May 2013
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April 2013
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Most adorable apology ever (via my toddler son) →
He knocked down a curtain rod, but it’s tough to get cross with this one…
March 2013
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How to explain gay marriage to your child →
Yeah, this sounds about right.
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“If you found someone that makes you happy by just sitting around and holding...”
– Turk (Scrubs)
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“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”
– Oscar Wilde
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February 2013
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“Goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange…”
– Grateful Dead (He’s Gone)
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“But now,” says the Onceler, “Now that you’re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.” —The Lorax
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January 2013
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“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”
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“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain
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There is a world full of great literature out there, but I can’t go five seconds without seeing someone quote The Perks of Being a Wallflower… Seriously, kids, expand your horizons. Be your own person. Read something different.
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“Dance with me darlin’. The night is...
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“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
– Mark Twain
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December 2012
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November 2012
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“Women are to be loved, not understood.”
– Oscar Wilde
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“You must really consider the circus. It just might be your kind of zoo. I...”
– Grateful Dead (Hell in a bucket)
October 2012
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I believe in Justin Verlander.
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September 2012
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Even though I hate Ohio, I love this song. I feel...
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“There’s an old joke
I just made up
How many of me would it take to...”
– Ben Folds, Kalamazoo
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Hitched
I got married on Friday and it was easily the best decision I’ve ever made. Driving home from the Kalamazoo area (where we had the ceremony and reception), we were listening to Ben Taylor’s old album, “Famous Among the Barns.” One particular song lyric stuck in my head.
“There’d be no more running away And no more missing that midnight train They go so much...
August 2012
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“Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart. You just got to poke...”
– Grateful Dead (Shakedown Street)
I feel like this song could have been written about Detroit.
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So my two-year old son likes to point and tell me everything he sees when we are outside. Cars, trucks, buses, dogs and especially flags. Yesterday, we were walking through Ferndale (just a bit north of Detroit) and we strolled by a house that had two huge American flags waving in the wind. And he pointed at them and said, “Look, Daddy, flags!” Only he is still learning to pronounce a...
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“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her...”
– Oscar Wilde
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July 2012
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Terrapin Station
in the shadow of the moon,
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“But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
– C.S. Lewis
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This song never fails to put me in a good mood. I...
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“I think that you just can’t bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your...”
– Han Solo 