Christmas, Or: I Received A Paper Cutter LA LA LA

On Christmas Eve, we turned on “A Christmas Story” in the kitchen, as pecans were being chopped and sugar was being sprinkled and dumplings were being rolled and dreams were being baked and et cetera. It had reached the point in the movie where Ralphie had finally gotten his BB gun, and “all hell” hovered [...]

In-Indiana

I truly love this, from last Friday’s Chicago Tribune [in reference to the "trouncing" we supposedly took from Old Man Winter the night before, if by "trouncing" you mean "not a trouncing" or "not enough snow to frost a cupcake" or "we've all got cupcakes for hearts if we think that weather was a trouncing" [...]

Wint’ry

I opened the back door to my apartment on Sunday morning,  just to feel that delicious 47 degree breeze on my warmth-starved face. How quickly we forget. How quickly we cast from our minds our all-too-recent disregard for 47 degree days.
PERSON 1: Only 47 degrees today! Icicles McGee!
PERSON 2: Time to get the venison out of the [...]

Vergangenheitsbewaltigung

This blog was all ready to go–all ready to roll down the silo chute like a sack of soybeans–when a Late-Breaking Update occurred. Namely, the birth of my niece! She’s Lucky Number 5, in my annals of niece and nephewdom. 
Her middle name was selected based on the fact that she was born on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception.
Heee-ey!
Welcome to [...]

B-Day, And I’m Not Talking About The Crushingly Danceable 2006 Beyonce Knowles Album

Hey, it’s my birthday!
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My family celebrated the ol’ special day on Sunday, when I was home for Thanksgiving, practically lolling around in mashed potatoes. [Ick.] My parents gifted me a Joseph Addai Colts jersey aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I’ve been asking for this jersey for all of my life. When I opened the box and saw what was inside, I nearly ripped [...]