Category Archives: Stories of my life

The 4th… and cute kids… and a cute dog… and a cute me…

Posted on July 4, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Happy birthday, America, from me and my dog, Shiloh… you don’t look a day over 175… and I hope you saved the gift receipt for Donald Trump… so you can return him… I got all my tikis out and decorated … Continue reading →

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It’s official, I suck at blacksmithing… and I need to find someone to shave the back of my neck…

Posted on July 3, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I also like the way my chin creases look when exaggerated and filed with soot… Oh, it started off fine, my second project in the level one blacksmithing class… I cleared out my clinker box in the forge, dumped the ash and … Continue reading →

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The wife and kid were out of town last night… I was a bad boy…

Posted on June 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Seriously… nobody should eat a whole box of macaroni and cheese by themselves…

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Some random photos of me… being very manly…

Posted on June 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

These are just about the last pictures taken that day my younger daughter and I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park… there I am, looking very manly indeed, in my… as I like to think of it: ‘war … Continue reading →

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I am sort of proud of these…

Posted on June 22, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I mean, yeah, the zoom lens did most of the work… But I kind of think that I have an eye for a good shot… I call that one: Gorilla In Repose… But then the gorilla reposed itself… so… uh… … Continue reading →

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Well, if you aren’t reading my novel, you might as well look at pictures of a cute kid…

Posted on June 22, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I got to babysit my little buddy, Olivia, yesterday. As usual, she was not thrilled when I stopped reading to her to take a picture for the blog. I missed this kid so much. I haven’t seen her since we … Continue reading →

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More about my Father’s Day weekend…

Posted on June 21, 2016 by pouringmyartout

My older daughter came to visit us… We went up to my wife’s aunt and uncle’s house, where Jessica and her fiancé, Jason, will be married next year… we are playing around with some of the early light decoration set … Continue reading →

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A fire-eating tiki monster, and a daughter who can cook… mmm… Father’s Day…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, look what I got for Father’s Day! Also, Mollie, our younger daughter made me a waffle iron-inspired meal… toasted cheese sandwiches on sourdough bread… cooked on the waffle iron… which was preceded by tater tot potato waffles with … Continue reading →

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Well, my older daughter posted this on Facebook… sniff… stupid allergies…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Happy Father’s Day to the guy who taught me so many important life lessons: never trust anyone that babies and dogs dislike, stand up for the people who need it no matter what the risk, and always get your tie … Continue reading →

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Oh yeah, I got a tweet from John Cleese… just one word: Sucker!

Posted on June 19, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, you need to hear the context. I was responding to him randomly in the middle of a long tweet conversation he was having with his fans about who was nicer, him or Eric Idle. I told him that, while I was sure he … Continue reading →

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