In the Denver neighborhood of Stapleton, with its enormous “stroller population” — it’s an absolute mecca for families with little kids — the 4th of July is marked with a parade through Central Park. Who’s in the parade? No floats, no veterans’ groups, no marching bands, no Shriners. Just the residents of Stapleton, with strollers and wagons and bicycles (and… Read more »
Lemon meringue a la Becky. You know you want some. Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone 4. [Timestamp fixed. -ed.]
Recently, Colorado Public Radio did a segment about the explosion in popularity of “backyard farming” — basically, people growing their own vegetables and whatnot. Becky is very much a part of this trend; one of her major projects of this spring and summer has been planting and tending a variety of vegetables in our yard, including a whole bunch in… Read more »
Well it’s official, folks, the 12-team Big Ten will continue with its tradition of not knowing how to count. Maybe they could just say they only count the ten best teams each year, and the other two are on probation or something?
Hurricane Alex, the Atlantic Basin’s strongest June hurricane in 44 years, has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves over mountainous terrain, after “ripping off roofs, causing severe flooding and forcing thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages” in northern Mexico. Meanwhile, Dr. Jeff Masters is looking back at some eyewall replacement weirdness that happened yesterday as… Read more »
I confess I haven’t had much time to read up on Hurricane Alex today, but just visually, it looks like it is spinning itself into a tighter, more intense form just as it prepares to come ashore. That’s never good. Intensifying hurricanes are more volatile; higher gusts and such. But I’m talking through my hat on the particulars; it just… Read more »
“It’s fine to go through life happy…but I suspect we also want to go through life without becoming big fat self-absorbed jackasses. Children really help in that regard. To be sure, there are too many parents who, despite their children, remain narcissistic nimrods. But the nature of parenting is to beat that out of you.” —Tony Woodlief [Bumped, because it… Read more »
