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A few weeks back, we had a turtle in our backyard. So the boy and I put him in a box, walked him down the road to the subdivision lake, and set him free in that more hospitable local.
Yesterday, just to get the kids out the house for a bit, I suggested we go down to the lake and look for him. Despite being a bit windy, it was a pleasant (albeit brief) time.
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Just for shits and giggles, last night I watched Dredd (with Karl Urban), then Pitch Black. Two pretty damned entertaining sci-fi movies. They provided the added bonus of getting my wife to go to bed rather than watch them. This is good. She needs more sleep. She gets stubborn and stays up late, despite knowing she has to get up early for work.
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One of my old fraternity brothers, whom I have not seen or talked to in probably close to 20 year, shall apparently be in Houston this weekend. Another fraternity brother is apparently going to attempt to host some kind of gathering at his home, in honor of the aforementioned visiting brother. So the family and I may have something to do on Sunday.
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So.....yesterday at Walmart I was buying the boy some new headphones for his Kindle. Otherwise, we have to yell at him constantly to turn the sound down. I knew if I got him something, it'd be fair to get baby girl something as well, so we headed to the toy section.
Sadly, her eyes found the "Rock and Troll Microphone". It has one snippet of a song from the Trolls movie which it can play, and the kids can sing along with. It also has the ability to be hooked to an MP3 player so they can sing along to whatever songs the device contains.
Needless to say, I've been hearing the pre-loaded song over and over since yesterday. This makes me think that I may, perhaps, enjoy causing myself pain and annoyance.
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Had a nice dinner out with the wife. We went to Morton's. I ordered the filet mignon, something I haven't had in probably 20 years or more. Afterwards, we wanted to eat up more time until going to get the kids, so we wandered around Barnes and Noble for a bit. I bought a book of horror stories by various authors, but with Lovecraft's name plastered on the cover.
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My poor baby girl. She had another allergic reaction. We think it was from Parent's Night Out at the daycare last night. The blanket she brought with her smelled heavily of perfume when we picked them up, and this morning she was itchy and had a rash.
Last time, we had to switch her bath soap to something for more sensitive skin. Luckily, from that last occurence, we still had a does of the medicine the doctor had prescribed for her, and it was still good.
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My faithful Trailblazer finally passed the 100,000 mile mark sometime in the last few days. Today I brought it in to the dealership for an oil change, state inspection, and to take care of a headlight-related recall notice (which turned out to be just installing an upgraded module). I brought the kids with me, but luckily they did not have to stay. The wife left work early because she wasn't feeling well, and she picked them up.
The dealership helpfully gave me a list of tons of other stuff they are recommending I get done. Some of it's a definite "must do", like a pinion seal leak and replacing the power steering fluid. Some of it's stuff I can probably do myself on the cheap(ish), like air filter and battery replacements.
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The truly sucktastic part about having the kids home is that I cannot go for my morning constitutionals. At least, not without dragging both kids along with me, hearing a lot of b!!@$ing and moaning that they're hot and/or tired and/or "my legs hurt", and then having two post-sweat smelly kids all day.
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My wife's lunch just reminded me how much I hate the smell of tuna fish. And, since you asked so nicely, I'll tell you why.
Let us journey back through the misty sands of time, to early 1990s. I was working a summer job in the maintenance department at the Fairmont Hotel (since renamed) in New Orleans. Across the street from the hotel was the Orpheum Theater, which has operated since the 1920s for everything from vaudville, to movies, to the orchestra.
At the time, the theater was hosting a bodybuilder competition, and most (if not all) of the competitors were staying at the Fairmont. Apparently, a primary part of a bodybuilders diet is tuna fish. So, for several days, most of the guest floors of the hotel were overwhelmingly permeated with that now horrendous smell. It drove quite mad.
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Working at the Fairmont was pretty cool, though. While I was there it also celebrated its 100th anniversary. It had started off as the Grunewald, then later expanded and was renamed the Roosevelt in the 1920s. Later, it became the Fairmont, before being changed back to the Roosevelt again.
It's most famous, in my opinion, for the Blue Room and the Sazerac. The Blue Room has hosted all kinds of famous musicians, such as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey. There's also some footage of the Divine Miss M herself, a very young Bette Midler, performing there. The Sazerac, on the other hand, is an awesomely upscale restaurant and bar. If I recall correclty, it's one of the oldest 5 star restauarnts in the city (at least it was when I worked at the Fairmont). There's also a drink called the Sazerac.
The hotel is also fairly well known by many in the city for the lobby Christmas decorations.
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Took the kidlets to the Splash Pad today for a bit of fun in the sun. I wasn't going to, but then baby girl worked her charms thusly:
Baby Girl: Daddy, can we go to Splash Pad?.
Me: Give me a few minutes, Baby Girl. Daddy's in the middle of something..
About 10 or 15 minutes goes by.....
Baby Girl: Daddy, can we go to Splash Pad? Do Da. Do Da. Daddy, can we go to Splash Pad? Old the do da day..
Me (after stopping laughing): Ok, we can go..