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“Every a**hole who ever chanted ‘Drill baby drill’ should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty.”
- Bill Maher.

I do not read William Easterly’s blog daily — he is too much of a crank, almost invariably finding fault with the sincere efforts of others to assist developing countries in addressing the problems that impoverish so many of the world’s people. I checked him out today, however, and found myself agreeing with his relatively […]

Although it would be nice to have a record of …
- Anna’s entry of her homemade ice cream, “Brownie Wonderland,” into a local charity’s “Scoop Off”;
- My attendance (with Anna) at the traveling production of Wicked, a remarkable, once-in-a-lifetime theater experience (Evie was invited, too, but did not want to leave her beloved school early!);
- […]

It’s a Stewart thing, and Our Hero is nearly there. (Er, I think you have four days to get to nine more films, Scotty). On the blog, he briefly reviews each one — for our purposes, the bottom line is as follows:
1) How to Train Your Dragon 3D (Actual: A, Expected: B+)
2) City Island (Actual: […]

Sorry. Periodically I get bumped out of my blog, and can’t manage to get back in, unless and until I consult the Little Brother.

“Twenty-five players, twenty-five cabs.”
Originally used to describe some dysfunctional baseball team in the 1970’s, according to the husband formerly known as the Big E.

By Evie
Ahh! The breeze is literally tickling my shoulders. As I look at the flowers in bloom, the sun warms my feet like the hottest star was laying at my feet. “Tweet, tweet,” go the little birds in the nests. As the birds tweet, the wind gently rocks trees back and forth in the […]

By Evie, again
Evie’s elephant eats eggs.
Brian brags about bright brains.
Leprechauns like lemon lollypops.
Stephanie swallows sappy scones.

Another story by Evie, with paragraph spacing by Mom.
Blip bloop. “Ah, Mom, I love the sea.”
“Me, too,” retorted Mom.
“Hey, I have a great idea.”
“What, what?” asked Mom.
“Let’s take a swim.”
“No, it’s too cold to swim. Let’s bring out the old old sailboat.” So they put on their life jackets and were off. […]

A story by Evie, with help from her friend Ella.
One antsy day, Evie and Ella were going to visit their Aunt Jeffries. (Did we mention she was an ant?) Anyway, Evie and Ella hopped in the plane. On the way there, Evie and Ella were trying to do their homework, but the co-pilot was listening […]