Our cat, Thorn, has one of the most feeble meows I‘ve ever heard from a cat. Granted, Raging Mom and I had Siamese cats for years, so we are used to quite a howl from our felines (or fe-lions, as Sonny says). The two Savannahs we have now are stunning creatures, but they’ve got nothing [...]
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On Friday morning I woke up to handle the kids while Raging Mom slept in. We had a tube of cinnamon rolls, and I had my baking hat on. After they were cooked, frosted and passed out to enjoy, Sonny said to me, “Daddy, I love you more than blueberries.” How touching, I thought. The [...]
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This past summer, on our visit to Minnesota, we were able to see Raging Mom’s grandmother’s new apartment. She had moved out of her home, looking for a smaller place that was closer to town, just as many folks do when they are in their 80s. It was a lovely little apartment with ample closet [...]
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[Photos and captions courtesy Raging Mom.] Song of the day: “Teeth In The Grass,” by Iron & Wine.
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I‘ve been thinking a lot, lately, about friends. Part of it is that I have reconnected on Facebook with a passel of high school and college classmates who I’d lost touch with. You know what? I did not expect to have such a good time reconnecting with who I was not so close with, seeing [...]
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You know those forwarded e-mails that you occasionally (or regularly) get? The kind that pass along warnings that are nothing more than a new (or not so new) take on an urban legend. Sometimes, they feature troublesome political content that is hard to ignore. I received one of these e-mails the other day. Basically, it [...]
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For those of you who have never been to the Pacific Northwest, it rains a fuckin’ lot here. November arrives and she brings darkness and constant drizzle with her. And she’s here to stay for the next several months. This isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, I have on occasion been known to yearn [...]
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One of the benefits of being less than three months out from Christmas is that we can use Santa as a tool to manipulate the children into good behavior. The whole “he knows if you’ve been bad or good” shtick is brilliant, and I am not above bilking it for all it’s worth. When I [...]
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If you have been reading Raging Dad for even a few weeks, you have likely noticed that I, your humble narrator, moonlight as a geek. Comics, films, Star Wars, music, etc. There are a few things that I am way into that I have yet to unleash on you. In good time, dear Raging Reader. [...]
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* There been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long But now I think I’m able to carry on It’s been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will —Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” * Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some [...]
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