Regular Life

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 [...]

My first (and still only) car that I got brand new was my 1989 Dodge Shadow.
In August 1992, Shannon and I got married and drove my most prized possession from Little Rock, Arkansas to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It carried us to Gatlinburg and many surrounding sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Condoms, [...]

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I think I kind of got kicked out of a store on Tuesday. You be the judge.
On my lunch hour that day, all I wanted was something sweet after my two spicy chicken soft tacos at Taco Bell. Funny how spicy food does that to me. Or salty food. [...]

Benjamin and friends aboard the barrel train.
(Click to overload on the cuteness.)
You ever stand downwind of a billy goat? They soak their beards in their own urine to mark themselves. I understand why there’s no goat overpopulation problem.
What’s with the popularity of pumpkin farms recently? It seems every town has one nearby, usually hawking pumpkins [...]

(Note: If you haven’t read Make Mine Fire Engine Red, then you might want to do that now to know what’s happening)
A thin man about six feet tall with sandy blond hair and matching mustache carefully released the clamps on a paint shaker and lifted a gallon can onto the counter with a thump. “I’ll [...]

I’m pretty sure this was an accident.
(click for a closer, finer look at the evidence)
About a week ago Saturday, Benjamin and I went to Home Depot to build a firetruck. You know, the kind that’s little and holds crayons in its back end?
Cloudy skies started us off just right. We climbed out of the minivan [...]