it so it must be good, so why do I have...

Max Lost His First Tooth

Posted by benjamin

Last night the Tooth Fairy came to buy off my eldest son Max's first tooth. It had been loose for two weeks and the new tooth was already poking up behind it, we didn't want to force it but encouraged him to keep wiggling it till it finally popped out. Needless to say he made out like a bandit and promptly...

Disclaimer

Posted by benjamin

My first bit of legal advice -- Even though I work for a couple of companies the stuff found here on my blog is my opinion and is neither read nor approved of before it is posted. Frequently it will not even be read after it is posted so I rarely seek approval from anyone other than my wife. Likewise...