Category Archives: around town

Zoo Montana Adventure

Dan ran over and asked me what I was doing. “Um…dipping our naked 3-year-old in a puddle of her own urine at the public zoo. Er. Help.” Read more at parenting.com.

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Deer and Jerky

How can beware of deer signs be so accurate?  Deer — next 3.46miles.  If they can predict their whereabouts with that kind of accuracy, why can’t they just build the roads around them?  Same thing with the signs that say … Continue reading

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Stupid Day for Jerks

Today was not the best day ever. Parts of it were good. Some parts were very good. But it was kind of like a Polly Pocket gift set. THERE WERE TOO MANY PARTS. Between the hours of 5:30am and 7:30pm, … Continue reading

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There is Blue

I’m not sure quite what to make of it. It’s rained so much for so long that it appears to have done something strange to the sky. It’s all discolored and odd-looking with these large patches of a bluish color. … Continue reading

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Life in Atlantis

By now you probably know that much of Washington has been swallowed up in the great waters of the Puget Sound apocalypse. Our town is effectively cut off from civilization as the rivers in the area have swollen to gigantical … Continue reading

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Hieroglyphics

I saw an IMAX movie about Egypt on a date with Dan this weekend. I really think that if given the budget and footage they had, I could have made a much better film. I mean, look what I did … Continue reading

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