Random happenings

... Kates had an obligation at school tonight, which meant I got to pick Phoebe up from the daycare and spend the night with her ...

I had to pick up my daughter from daycare today. My daughter ... It still sounds crazy to say that.

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... Here's a clever one from The Onion today ...

I almost overlooked it at first, as I typically do with most Onion stories not having to do with baseball or politics ... But I did a double-take at the headline and after thinking about the irony of it decided to click on the story ...

By the end -- with tha image of it "resting comfortably on a large rock" -- I was laughing out loud ... poor mountain lion.

Brave Mountain Lion Fends Off Group Of Hikers

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This news alert came from one of my cohorts this week ...

Jets decide against keeping Brett Favre; Green Bay takes him back and trades him to Chicago. In return, Chicago is giving us back Door County , Eagle River , Minocqua, Crivitz, Rhinelander, Wisconsin Dells, and the left lane of Interstates 90, 43 and 94.