I was on my way home from the grocery store waiting for a red light when I noticed the lady behind me doing something unusual. I watched her in the rearview mirror as she held up a page of negative sleeves up to the sun.
Wow, I thought. That’s a blast from the past.
When’s the [...]
Posts Tagged: Max
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Feb 10
I really do have a Nikon camera & I used to love to take the photographs
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Jan 10
The validity of eye witness accounts
Yesterday I rode to Rock & Roll Bookclub with Jaycie, Ben, and Max. I’m not sure how we got on the topic but Max was waxing eloquently on the awesomeness of MonsterQuest and how I should spend my time watching it.
“Eh,” I said from the front seat, “It’s not my thing.”
“But they talk about Sasquatch,” [...]
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Jan 10
Winkletoe, Sparkletoe, Wushy, D.T. & Blackhole Sun Blanket
Max calls his Winkletoe and Jaycie’s is Sparkletoe. Cade called his Wushy. Liam calls his D.T., because that’s what Nolan called his. Mine’s called Blackhole Sun, a nickname given to it by my college roommate F.R. Chicken because of its resemblance to an afghan that can be seen in the Soundgarden video.
The blanket doesn’t [...]
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Nov 09
A moral failing on my part
Some of the heartiest of Minnesotans might thing it was a moral failing on my part to take off virtually an entire week because of a cold. Those people can blow me. There is nothing fun about being sick and there’s nothing good or productive about doing a half-ass job while being sick.
No, taking a [...]
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Oct 09
Eleven
Sometimes I could burst with all the things I need to say. And after trying to cram it all into one epic post, I’ve decided to sit back a bit, ruminate, and have a bowl of chicken noodle soup. While I ruminate, I will attempt to make some of you feel old (I’m thinking of [...]
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Sep 09
Educational Aunt Jodi
We were all over at Sister #2’s house for a Labor Day Weekend barbecue, and because Sister #4 was back from South Dakota for the weekend. We were sitting there eating corn on the cob.
“Oh, by the way,” I said. “I taught Jaycie and Max about transsexuals Friday.”
Sister #2 put down her cob. “Why?”
“Because we [...]
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Aug 09
Pain
Somehow I managed to hurt my back. I’m not sure how I accomplished this feat being that the most strenuous thing I’ve done in the past week is watch Mad Men and chat with my friend Al, the cutest girl on Earth™.
It fucking hurts.
I woke up this morning to discover that half my body [...]
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Aug 09
Aunt Jodi’s Supergenius Daycare
We eat cereal for lunch:
Though sometimes we make our own pizzas:
And then we do crafts:
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Aug 09
Children with powertools
Did I tell you about that headache I got on Thursday after going to IKEA and while having lunch with Melanie at that Indian place we love, a headache so bad I could only crawl into bed, whimper, and sleep until 4:30 and was still so shaky and out of it I skipped my first [...]
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Jul 09
The Flugoo Carnival
To celebrate the last day of Aunt Jodi’s daycare (I’m going back to only having the Tibbles once a week), we had a Flugoo Carnival. Jaycie and Max organized the event complete with tickets, prizes, and games. Before the Carnival we started out by making our own Flugoos, and we followed up the Carnival with [...]
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Jul 09
Introduction to a unified scene
This here is Max & Jaycie sitting with me on the steps of the Basilica. They are chanting “Urban Spoon, Urban Spoon, Urban Spoon” because they are brats who like to drive me crazy. There’s an Urban Spoon iPhone app that helps you choose a place to eat. It’s pretty cool. However, despite what Jaycie [...]
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Apr 09
Positively raging Easter
I’m not sure how you spent your Easter Sunday, but I spent mine sitting on a couch with my nephew Max singing along loudly to The Hold Steady’s new live album, A Positive Rage. We did this mostly to annoy Sister #2 because she hadn’t yet received her copy. She deserved it since she banned [...]
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Feb 09
Max’s revenge
Someone was so upset that his aunt was featured on Dude Weather. He created his own weather show.
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Dec 08
Awesome peas in an awesome pod
Last night over Potato Oles, I started bugging Jaycie and Max about their favorite aunt. Specifically, which of us was their favorite.
See, Sister #2 and I have been waging battle to be #1 in the hearts of The Tibbles since Cade was born nearly seven years ago. While she has trained them to shout “Auntie [...]
