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The lease ran out on the 2016 Kia Soul EV so I bought my third car today: a 2019 Chevy Bolt in “shock” yellow. I call it The Tennis Ball.

Paul and Annie can both climb out of their cribs now. Annie can climb in, but not Paul. So this morning at 5:30 when they both got out of bed and turned on their bedroom light, we knew it was the end of an era. We’d got them an “OK to wake” clock that turns … Read more

Leslie was traveling yesterday during Paul’s month day, so I offered to do a guest post covering it! So, here goes… To Paul: this is how you spent the day you turned 2 years and 3 months old. There are no pictures of this day at all, because I didn’t remember it was your month … Read more

Tuesday was date night, and we got home happy and beer-buzzed after kid bedtime. We sent home the sitter, watched a little TV then hit the sack. Then about midnight, I heard Annie yelping from the kid room. Usually these days this means she needs a bathroom trip or has already “had an accident.” I … Read more

Leslie is on a work trip to SLC this week and I’m doing some solo dad work. It’s amazing how much easier this is than it was just a year ago. I’m not saying it’s easy, just hard instead of near-impossible. It gives a glimpse of a future where our lives “come back” to us … Read more

As seen from my SEA -> AUS flight yesterday. Seemed so close I expected to see climbers.

Ten years plus deep into BBQ experimentation, I finally tried beef ribs. Easy cut, lots of fat, came out great.

A Strava friend pointed out that I crossed paths with Lance Armstrong on my morning run. The Strava Flyby thing is pretty cool! Lance had the better pace 🙂

Sous stole Scout the puppy’s chew toy. Then she stole another. Scout approached her to lodge a complaint. Sous responded thusly: This translates in dog to “I drink your milkshake”