If the Jesuit motto, “Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man,” as popularized in Michael Apted’s Up Series, has any merit, the time we have left to influence our son Arlo, who turned 7 this morning, is fast running out. As of right now, we have just […]
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Arlo turned 7 today
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 7 Up, Air Time, Arlo, birthdays, Clementine, farts, feet shaving, Fuddah Fuddah, Greenfield Village, humor, icee, Jesuit, Michael Apted, migraines, refrigeration, shaving, The Three Investigators, Totally Quotable Arlo, Up Series, Whoodie Boodie 6 Comments
On turning 50 and celebrating my 25th anniversary with Linette on the same day
I’ve now been with Linette for exactly half my life. Today marks not only the 50th anniversary of my birth, but the 25th anniversary of our first date. Saying that I shouldn’t just be sitting around the house on my 25th birthday, Linette drove out to Ann Arbor, picked me up, and took me for […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 25, AARP, Abbott and Costello, Arlo, birthdays, bowling, bowling ball, bowling league, Citizen Kane, Clementine, depression, Dinner at Eight, Dorothy Avery, it sucks getting old, John Farres, Ken Boyd, knitting, Mark's birthday, monsters, OCD, Orson Welles, Piss Alley Rollers, Super Sweet Social Bowling League, Tracy Wells, Webber's, Wixom, Zsa Zsa Gabor 30 Comments