Climb, or be climbed upon

Those are pretty much your only options in this place.… Read more

Those are pretty much your only options in this place.… Read more
Lesson #1: nod really fast while the picture’s being taken.

Thanks for that, buddy. Tune in next time for more valuable lessons from Little E on how to avoid having your picture taken.… Read more
…and by the wild thing, I mean Little E. Tonight we were at Wild Things Farm in Oklahoma. I really wanted to go meet some critters, but the little guy… well, he was all about the bounce-arounds.
The boy and I happened to have time to kill in Conway this afternoon (while mom was at a work-related function – things being what they are right now, she’s about the only one with work-related functions to attend), and not far from our hotel was a massive store with all sorts of video game logos in the windows: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii… whoa, wait, a vintage Atari logo? Since Little E is already my video gaming buddy (it just so happens that most of the games reviewed in Phosphor Dot Fossils these days are picked by him almost at random, which explains why recent reviews there have been such an eclectic mix) and an avowed Mario fan, we made it a point to visit this place called Game Point.

Sadly, this photo was taken as we were back at the car, so it doesn’t show the giant Atari logo … Read more

We’ve been getting into Daddy’s toy shelf more, now that we’re getting really tall and all.… Read more
What’s Xena looking at?
Believe it or not, little E actually requested this good stuff for breakfast.
Portia recently had a surgical procedure to remove her kitten-making equipment. I back up my cats nightly, so I don’t need her making additional backups. She’s recovering nicely though. Here she is recuperating while Little E watches cartoons.

And here’s how she craftily avoids the cat equivalent of hospital food. … Read more
We had to spend an unnervingly large amount of my wife’s paycheck on a vet visit for Xena the other day. She hasn’t been the same since the weather got nice again and we let her go back outside – well, it’s more like we had to push her outside.

And therein lies the problem. … Read more
I put Evan to bed tonight and he kept on talking to himself for quite a while, so I thought it was worth checking out. I’m getting better about being a “quick draw” with my phone’s camera, and as I peeked around the corner into his room, I saw this little face:

But what the heck was he still doing up with that light on? … Read more