j. and i spent a warm and cozy evening last night celebrating (an early) Chrismaka (Hannumas and Chrisanaka are two other versions we use indicating the smashing of Christmas and Hannukah together) with his family.
As we make our final preparations to head out to Toronto on Friday to spend Chritmas with my family, we [...]
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I’ll be home for Christmas…
Schlepin’ it to Superior, Wisconsin for American* Thanksgiving
j. and I are taking off today around noon to pick up his mom and head to Superior, Wisconsin to celebrate American Thanksigiving tomorrow with his grandmother. His dad and sister already left early this morning.
Something about being in Wisconsin in general, in Superior and by Lake Superior specifically, moves me, but I can’t quite [...]
On Championships
Two very fine lines, prompted by the White Sox’s championship.
From a CTA employee and Sox fan at the Addison Brown Line stop, a message on a piece of cardboard by the exit turnstile read, “Sox have World Series trophy, Cubs have Ronnie Woo Woo.” To fully appreciate how funny and clever this is, learn about [...]
Who’s my hero?
So if there were a competition going on to see who has gotten the most posts up in the first week of our starting this blog, we all know j. would be winning. And to that I say, in a sing-song voice: Who’s my (Internet) hero?
I am not feeling that particularly competitive at the moment [...]
SUPERSTAR teacher
Congrats to my sister, Big B, who landed her first teaching gig at my old high school in west end Toronto, no less. Catholic school girls rule \\nn//!
