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2blog folder catchup, yet again

2blog folder catchup, yet again

Time to blog…(2blog bookmark folder full already!)

That 2blog bookmark folder fills up quickly…

My latest entry for “father of the year”

So, three weeks into kindergarten, G is starting to try to read on her own, in earnest.

Tonight, however, she stayed up late and we let her watch cartoons on demand. Tom and Jerry, to be specific.

At one point, the mouse is on a fishing line, and replaces himself with a piece of paper.

What does that say?

So, dutifully, I rewind the cartoon, and pause it on the word.

Guh. Eh. Rrrr. Kuh. Jerk!

The 2blog bookmarks list is full…

Time to core-dump again…

The 2blog bookmarks are full!

Time to core-dump!

Catchup, yet again

Bookmark catchup

catch up blogging

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Golf is back…

and I just played the best 9 holes I’ve ever played. Grace came with us, and had plenty of fun of her own.

My favorite improvement? Out of the 5 holes that caused me problems off the tee box, I only lost a ball on two of them — and I only lost one ball on each hole.

I’m now making good contact on about 35% of my swings — coming closer and closer to my goal of 90%. Not quite to my 60% I had with my previous bad stance, grip, and swing.

Cy is getting adamant that we both should go to Golfsmith and get our swings computer-analyzed. I think I’m now at a point where that could help me improve — even better than more lessons could at this point.

A once-in-a-lifetime kind of evening…

We went out to see stand-up comedy, spur of the moment. The headliner was Marc Maron.

Interestingly, between the opening act and the headliner were two acts — where there usually is just one.

What made it a once-in-a-lifetime thing? Every act was strong. Honestly, there was no weak material. I’ve never had that happen before in my life.

Oh, and it’s too late. They’ve moved on.

Oh, and we got in under the wire.  No, they didn’t sell out, no SRO here.  I’m pointing out that in a few weeks I could have had to sit through Craig Shoemaker again.

Go fly a kite

Something to remember — this is important!

The Zilker Kite Festival is coming on the 4th of March. It’s supposed to be windy and warm today, so I may try to take G out to practice locally.

And just how often do I remember to blog about things that are upcoming? How often do I remember about the kite thing before it happens?

This must be a daddy thing.

Then again, you must also remember to not use razor-sharp string.

Finally got an eye exam.

I am aging, but still under 40.  That’s when I fully expect to go from “nearsighted” to “unable to read a menu in the same time zone”.

I’ve gone from -1.25/-1.5 to -1.5/-1.75, though for contacts, she prescribed both to be -1.5 — in anticipation of my turning 40.  No signs of gloucoma, no astigmatism.  They took baseline photos of my retina.

Everything was fine until she manually checked my peripheral vision with my pupils dilated.  Then, we stopped being friends.  For a few moments.  I’ve got a followup visit on the 6th to see how the contacts she gave me are working out.