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All that is left over from the amazing guacamole I made tonight. As SweetiePie likes to say in a thick southern drawl, “if the good lord made anything better, he kept it for himself.” HOLY GUACAMOLE, Batman!

The New Rickey

I still wake up grateful for the trees and everything else in my long, full days. Sometimes I have time to write. Sometimes all I've got is an image or two. This blog is mine, and nobody else's. I like that it is an index of where I have been, mentally, for nearly a decade:

2003: underemployed New Yorker with a chip on my shoulder; 2004: graduate school in Texas, getting serious; 2005: India, death, some bad decisions; 2006: marriage, Nevada (?@!#%!); 2007: travel is a great way to avoid relationships, and research; 2008: master's degree and marriage, both finished. 2009: starting over, as an academic. I'll do anything. 2010: I'm doing everything; 2011: married again, here we are.

RSS The other half of my brain

  • Interlude from Kindergarten – Student of the Week
    I may have mentioned before that B’s Kindergarten is Kind Of A Big Deal. His teacher is serious about her job, and, in turn, the students are serious about their jobs. This suits B just fine, as he is VERY … Continue reading →
  • Man of leisure.
    At Target this weekend, I bought B a little fleece robe, because it has been freezing in our apartment. He says it is super cool, because it is just like mine (only not really, because it’s not as awesomely pink, … Continue reading →
  • More than meets the eye.
  • Fancy pants
    Last night, over a bowl of chicken n’ stars, B laid the following wisdom on us: Mommy, you know what? Um, one time? Granddaddy sent Nonnie a message, all the way from Loozianna. Isn’t that fancy?
  • The Right to Privacy
    When I came home from work last night, B had posted this sign on his bathroom door. I thought we had a few more years before this became an issue.

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