From the category archives:
ah, yes, monday. i have a half dozen overly serious posts swirling around; so let’s start the week with this. the prize, as usual, is absolutely stunning: it’s the admiration (and possible even jealousy) of everyone else who didn’t win. bring on your best captions!
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John Freese
runner-up in the breast cancer awareness [...]
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i had a busy and somewhat stressful day yesterday. so i think i need a few chuckles generated by a photo in need of a caption. no big prize — just the pride of knowing you’re a WINNER! best caption, judged subjectively by little ol’ me, wins a pile o’ pride (the [...]
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in the midst of an otherwise intense day in haiti, i had this moment of sheer levity, punk’ing adam mclane, who was sitting on top of the bags of rice and beans we’d just purchased for a poor community. maybe it was the tension of that day that made me laugh so hard; maybe [...]
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i’d forgotten about this post from last year; but, re-reading it this morning (after seeing a bit of incoming traffic to it), decided it was worth re-posting. after returning from haiti last evening, i took max to carl’s junior, where i had a “grilled cheese six dollar burger”.
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this is not a lent bashing (or [...]
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Really Boring Books for Children.
BY MELISSA BELL
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Springtime? Taxtime!
The New Drapes
Let’s All Have a Bottle of Water!
The Two Weeks After Christmas
Staring at Your Shoes and Other Games
The Big Book of Paper Clips
One Wall, Two Walls, Three Walls, Four!
Mom Folds the Towels and Then Puts Them Away
B Is for Beige
The Long Drive to the [...]
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(ht to fail blog)
(here’s a reference photo of dan, for comparison:)
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creative former youth worker kevin winningham (one of those guys who clearly has the gift of encouragement in a way i never will) sent me some reading suggestions while i was in the hospital over christmas. having been treated for cancer years earlier on the exact same hospital floor and unit i was staying [...]
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oh, this is just so fantastic.
a youth worker emailed me earlier this week to share a funny story. i responded that i wished i could share it with everyone on my blog, but i didn’t want to get him in trouble. but, alas, he’s a youth worker, and a gutsy one [...]
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