suburban artifacts

Lincoln’s man purse

The other day I pulled some documents out of my slim, black, laptop-only carrying case and was surprised by the Maker’s delighted exclamation, “Just like Abe Lincoln’s hat!” Rather than look like an utterly unschooled idiot, I kept my peace and googled it as soon as he left the room. It’s true! Abe Lincoln stored [...]

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L’Eau Du Suburbia

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I had a quick 2 mile run tonight in my neighborhood around 6 pm; about every five houses I would catch wind of the same kind of scent, which I finally realized was the smell of dryer sheets. I have never in my life purchased dryer sheets. I guess while I’m out running the rest [...]

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box fort

I think it’s very important for you to know which box is the Maker’s room. If you didn’t catch that, you may need to watch this several more times until you’re clear.

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attack of the bionicles

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mem-ries, da da da da da da daaaah

What a shock it is when your six-year-old begins to reminisce about his younger days. The other day the Maker and the Ice were in the back seat when something prompted this conversation: Maker: Remember when Mom used to make us real play dough?Ice: That was awesome! We had to be careful when it first [...]

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be very afraid

Here’s what $1.50 gets you from the neighborhood ice cream truck these days. It doesn’t even look real, does it? Get this: the flavors in this ice cream travesty are fruit punch and cotton candy (rather than radioactive waste and bloody horror, which you might have guessed, even if you were stone blind). I can’t [...]

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darth vader on twitter

I hate Twitter. However, I love Darth Vader on Twitter! I’ve posted some of Mr. Vader’s entries here for you to enjoy: Found my Padawan hair braid the other day in an old drawer. Guess I’ll use it as a cat toy… I was just about to set the Death Star’s course for your silly [...]

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name voyager

I keep going back to this fascinating gadget, the namevoyager. When my father was born, his parents chose his name from a list of first and middle names issued to expectant families by (amazingly) the military. His first name, Thomas, was the 8th most popular name during the decade when he was born. When I [...]

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if left undisturbed…

…these shy creatures will lay their eggs and raise a family right on your back porch. Careful, children! Don’t touch the hatchlings or the mother may reject the babies and abandon the nest.

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collected on the walk from front door to mailbox

1. MATCHING (bunny and carrot themed) socks! Amazing find.2. Half an umbrella handle3. A super-long souvenir pencil from the zoo, broken in half and duct-taped into a laser gun4. MATCHING shoes! Ditto #1.5. One roll masking tape6. Wooden sword with masking-taped handle7. BOTH walkie talkies! Unbelievable.8. Length of green wire9. Duct- and masking-taped wrapping paper [...]

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