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Parkside View: Tinney Flat
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August 2, 2013. An overnight camping trip seemed like the perfect way for our family to wrap up our week of memorable activities. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we opted to camp somewhere relatively close to home. I had it on good recommendation that Tinney Flat. Each campsite was surrounded with a natural. Canopy offering a comfortable sense of privacy. I'd definitely say the hiking was scenic. We didn't take gear for fishing, but we did soak our. In the river number of times. That was nice. Our cam...
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Parkside View: October 2012
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October 31, 2012. After a quick jump in the shower, it was time to begin preparations for the Park family party that was to be held at Greg and Tilly's that evening. I had to give myself plenty of time to convert Jason into a bald black man with a goatee. His entire transformation process took about 45 minutes. The two of us were laughing through the whole procedure. Because I think our assembled group looked pretty. Nifty, I had to post this picture to my blog again. Of course, we played. No sooner do w...
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kninsa & Shem: "Words are the physicians of the mind diseased" ~Aeschylus
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Friday, May 21, 2010. Words are the physicians of the mind diseased" Aeschylus. I would like to take some time to make a formal homage to my best newfound friend of the week. She is fun, and a fellow word-nerd like myself. Plus, she handled my ribbing with maturity and humor. And so it is with great linguistic fanfare that I share with her (and everyone else) my all-time favorite word: pip. The definitions are as endless as they are varied:. 1 one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. May 21,...
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kninsa & Shem: "Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers?" ~Magneto
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Thursday, August 20, 2009. Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers? I have a theory. It is untested, but sound. I believe that women never. Want to know a man's answer to any. Question the women ask. Okay, "never" sounds a bit harsh - let's stick with "hardly ever." Which is a scientific term, yes. Or "Do you think Kathy Griffin is prettier than I am? But my favorite example of tricksy womanses asking questions simply to make us men believe we have a choice is the ever-dangerous "D...
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kninsa & Shem: "If men liked shopping, they'd call it research" ~Cynthia Nelms
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009. If men liked shopping, they'd call it research" Cynthia Nelms. When I first met Shem, she told me that she was an unusual woman in that she doesn't like to shop. I thought that was nice, because I don't like to shop either. A match made in heaven, right? Wrong So very, very wrong. And so of course I would go along, thinking no sweat, this should be some easy brownie points. Except for one small snag. I learned a valuable lesson today: it is against a woman's nature to buy th...
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kninsa & Shem: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it" Russel Baker. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not an interior decorator" Bones. ish. I need help. I am a man. But that's not why I need help. I need help and. 160;I'm a man, not I need help because. 160;I'm a man. Two distinct thoughts, separated by punctuation. What I meant was. urgh. Okay, scratch that and start over. You'll have to look it up if you care enough. But I digress. Links are app...
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kninsa & Shem: "I've just had an apostrophe. Lightning...has just struck my brain" ~Smee
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009. I've just had an apostrophe. Lightning.has just struck my brain" Smee. I love horror. And no, I don't mean horror like coming home to find my house on fire - I mean the horror genre. Books, movies, campfire stories, you name it. Many people don't understand my adulation; they say to me "How can you watch that stuff? It gives me nightmares." The answer is that it gives me nightmares, too! As I wandered, weak and weary. Through the summer heat so dreary,. On my quest I went a-se...
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kninsa & Shem: "You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to"
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Thursday, November 19, 2009. You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to". So last night, in an effort to show my undying love for my beautiful blushing bride, I said those famous last words: "No, we don't have to watch this awesome late-night horror movie - let's watch what you. And so Shem did. According to TLC, Say Yes to the Dress. A show about women trying on wedding dresses? She had lost TOO MUCH WEIGHT and it caused a crease! Now read the synopsis of the show we didn't. Watch: "Stra...
