Whenever there’s one of those word searches, and they say “What word do you see first?”, the first word I see is always “a”.
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I created a Facebook account in 2012 but didn’t really post much until 2014. In 2018 I deleted my account (for secret reasons). It was a relief to let it go, but also a little sad. I quickly lost tabs of friends and extended family. Of course we still talk now and again, but I am much less aware of what’s going on in their day to day lives. Nevertheless I’m glad I left.
In an act of unbridled vanity, I have archived all the old posts here.
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In case anybody asks you to think of a movie without an “S” in its name (as though that is hard), I have compiled this convenient list of the top 500. Sometimes it is handy being a computer programmer.
Adaptation (2002) Affliction (1998) The African Queen (1952) L’Age d’Or (1930) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) A.I. (2001) Airplane! (1980) Aladdin (1992) All About Eve (1950) All About My Mother (1999) Amarcord (1974) Amélie (2001) America, America (1963) The American Friend (1977) American Graffiti (1973) The Americanization of Emily (1964) American Movie (1999) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Annie Hall (1977) The Apartment (1960) Apollo 13 (1995) L’Argent (1983) L’Atalante (1934) Atlantic City (1981) L’Avventura (1961) The Awful Truth (1937) Baby Doll (1956) Back to the Future (1985) The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Ball of Fire (1942) The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Bambi (1942) The Band Wagon (1953) The Bank Dick (1940) Barfly (1987) Barry Lyndon (1975) Barton Fink (1991) Le Beau Mariage (1982) Beautiful People (2000) Bed and Board (1971) Beetlejuice (1988) Before the Rain (1994) Being John Malkovich (1999) Being There (1979) Belle de Jour (1968) Ben-Hur (1959) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1983) The Bicycle Thief (1949) The Big Chill (1983) The Big Clock (1948) The Big Heat (1953) Big Night (1996) The Big Red One (1980) Billy Liar (1963) Birdy (1984) Black Robe (1991) Blow-Up (1966) Blue Collar (1978) Blue Velvet (1986) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) Bob le Flambeur (1955) Body Heat (1981) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Le Boucher (1970) Bound for Glory (1976) Boyz N the Hood (1991) Brazil (1985) Breaker Morant (1980) Breaking Away (1979) The Bride Wore Black (1968) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Brief Encounter (1946) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Bull Durham (1988) Bullitt (1968) The Butcher Boy (1998) Cabaret (1972) The Caine Mutiny (1954) Calle 54 (2000) Camelot (1967) Camille (1937) Carnal Knowledge (1971) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Catch-22 (1970) Cavalcade (1933) The Celebration (1998) La Cérémonie (1996) Charley Varrick (1973) Chicago (2002) Chicken Run (2000) La Chienne (1931) Chinatown (1974) Chloë in the Afternoon (1972) Chocolat (1988) The Citadel (1938) Citizen Kane (1941) The Clockmaker (1973) A Clockwork Orange (1971) The Color of Money (1986) Coming Home (1978) Contempt (1964) Cool Hand Luke (1967) The Country Girl (1954) Crumb (1994) Cry, the Beloved Country (1952) The Crying Game (1992) The Damned (1969) Daniel (1983) Danton (1983) Dark Victory (1939) Darling (1965) David Copperfield (1935) Dawn of the Dead (1979) Day for Night (1973) The Day of the Jackal (1973) The Dead (1987) Dead Calm (1989) Dead End (1937) Dead Man Walking (1995) Dead of Night (1946) Death in Venice (1971) The Decalogue (2000) Deep End (1971) The Deer Hunter (1978) Deliverance (1972) Diabolique (1955) Dial M for Murder (1954) Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) Die Hard (1988) Diner (1982) Dinner at Eight (1933) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Dirty Harry (1971) Diva (1982) Do the Right Thing (1989) Dr.
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Watching Hunger Games with Sophia tonight. The darn “I volunteer…” scene, when Gale carries Prim away always makes me want to cry.
Sophia and grampy with a little accidental-forced-perspective going on. I promise she’s not bigger than him.
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I wasn’t given an age. Because nobody loves me. Just kidding, don’t give me an age. I don’t want one. I do want a morning bun from Urban Cookies, but that is a different story.
This is the face Sophia makes when she finds out she gets to grow a slime mold at school. There was a sort of a squeak noise that went along with it.
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My wife says if this gets one million likes, I can go to bed.
We used to have a lot of fun with the “translate it both ways” thing. Volker Lamp, remember the Forest Marble Animal?
