All of the boys are really into stacking things into towers right now. Especially Benjamin. Today this was the toy-of-choice:
November 19, 2009
I continue churning out job applications. Here are a few more:
- Small state school in central Pennsylvania
- Private liberal arts school in a large Texas city
- Small Catholic school in upstate New York
- Mid-sized state school in Rhode Island
- Private school in the Middle East
- Small, liberal arts school in southern Michigan
- Large, private university in big city in Texas
- Small university in St. Louis
- Public university in Hawaii
- Public university near Pittsburgh
–David
November 18, 2009
When I bought them the fun ball stickers. . .
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. . . why didn’t I see this coming?
November 16, 2009
We had some unusually warm weather the past few days, and we’ve taken full advantage of more time to play outside. Today it was pretty cold and rainy and we had to entertain ourselves inside all day. We miss summer already! But tomorrow we get to start making Thanksgiving food (we’re celebrating a week early since we have a rental this weekend), so it feels like we went from summer to the holiday season within a matter of days. I guess I’m not complaining. I’m really excited about holiday stuff this year. Just not quite ready to see summer go away.
November 15, 2009
A typical Sunday at our house–off to church at 9:15, back home at noon, eggs and toast for lunch while listening to Prairie Home Companion, ultimate frisbee in the afternoon.
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I’ve got to get up early in the morning to prepare for class. Tomorrow’s topic: the new ecumenical, civic, American-Way-of-Life style of religion of the 1950s. “Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time. And President Eisenhower famously said, “Our government makes no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what that faith is.”
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A guy named Nick is driving his Toyota Land Cruiser around the world. He left today. You can follow his journey here.
–David
