Wednesday, September 05, 2007

You never know what's in that water

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a) the new scanner is here. Canon CanoScan 8600F -- the Epson didn't hold up on both printing and scanning fronts to I'm giving Canon a go for my money.

b) found I didn't add this last ink & watercolor from the shore vacation last month.

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Biking down the shore

I think this is the last of the shore-vacation ink & watercolors. I was lamenting having to wear a helmet down the shore. Riding bikes at the shore since I was young was about freedom. Now that freedom is tainted because we need to set examples for the kids.

I've had my share of bike accidents through the years and it's mostly been elbows, knees and ribs that have taken the brunt of the road or trail. You never know when your head is next and as long as the kids are young and around I suppose I'll keep wearing one.

There may be a window of opportunity between the kids being grown and the grandkids that I can taste full freedom again.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Sit Up Straight

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The right book and the wrong posture can leave you a bit striped.

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Not Paying Attention

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Waves were coming fast and furious several days last week. Was often caught looking the wrong way.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Optimistists or Fools?

I did this last week and now am trying to understand whether I think children are eternal optimists or fools for thinking they'll get different results with the same behavior year after year. Am I just a crabby old man or am I just calling them like I sees them?

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Bite the hand that feeds

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Saw this happen this past week: obnoxious child allowed by obnoxious parent to feed cheetos to seagulls. Seagull bites the hand that feeds. Child and parents learn valuable lesson.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Beach Chair Hell

For a few years now we've had these beach chairs with high backs that allow me to fall asleep in the chair while reading the book without my head falling over. The Mrs. picked up a couple of new chairs and I tried one of these out on the first day. It's one of those ones that are supposed to allow you to lie flat on your back and snooze away. However, my big head just flopped over the edge and rested on the sand. Every other person seems to use these things with little to no effort but it just doesn't work for me. I kicked my son out of the old reliable chair and went back to business.

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