Plus other Stuff I Think I know too?
Dear Daughter Well today is your first day of the semester, which is great. It’s a fresh start, a new opportunity to kick some college butt. As of today, you have 100% in every class! A chance to maybe meet some new students that you might enjoy getting to know. Dare I dream, maybe you’ll […]
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Dear Daughter & Son Love is the most obvious “why life is great” posting, but I wanted to wait until today to post it because it’s mom and dad’s 25th wedding Anniversary. While this is the most obvious, it is also one of the most complicated and long winded postings ever. Philosophers, psychiatrists, poets and […]
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Well not much has been written lately since my daughter has been home for the holidays and we can just talk, so not much reason to post stuff. However, today is a special day, so let’s add something – Happy New Year! This is more for my huge audience of 3-4 people out there. I […]
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So no posts for a little while since we were altogether as a family in Hawaii. Before you get too envious, read on! This was our first time to the Big Island. Nice trip, but there was a lesson learned here – do NOT simply look at the resort photos of where you’re staying if […]
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Congrats!!! Somehow you survived this semester! Time to come home, pack, and go to Hawaii to chill. Proud of you kid. I’d write more, but I have yet to pack too. Dad.
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Dear Daughter Today is your last final. Life will be great by the end of this day. I suspect you will be extremely happy to have gotten it all done. May I suggest not looking in the mirror afterwards just in case you’ve aged 30 years this week. I suspect you will be all smiles […]
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Dear Daughter Wanted to give you something to look forward to when finals are over. Hawaii just doesn’t seem like it’s enough for all the pain you had to endure this semester. I was thinking that maybe on Saturday after finals the family could go to the beach and fly our Omaha Steaks kite that […]
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Dear Daughter Your finals start today and I just wanted to offer you some friendly advice. I would recommend that your initial answer to any test question is not “know what I mean jellybean?” First, if you are going to answer that way, let me suggest that you not end the sentence with a question […]
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Dear Daughter You have probably heard this story before. When you were about three years old I was working at Merrill Lynch, those were some very long hard days. I remember being at Ross and Lanah’s house sitting by the pool with mom plus you and your brother. I was talking to Ross and Lanah […]
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Dear May All across the world the age old right of young people to earn acceptable grades in under threat by grumpy old professors and overly competitive institutions. You need to relax and become a student ninja capable of kicking ass on the finals. Do NOT be distracted by the nerds around you or too […]
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Dear Daughter Sorry for my absence, but I was gone seeing if Krypton had somehow reassembled itself so we could have a home to go back to. Sadly, nothing there but some old plastic bags from the local market floating in space. So, we are stuck on this planet with its archaic, torture laden educational […]
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Dear Daughter I’m still alive and I know finals are on their way, so I hope you are also still amongst the living and not part of the living that envy the dead. Those snooty dead folks all peaceful like and not a worry in the world! While that may sound good, they don’t get […]
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Dear Daughter First, what the heck happened yesterday? No post from me and no one called to ask if I was dead? Well, I’m very much alive, but was so very tired. Much better now, so let’s get on with it! Life is Great because sometimes you can just make a friend – literally put […]
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Dear Daughter Your Dad sucks! I told you I’d call you back last night and I failed miserably. I’d understand if it was you that sprayed painted this on the wall of some random building I found on the internet. Sorry, but my brain as been less then optimal this week. I hope that my […]
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Dear Daughter I know you were born before GPS systems were around, but they really do make life great and way safer. This is specially true for a family that has a 95% chance of going the wrong way when they come to a fork in the road. Statistically speaking that should be impossible, but […]
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Dear Daughter Time to psychoanalyze your father. So you probably don’t know that your father loves aquariums? Alright, I know that you’ve had to visit probably too many due to my love of fish and corals. There have been periods in my life that aquariums added to the reasons for Why Life is Great. But […]
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Dear Daughter December is around the corner and this is the last stretch of your semester – you’re almost at the finish line! Finals are almost here! Then Life will be Great as you get some time off to chill and recharge those batteries mental plus did I mention Hawaii? Anyway, don’t get too discouraged […]
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Dear Daughter Got a late start today, so it’s the afternoon edition of the blog! Despite Tea Gate this weekend, we miss having you around already. After dropping you off this morning and driving back home while it was still pitch dark, I couldn’t help but recall our “Punking days.” How you kids volunteered to […]
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Dear Daughter Some people call today Black Friday for going out shopping, I call it the Day of Deep Regret [DDR for short]. This is the best and worst kind of regret, the self imposed kind. The kind of tragedy you could have completely avoided, but decided not to. It seemed so innocent, only one […]
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Dear Daughter Great to have you home for Thanksgving and I look forward to all the regret we will all experience after we over eat and have a huge mess of dishes that need cleaning. Anyone bored enough to be reading this, I hope you enjoy the holiday and have something special to be grateful […]
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Why Life is Great! 