Back about 8 years ago I bought a brand-new silver Honda Civic. I really loved that car. It took me all over the damn place–work, shopping, vacations, bar hopping. In fact, I drove that car to Mexico about a month after I bought it. Of course, I wound up getting it stuck in the sand [...]
Back in the wild days of my early 20’s I had a close friend named Tony. He and I were inseparable. At least 5 nights a week we were out whooping it up, partying our asses off all over Tempe and Scottsdale. In a time when all of our mutual friends were starting to settle [...]
This past Tuesday my son and I took a little trip to the Phoenix Zoo. We met up with two other mommy friends and their little girls. It was afternoon of giraffes, monkeys, flamingos, wallabees, and, of course, the petting zoo. Ryan had his first encounter with a goat and they became [...]
This morning I had the luxury of spending a bit of time perusing Myspace while Ryan took his morning nap. As I clicked on the links to each of my “friend’s” pages, I was amused by what I found. Most people choose to include a song on their page. In some strange [...]
I recently met an amazing tattoo artist named Calli. While having a beer out on the patio of my cousin Derek’s house, Calli entertained me with stories. He told me about his wedding in Las Vegas officiated by Buddy Holly, 7 foot penis sculptures that shot flames out of the top at the [...]
GPS is an amazing thing. We borrowed a friend’s GPS system this past weekend when we were in Oregon. Even though it got us a bit lost in Portland (it took us on a complete circle one time, allowing us to see the same homeless man counting his dimes twice in about 10 [...]
Last Sunday we went to a bbq at Matt’s friend Chad’s house. He and his wife have two children who are 2 and 3 years old (13 months apart–yikes!). Ryan had a blast playing with the kids and going nuts crawling around. It was great to see him interact with other kids.
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