Regular Life

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Recently it came up in conversation that my wife found this mass in a beer can she opened.
After she had started drinking the beer.
I was lucky enough to find the pic while sifting through old digital photos. Anyone care to speculate on exactly what it is? To me it resembles what [...]

(Note: Those following “The Keys Are In It” may continue with Part Three at my story blog.)

Somehow my wife didn’t fully appreciate my taking my DSLR camera into the restaurant Tuesday on date night. I got my shots quickly and stopped — well, except for one right there at the end, but that was [...]

Note: Photos in this post by Benjamin, with his Fisher Price Kid Tough Digital Camera (generation one model).

My Blurry Mommy, by Benjamin
It’s strange, having nine days off work in a row and nowhere to go. We could have gone to Spain, England, France, or all of the above. Heck, we live in a [...]

(Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the first meeting of three online friends.)
At age 37, I finally found a beer I like. More on that later.
The appetizing aroma of Moonshot’s Irish stew in the Crockpot welcomed us back from the Adrenaline Zone. Conversation wandered from our blogs to [...]

There’s a little bustling going on in our house right now. Shannon busily packs up a brown grocery bag with light tortilla chips and a homemade southwest dressing for the huge chicken-strip salad she made.
Personally, I’m going straight for the chili dogs when we get there.
You see, we’re going to watch the Super Bowl [...]

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I geeked out a little after my co-worker and I sat down for dinner at The Firefly Grill. She returned from a restroom trip to find me taking pictures of [...]

You ever try plain, low-fat yogurt? I don’t mean vanilla. I mean plain. No sweeteners or flavors added.
It’s brutal.
It’s hard to eat healthy foods. Not just because of the taste or the cost, although those always are considerations. Part of the reason is that once I’ve decided to plunk down the extra cash for an [...]

Ben smiles on a ride in Papa’s Jeep. (click to see those baby blues better)
The long weekend was about smoked meats, sweet treats, and horse feets. I mean, hooves. And, no, they were not part of the cuisine.
My family’s Thanksgiving saw my dad smoking venison he slayed not two weeks before, and [...]

Ben’s logic continues to develop. And I quote:
“Did this fish have a mouth? Was it alive and swimming in the water?”
After he gets the answer, “Yes,” he continues to wolf down his baked salmon. So, we dodge that bullet.
Then this one comes when the in-laws have us over for steak (it was delectable):

Bavaria - A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory.
— TheSage’s English Dictionary and Thesaurus
To hear Bob Marley sing “Edelweiss,” you must go to a German restaurant in Texas.
— Me
August is a very busy month for us. I’m hoping to run low on material in [...]