Author Archives: Frog

Iceland, part one

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Frog

We walked around to the other side of the Reykjavik harbor and were greeted by this: The Harpa concert hall was beautiful and immense. Coincidentally, someone from my hometown was headlining a show there that night. A short walk led … Continue reading →

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Disappointment

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Frog

The person I really wanted to hire declined our offer. Our benefits package would have cost her money. Dang. The runner-up will likely say yes. I’m not as excited about that person, but you work with what you can get. … Continue reading →

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Middle March

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Frog

I wish I could make a George Eliot joke here (re: title of post), but I got nothing. And, yes, I know how the book title is actually written. We’ve been trying to hire someone for my team at work … Continue reading →

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Two Great Date Nights

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Frog

Do they count as date night if you don’t go out to dinner? First we saw this group perform Mementos Mori. Tonight we saw Dianne Reeves perform. I’m so happy she performed this one:

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V. Day

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Frog

We celebrated Valentine’s in pretty typical fashion at least for around here. This year we didn’t buy cards. I made one that was basically a fancy PowerPoint slide and the better-half’s card to me was a dozen oysters and some … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Wreck

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Frog

We went to see Shawn Mullins the other night. The opener dude was good too. On the way home, the better-half said something about Shawn being a plumber. I had no idea what he meant and so he explained. Very … Continue reading →

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I wore this to work today and we ate Cheetos

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Frog

This happened today.

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As If

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Frog

I just deleted a spam comment advertising a writing service. You know, we’ll write your paper for you on any topic. Um. Oh hell no. Kids, do your own work. I can also tell you that the folks who work … Continue reading →

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Snowy Saturday

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Frog

It snowed some inches yesterday. We were shoveling and cleaning off our cars when our next door neighbor stopped, she was walking her dog, to invite us over for drinks and snacks. She said their plans for the evening were … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Frog

We planted a new crop of garlic in one of our garden troughs and moved a hearty parsley plant. Here’s hoping we’ll have a good harvest of each later this year. Yesterday we bought our airline tickets to Iceland. The … Continue reading →

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