From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Proud of my dad

01.31.2009

I just got a copy of The Hard Road to the Softer Side by Art Martinez, former chairman and CEO of Sears, which includes this mention of my father: After I graduated from Harvard, I worked for Enjay Chemical, which was to become Exxon, and had some powerful mentoring from a man named Dave Thomas. He [...]

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White Chicken Chili in the crockpot

01.31.2009

I love my new crockpot. I made white chicken chili today and we just had it for dinner. And it was good. About a pound of chicken. I used thighs and breasts which I boned myself. Probably should have been more like two or even three pounds. Two cans of navy beans and two cans [...]

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Million Dollar Web Idea

01.30.2009

I’m looking in our cupboard at our bottle of canola oil, which proudly proclaims it is “expeller pressed.” Is that a good thing? It must be a good thing, right? Or they wouldn’t put it on the label. I have a bottle of salmon oil capsules from Trader Joe’s, which are “molecularly distilled.” Is that [...]

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The Jimmy Carter of Infant Two

01.29.2009

When I picked The Boy up from baby school one of the teachers told me that two of his classmates, Caroline and Hailey, had been fighting over a toy piano today. Conrad walked over, picked up the piano and handed it to Hailey. His ruling held.

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Potential band names found in my kitchen

01.22.2009

Bronzeville Rib Rub Chicago Metallic The Juniper Berries Vanilla Gunpowder O.G. (Original Gelatine) Tamari

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Conrad’s first snow day

01.20.2009

We had a couple of inches of snow overnight so we’re home having a snow day. I was anticipating a “Hoohoo!” when Conrad saw the snow for the first time, but his reaction was a little more restrained, although he did seem fascinated. He seems to be following his pattern of observing and evaluating before [...]

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And the socks you rode in on

01.11.2009

Ordinarily a good napper, The Boy didn’t seem like he was going for it this morning. After hearing him yawp and moan for 20 minutes or so, Jean went up with another small bottle to restart the going-down process. He had not only thrown his pals Sleepy Duck and Sleepy Sheep out of the crib [...]

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Christmas was an especially good day for the boy

01.05.2009

Lots of family, lots of things to put in the mouth and lots of presents. Lots more photos on the Flickr page, too.

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Anything that combines wine and social media is fine with me

01.01.2009

The Mrs and I went into a new store in Chapel Hill yesterday called 3 Cups. Formerly at a smaller location, it relocated a few months ago to the plaza with our local Whole Foods and ABC (state liquor) store. Smart move. The three cups of the title refer to wine, coffee and tea. The [...]

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