February 2012
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an update on my dad
yesterday my dad went in for his quadruple bypass surgery. it was a long day, but he made it out fine and he’s now in the ICU. all the post-surgery analysis and x-rays are showing good signs. the next 24 hours are pretty critical and they’ll be keeping a close eye on him, but if things go well he should be out of the ICU this evening.
thanks for all the thoughts/prayers. ...
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January 2012
8 posts
the prodigal son returns to his blog.
i’ve let this blog fall to the wayside.. and that’s kind of a bummer. my problem is that this used to be a place to catalog all my “clever thoughts” and then twitter came along and i just figured out a way to say all those same clever thoughts in a concise 140-character format. plus, once i started my civil war column at RVA News, the writing itch was being fully...
December 2011
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November 2011
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i want to embed a video at the top of my tumblr...
is there a ready-made tumblr theme for something like this, or do i need to get into some HTML tomfoolery?
subquestion: is anyone particulary talented at this type of tomfoolery that perhaps i could somehow convince you to HELP me?
subsubquestion: dommm, i know you’re the king of the tumblr garden. any thoughts?
October 2011
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Crowdsource Time: Virginia Wedding Venues
Okay folks, time to put the internet to good use.
Lauren and I are looking for our perfect wedding venue here in the Richmond area and we need your help. I know all of you crazy kids have been to weddings that you love in the area, so maybe you can help us out.
Here’s what we want:
-Within a 1 hour radius of Richmond, VA. (that includes you, Charlottesville!)
- A place we can...
Team Smokies: A girl, a boy, and his beard hit the... →
teamsmokies:
We set off from Richmond for adventure Saturday morning, but not before grabbing a big old Pearly’s breakfast first. After a few truck stop bathroom breaks, many quarters lost (and won) in the push-a-quarter game, and giant activity book of KITTENS, we arrived in Blacksburg, VA, home of Phil’s…
Lauren and I started a travel blog because… THAT’S WHAT THE KIDS...
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
REAL HUMAN BEING AND REEEEAAL HEEERROOO
if the internet is not made for this, then it’s not an internet i want to be a part of.
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September 2011
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thedailywhat:
Lost Dog of the Day: A SoCal women who spent the day at Six Flags Magic Mountain while her one-year-old Pomeranian “Malibu” was locked in the car with some water is reportedly “distraught” after the park staff that rescued the pup from an 80-degree parking lot accidentally lost it.
Shalanon Brooks says she would have brought Malibu — a doctor-prescribed “emotional support aid” —...