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Protected: Dealing With Difficult People

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Protected: Email Me If You Want To Read It, Don’t Hate Me If You’re Denied

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I’m Watching This For the Rest of the Day

Nipples

The first thing Ethan asked after he saw Fidel: Do all mammals have nipples?
Why yes, son. Yes, they do.
(Or not. Did you know that male mice and male horses don’t have nipples?)

Tractor, Winamac, IN

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Tractor, Winamac, originally uploaded by feminaerecta.

Teh Snuggles

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Teh Snuggles, originally uploaded by feminaerecta.

Ms Lauren, The Baker

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Ms Lauren, The Baker, originally uploaded by educeme.

Another picture from the cookie baking soiree. Anne and The Partner mocked my use of cookie dough rolls for our cookies, but I assert that it’s considered [...]

“Mom, You’re Micromanaging Me”

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Mom, You’re Micromanaging, AGAIN, originally uploaded by educeme.

A quote from Ethan during a pre-Christmas cookie baking soiree with Anne and The Partner.
I decided to break my No Ethan Pics policy because this one is too [...]

One Nut Left

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one nut left, originally uploaded by Creek Running North.

Chris kindly offers this illustration to accompany this story.

Doug II

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Doug II, originally uploaded by educeme.

This is what Doug looks like when photographed with a good camera. Still cute, still lumpy.
Many thanks to my friend Anne, who also took several incredibly unflattering pictures of [...]

Pablo III

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Pablo III, originally uploaded by educeme.

They Call Him Doug

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They Call Him Doug, originally uploaded by educeme.

Merle III

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Merle III, originally uploaded by educeme.

Poetry Doesn’t Suck, I Swear

Tonight Ethan regaled me with some Yeats and some Whitman, and I responded with Christina Rossetti and Lewis Carroll. Ethan found this poem by Rossetti particularly compelling. He asked me what it meant so I gave him a simple explanation. Offended, he asked, “Why would she want a dead guy?”
Come to me [...]

I Wish I Had the Guts To Do This During a Lecture




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