Archive for the 'life' Category

*&^%E#$^!!!!

Posted by Brendan on May 13th, 2008 filed in BAH, life

I just got a call from my mechanic.
The good news is that my van passed the emissions component of its annual inspection.
The bad news is that I need a new axle, two new idler arms, one passenger side upper control arm, an alignment, a new tire, and some headlight work.
Grand total: $895.00
The van has 123,000 [...]

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Good Times

Posted by Brendan on May 8th, 2008 filed in Philadelphia, life, parenting

Kids are funny the way they pick up their parents’ habits and catchphrases. Sam’s picked up a couple from his mom. When she’s trying to get him to focus, she says “Sam, can I talk to you for a minute?”, and he uses it all the time when he feels he’s not being [...]

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Still Gone

Posted by Brendan on May 8th, 2008 filed in life, meta, random

Commenting at this guy’s place, I’m reminded of the time I realized I’d lost my mind.
I had just moved to Philadelphia with Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops, which is a fun story in itself. I’d moved in with my bandmates over the summer of 1998. Every night we’d practice and on the weekends [...]

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Again with the Backyard Zen

Posted by Brendan on April 28th, 2008 filed in BAH, life, meta

Increasingly, I find myself not blogging or spending a lot of time online during the weekends. Part of this is accountable to the fact that it’s warm out and there are Things That Need To Be Done, but the other side of that is that after a week of writing at work and subjecting [...]

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Weekend of Zen

Posted by Brendan on April 14th, 2008 filed in life, meta

This weekend, I took a much-needed break from blogging, from the Internets, and from the news (as I mentioned below).
Instead, I actually had a life.
Saturday morning, I had to drive up to Hellertown to play a benefit for Jack Sanbower, a bluegrass musician fighting esophageal cancer, while Christina spent the morning working on her taxes [...]

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Garden

Posted by Brendan on April 6th, 2008 filed in Philadelphia, life, meta

It was a pretty busy weekend.
For the first time in perhaps ever, Philadelphia had a city-wide spring cleaning. We were out on my block at 8:30 AM, sweeping the sidewalks, streets, and porches, picking up trash. It’s not so unusual on my block: at least 4 times over the course of the summer, [...]

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I Have Not Slept in Two Days

Posted by Brendan on February 23rd, 2008 filed in BAH, dreams, life, meta

It’s 5:30 AM, the second night in a row without any sleep. I finally gave up tossing and turning and decided to let the chip[s fall where they may. I had a busy weekend planned but I’m not sure if that’s going to happen now. Depends on whether I get some sleep [...]

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Upside Down

Posted by Brendan on February 15th, 2008 filed in life, meta, parenting

[M]y son, who in addition to being this amazing, rambunctious little person, is allowing me to fit my own life better into a context of impermanent things, invest myself in his just started as opposed to my half-run race. But beyond all those organized thoughts I find fatherhood simply a mystery, a very concrete one [...]

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Thanksgiving 2007

Posted by Brendan on November 26th, 2007 filed in life, parenting, photoblog

Just so y’all don’t think I’m going to off myself, here are some of the pictures that keep me going. And yes, I’ll feel better in another day or so. Go read my beer blog at Booman for more proof that I’m not a hop, skip, and jump away from catastrophe.
Great times with Sam [...]

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Well Whaddya Know!

Posted by Brendan on October 24th, 2007 filed in family, life, meta

I think we may be getting to the end of the saga surrounding my sister, who sent me an email this morning. As regular readers may remember, my parents, especially my father, have been pushing me to make-up with my sister, and allow her into my house without an apology for previous egregious behavior. [...]

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