Out of Africa

I may seem like a mild-mannered risk-averse homebody, but don't let my sedentary lifestyle fool you.  I learned today that I am also a trusted confidant of the former president of Liberia. His son told me so in a letter.

Langy gets his groove on

Snapping out a rhythm (sort of)

Langdon has always demonstrated a preference for certain kinds of music.  As an infant, his cries were immediately calmed upon hearing Dee Snider of Twisted Sister shout "I wanna rock!" ().  Seriously.

Rorschach test on hardwood

Quick, what do you see...

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Good Bye, Farewell to October

October is gone and I am glad.  Very glad.  Maybe it was the lack of sleep, or Travis' suddenly non-starting car, or the constant candy coma that everyone in my house was in, or the snotty noses, or the mysterious bruises on Langdon's head, or whatever -- but I feel better already simply because it is no longer October.  I was looking back at the pictures from October to see what we had done.  So here goes.