Tex

  • ALL CAPS

    / January 11, 2014

    Contractions.  Contractions for days.  Most constitute a mild cramp – just painful enough to be irritating and keep me from sleeping well (e.g. it is 4am right now) – but some are catch-your-breath…

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  • Polar Arctic Cold What-Have-You

    / January 7, 2014

    We’re home today.  A Tuesday.  It’s cold down here, colder than anyone under the age of 40 has ever seen, and schools closed just in case of pipes bursting or buses breaking down.…

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  • Christmas Ham

    / December 6, 2013

    I am carrying one around, in mah belly.  He’s close to fiveish pounds at this point – a guess based on ultrasounds which we all know are + or – 2 pounds on accuracy,…

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  • / November 1, 2013

    I just ate a Baby Ruth at 9:18 am.  Must be the day after Halloween. Halloween brings out the “wistful” in parents, I think, perhaps more than any other holiday.  Last night, we…

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  • Thirty Five

    / September 8, 2013

    I turned thirty five over Labor Day weekend.   We traveled up north to watch the home team play the first college football game of the season, and it was epic in both…

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