Annoyingly Boring?

Not sure what got me thinking about it, but remember the old PSAs that were on during all those super solid ‘after school specials’?  This one may have been at the head of the class.

Now, Schoolhouse Rock was better, but that was Saturday morning fare.  For the after school set, you can’t touch Timer!
Rock on [...]

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My sister (the Ordinary Hero) sent my brothers and me an email yesterday highlighting the Washington Nationals Presidents Race. What an awesome ballpark entertainment nugget!
Picture this, giant headed versions of the Rushmore presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, & T. Roosevelt) racing from centerfield across the warning track to right field and down the right [...]

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Sports post, if it’s not your cuppa… move along.
I am a Red Sox fan.  I don’t think that’s a secret.  I am a Bostonian, I don’t think that’s much surprise either.  So as you might imagine I spend a fair amount of time perusing the Red Sox pages over at boston.com. They are usually chock [...]

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Grilled Boneless Marinated Pork Chops and Zucchini

Looked sooooo good when I was taking it off the grill I had to shoot it!

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This Is The Best I Can Come Up With Today

She really wanted to know how to climb it.  And what a cute derrière!

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As you will note in my last post, I woke up to watch the Red Sox face the Oakland A’s in Major League Baseball’s Opening Day in Japan.  Tokyo is thirteen hours ahead so the evening start time made for a 6:00am start here.
Coinciding with opening day is my oldest child’s first round of MCAS [...]

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Playing in Japan, so the game started at 6:05am Boston time. I get up, flip on the TV and I get “Searching for satellite signal”. WTF! Most channels working fine, but NESN is DOA.
GRRRRR!!!!
It’s not just me….
DirecTV, out? - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
Hey DirecTV, Get it sorted! I [...]

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As you know, I am about a month and a half into my Project 365.
And I have been meaning to go take some pics of a local cranberry bog. Every time I drive by I think, ‘Oooooh, I’ve got to remember to shoot this someday’.
Well, today I put my elder daughter on the bus to [...]

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No, this is not a Red Sox post….
It’s about Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows.
AFL, the Australian Football League, started this weekend. My beloved Bulldogs are playing their first game as I type this (it’s the end of the 3rd quarter and the Dogs lead the Crows 87-85). I am listening to it on the [...]

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Gotta love long weekends!
As dedicated readers will note, I have Good Friday off from work. My wife taken the day too. We are all set for a date night (Yes, I know it’s Good Friday, but we don’t get enough chances what with the whole opposite work schedules).
So… anyway, she came home at the [...]

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