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A Prelude to a Prelude – Musical Monday

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Joe Cummings

Well, a new thing. Music Monday. Being about as musically inclined as a block of concrete, I struggle to understand what The-Oldest is creating.  Like anyone who really doesn’t know much about music, I simply can say, yeah, that sounds … Continue reading →

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Tournament Trials – The War is Lost – Part 4

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Joe Cummings

At some point in WW2, the Germans knew the gig was up. They knew they’d lost. The smart ones knew after Stalingrad. Others waited until Berlin was a smoking ruin. I kind of suspect I was in the Berlin camp … Continue reading →

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Stepdad Adventures – Destroy it and they will come

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Getting the boys away from their video games and You Tube movies is like yanking a fly off of flypaper after it’s been embedded in amber. So it was, very much to my surprise, that something odd happened on the … Continue reading →

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Derpy Sus – Part 2 – Aka wtf?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Joe Cummings

In on-going effort to keep current, to be able to understand what The Oldest is saying (or by saying it myself, totally take away the cool factor), I looked into this whole You Tube video phenomenon. It’s not like You … Continue reading →

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Derpy Sus – Part 1

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Ok, I confess. It took me a while to figure what that meant. I can usually get an idea of what something means by the context, like when really smart people use big words because they have a tendency towards … Continue reading →

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Adventures With Kids – Schooling

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Joe Cummings

A Perfect Day At School If the Oldest had his choice, he would have a totally different school morning. Not so much with the math and more with the Minecraft. “So, Joe, it’s time to go to school.” In his … Continue reading →

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Moving With Kids –

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Joe Cummings

The 10 Most Interesting Things That Happened On That Move The great thing about writing, about blogging, is that you see everything in a slightly different light. Like a drunk. Or a zen master. Or both. Plus, with my new … Continue reading →

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