While we were in Hilton Head my BIL Brian took the kids crabbing (the act of putting a collapsible basket with a chicken drumstick tied to it in the water and waiting) The other night Morgan asked if next time we couldn’t go “sharking” instead. Continue reading

The boys spent the weekend with Grandma and Papa Oser so we could go to the Dave Matthews concert. Luckily they have a Grandpa who is patient enough to take them fishing — ’cause I’m not about to do it 🙂 Continue reading

Partial original recovered from FeedBlitz. Hilton Head Mindy has the best ones, but I’m still waiting for her to send them my way — for now this gives you at least a taste of the Beck’s in Hilton Head. Recovery note: This is the exact surviving text from the June 6, 2008 FeedBlitz email for… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. The June 6, 2008 FeedBlitz mailing confirms this Blogger post and preserves its title and URL, but no prose appears beneath the title in the surviving digest. The evidence does not establish whether the original post contained prose or was primarily images/media, so no text has been invented. Original… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Sweet Potato Queens Parade …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL, but the surviving mailing does not include the body. The title and surrounding trip evidence suggest a photo/media-heavy post, but the surviving sources do not prove whether additional prose existed.… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Papa Dave Show the Grandkids how to skim board … almost …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL. No body text survives in the mailing. The title strongly suggests that the lost content included photo/video media, but no missing prose has… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Computer Desktop Wallpaper …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL. No body text survives in the mailing. Based on the title, this appears to have been image-oriented, but the original media has not yet been identified and no text has been… Continue reading

For my birthday we took the boys to the Mongolian BBQ place for lunch after our trip to the Butterfly House and they boys were taken with Chinese Zodiac place mats. So here’s the breakdown of our little family — Tyler is a Snake — “wise and intense with a tendency towards physical beauty”Matt and… Continue reading

It seems I get into “cycles” when I’m in audio book consumption mode. Last summer I listened to every Harry Potter (they are amazing to listen to and if you’ve managed to avoid HP somehow give it a try sometime, you’ll find yourself sucked in). I do this all the time — find an author… Continue reading

A few weeks ago I went to see Jimmy Buffet in concert with a good friend. Matt and I had gone over and over where the best place to park would be to avoid the known issue of getting stuck in the parking lot after the performance. I said I’d park at a nearby restaurant… Continue reading