The steak reaches a top speed of Mach 6, and the outer surface may even get pleasantly seared. The inside, unfortunately, is still uncooked.
He says that like it’s a bad thing.
Sophia’s flitting around the house singing about “a little bag of cocaine” right now. Ahh, Regina Spektor. When Mamie pointed this out, Sophia said, “What is conecane?”
This same basic principle could be applied in so many ways.
Only now do I realize my bed lacks any nice plush toys to snuggle.
Ok, I lied. One more. This app is so great. Sophie and I are cracking up.
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Zha Zha should be home soon so this is probably the last one.
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Sophia wrote this one too. Can you tell she takes Drama at school?
- As my friend Michael pointed out, the correct term is “Fourth Wall”. Oh well. I definitely don’t take Drama class.
Number two. We’re having way too much fun for a Sunday afternoon.
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Written, produced, and directed by Sophia with the musical talents of Sophia and Daddy.
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I love it when Facebook tells me how long I’ve been friends with someone. Oh Facebook, you have no idea…
I’m pretty dang sure it’s time for Facebook to start playing videos in desktop browsers without flash. You with me here, Mark Zuckerberg?
Had a meeting with my buddy Drew Grgich today and I’m reminded that he is the best IT guy in the business. Seriously, all you people who don’t work for McMurry, and need computer help sometimes, you’re missing out.
This is 100% true.
Sophia just asked me for the 400th time if she can have something she knows she can’t have. So I said, “Let me tell you a story.”:
“There was once a farmer who had a mule to pull his cart. One day, the mule stopped abruptly to sniff some grass, and the pots fell off the cart. The farmer looked the mule in the eye and said, ‘That’s one.
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I’m reading “Personality” by Henry Kellerman and having horrible flashbacks to my MBA days where we were subjected to textbooks full of great content couched in horrible writing.
The passive voice is extensively used (along with) odd parentheticals. And: So! Many! Exclamation points!
My favorite sentence so far:
Then, in part 2, I present these basic personality types and styles along with actual clinical examples of each (and as mentioned above) also with reference to how each actual type may appear when expressing a more normally inclined personality style of that type.
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If you could “like” a “like” on Facebook my wife and daughter would be stuck in and endless like loop forever.
And we’re back in Amerikay.
Well, I think we just had the most exciting part of the trip, in which Mamie pulls a poor Limerick young man off the bridge wall as he contemplates jumping in the Shannon to kill himself. She’s basically a local hero now, if only to his aunt—who, by chance, happened to walk by 10 minutes later—and his girlfriend and baby. What an experience.
Sometimes I go to the movies and order a medium popcorn. The cashier always says, “Do you want to upgrade to a large for 50¢ more? You get a free refill.”
I always do, which makes no rational sense because what that question really means is, “Do you want to buy more popcorn than you want? If you do you can get even more.”
True story. Sophia decided to dress like a cowgirl today. If you know her well you know she just does this sort of thing sometimes. No occasion necessary. A few hours later I decided to take her and a friend to the trampoline park. And then this happened:
ME: You should put some more comfy clothes on so you can jump and play.
SOPHIA: Dad! I’m a cowgirl.
ME: You can do what you want but I think you’ll be more comfortable in some stretchy pants instead of blue jeans.
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Homecoming.
Homecoming.
Getting hair done
The final do—front
The final do—side
The final do—back
Isabel with her friend/hairdresser Erin. Sophia calls Erin HCL, which stands for Hair Cut Lady. Sophia has a pet name for pretty much everyone.
Thanks, HCL! She looks great.
Always-photogenic Hailey
Hailey
Isabel and Hailey
My little girl
We’ve known Madeline for 5 years and she’s had this big smile the whole time.
Gabi. She’s not going to the dance but she got all prettied up anyway.
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Sophia had to write an essay for school on her talents and how they will help her in life. Among other things:
“I am pretty good at making pies with pastry crusts. This will help me if I am ever pieless and want a pie.”
And:
“I am also good at gardening. If I ever want fresh food it will be good to have a garden that is not dead.”
I don’t know who Lisa Borowsky is or what she stands for, but I’m voting for her because she’s blonde.
[ed: To be clear, this was in response to campaign posters plastered all over the city that just said “Lisa Borowsky” over a photo of a pretty woman with blonde hair. No mention of the position she was running for, any party affiliation, etc… Just a pretty face and a name.
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[emotionally manipulative post with copious spelling errors]
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Thank you everyone for wishing me a happy birthday. Same to all of you on the various days.
PS: I’m good at facebook. I got all my birthday wishes done. Yay.