. So I've been playing some hearty basketball Tuesday nights and I have one particularly noticeable defect as a ballplayer: It is common...

. So I'm teaching third graders this week and yesterday I drew a skeleton, a Frankenstein monster and a Grim Reaper on the whiteboard. I...

. I'm not sure, but it sounds like the Big O has taken to calling himself Ottawa.

. So with the return of the www to our home, I am returning to regular svithing. I suppose it might be appropriate for me to start by restat...

. So here I am. At home. And you know what that means. (Those who do should immediately let her know.

. Only five months till St Patrick's Day!

. Today Lady Steed and I celebrate seventy-five months of marriage. Hooray!

. 1. I read The Ersatz Elevator this week, so I'm halfway to being ready to go buy the End . I don't think I'm going to make it...

. The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few ps...

. It would seem that the Pixar Revolution is over. Sure, there are a few stragglers, but it's done. 2-D is the new silent. Now of course...

. We recently checked Elmopalooza! out from the library. Half of it was scratched beyond watching, but we did get to see some funny stuff w...

. Great thing about General Conference is a) it's actually happening thousands of miles away and b) it starts with all kinds of songs an...

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. Once upon a midnight dreary, Blue and lonesome, missed my dearie. Would I find her? Any hope? Quoth the raven six times, "Nope."...

. This is a song about bedroom death. Grrarrarr. Do you hear that? I heard it. Grrarrarr. I heard it again. As did I. Grrarrarr. I think it...

. Rolexes: I have received as much spam for Rolexes (fake and "real") as anything else in my life. But why? Besides the fact that...

. Just because no buns are in the oven does not keep me from the constant concern of what a second son might be named. The Big O and I were ...

. I wonder--has anyone else with longterm-limited internet access worried about this malady?

. It used to be I could Google my name and get dozens of hits. Now that I've been out of the newspaper business a year, that number is d...