Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
I had the left photo taken six years ago, when I wrote Notes/Domino Integration Using Lightweight Clients for The View, and the shot on the right was taken this morning:
Clearly visible: I've had a change of clothes since.
A red oil indicator light made me take my car to the workshop on Saturday. Oil level was ok, but it was leaking oil onto our driveway. Our friendly car dealer saw to it immediately and said it was a bust oil pressure switch. Knowing little to nothing
at all about cars, I raised my eyebrows [...]
All I want for Christmas is a lot of free time, which my family have graciously agreed to give me. I've set myself a deadline. I already have four hundred, and there will be about five hundred, give or take.
Have I piqued your curiosity?
After returning from Dublin, I was surprised to hear my Ladies singing a song about a Molly Malone, which I'd never before heard. It appears they heard it from a bus driver in the city of Dublin. A few seconds of research gives me the answer.
Two more stanzas were added to the song by an [...]
As the missus is away, I had the undiluted pleasure of accompanying my daughter to a musical today.
That wasn't the kind of show I'd choose for myself, but the little girl was delighted (as well as the other 800 little girls were I suppose). She enjoyed the end of the musical best, as the kids [...]
It is a bit depressing to be beaten by a six-year-old at this game.
This jar of Vicks (named Wick in Germany because the original brand name sound like the English F* word) is probably as old as I am:
It doesn't have an expiry date on it. The label, which in the mean time has sufferred, says it was made in Cali, Colombia and that it cost 42 (I [...]
I'm taking my daughter to see Barnyard [IMDB] (a.k.a. Der Tierisch Verrükte Bauernhof) today, and since I've just purchased the tickets online, I can show you where we'll be seated:
I'm not quite sure that I'm looking forward to a probably loud and silly film (preview), but I think the drawings are quite sweet, and I [...]