We are dropping Joanna off at Mike’s Famous motorcycle shop tomorrow, where she will meet up with her aunt Gale. We didn’t do too much today other than unwind a bit. We took a long walk in the rain (I got to chase some ducks!) and finished up our Lost marathon (I’m rapidly becoming disillusioned [...]
I played a game of Scrabble at the beach with Jo and my dad. I scored 288 in a three player game. At one point early in the game I had the rack:
EA?RNIIL
I found a seven letter word using only these tiles (the ? is a blank and acts as a wildcard), which made a [...]
Points for knowing where the title of this post comes from.
My cousin Trent and I held our annual New Years bonfire on the beach. Fueled with the 8 palettes we treasure-hunted from a K-Mart, along with a truck load of wood we found in a construction dumpster, our guests this year were treated to a [...]
Jo, in the back of Trent’s pickup truck
My cousins and my aunt Kim (collectively the Daleys) came to visit us at the beach for two and a half days. Usually when the Daleys come over it means board games, cheesesteak, and a bonfire. This year was no different.
Cheers!
Trent pondering his next move
We played a couple [...]
…by a girl who isn’t a Polgar.
I took Jo to the local coffee shop in Rehoboth. I have a love/hate relationship with this place because: 1) I like coffee shops, but 2) this “coffee shop” closes at 4 PM. What the hell. The owner must be an idiot because his store front is in a [...]
After Christmas, my family traditionally spends a week at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It’s your average Eastern shore beach town, though it has become increasingly popular over the past 15 years with the Washington DC folk. You might think that there’s not much to do at the beach in the winter, but I really like it. [...]
A picture says a thousand words, so here’s a short novella.
Before the madness descends
Christmas dinner
My uncle Pete
Jo and aunt Yolanda
Opening presents
“Damn. I was hoping it was a motor scooter.”
Doin’ the Ninja Thing
Jo receives photographic evidence that I used to be cute. Thanks mom.
Mommom Lee
Uncle Terry, the Big Dog
A Tragedy in Three Parts
A story that will [...]
I love Christmas. It’s the only time of year I get to see my whole family. We did the usual thing this year – Christmas Eve at Mommom Shed’s with dinner at Westleys, then Christmas Day at Mommom Lee’s with the extended family on my mom’s side. After these two Christmases, we drive to Rehoboth [...]
Also my mom fixed Murdle. I’m told it’s a great week for turtlekind.
My dad has a bunch of old Lionel O27-gauge trains that we sometimes set up for Christmas. I love them. These trains are from the 1950’s. Back in those days, toys were made of metal so that they won’t even break (our locomotive has taken more than one tumble off our train table). Also, toymakers [...]
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