Why didn’t anyone tell me…

The children may be growing, but the smells in the suit remain.

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I know Calvin and Hobbes has been offline for a long time, and I know why, but it always surprises me how lively and current it feels even after all this time. The connection is still there. It’s still funny. Mr. Watterson, thank you.

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I just had a pleasant evening after a rough day. Work stuff – very boring.
Come home and get my hands in the dishwater as the kids finish reading books with mom. “Dada! Someone very small wants you!” comes from upstairs. The three year old is there, one-piece jammies on, hearing aids away, bottom lip out, [...]

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<daveb> or maybe I’ll just leave things alone and play video games instead
<nate>
<nate> always a good solution
<daveb> sat down last night to play some Gran Turismo and fell asleep BEFORE THE GAME STARTED.,
<nate> the load screen always takes a long time
<daveb> Dave Barry has a fun article something about The Snake, [...]

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We finally stepped part way into the HD era, by attaching a PS3 to our SD television. Sacrilege, I know, but it’s what I have for now, and the economy isn’t getting any better this week. But, as we only have two games for it (Little Big Planet and Mater-National Racing), we have found [...]

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I took the kids hiking on the fourth, which for you who don’t know me well means an 8 year old, a 4 year old, and a 1 year old. We went to the bay area hiker web site and picked a hike, and off we went. 2 miles was the projected loop and we [...]

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I have a perfectly good car, my camera is in great condition, my lens
collection is already too big, and yet, while I wait on installers to
finish locking up my computers at work, I’ve been looking at the new
BMWs, the new D3, the lenses that are better than mine, and so on.
What’s wrong with us humans [...]

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Ian is hard of hearing and we’re between hearing aids. How’s a kid to learn to talk? Well I’m an active audiobook listener and have an iPod around…
So far he’s gotten through about 6 hours of Lord of the Rings.

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