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For those of you who remember The Mexican Forklift Story, Part One that I posted last year, or those that I’ve told the Missionary Man story to, you might remember hearing about my Mexican friend Rommel. Who I just heard from for the first time in 12 years: now he’s a leader of a SWAT…

Kate, Lydia, and I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday. I was tricked out like a German tourist with fore-and-aft backpacks; Lydia in front in the baby bjorn, and diapers, wipes, and an umbrella behind. Ever since high school, I’ve imagined myself wearing a baby backpack exactly like Bill and Ted,…

We had a particularly difficult night with Lydia the other night. About six AM, I changed her diaper and swaddled her up for what seemed like the twentieth time. But instead of fussing, she started rewarding us with a million-watt series of smiles. Wow, it’s true what everybody says: lot of work? Check. Totally worth…

“Ja, we assaulted a bar called tweety” I just got this request from the Ultimate Water Gun Loan Program: Frank Ellinger has made a request for the first two weeks of July, for both good and evil purposes: Hi there, I�m interested in the Water Gun, cause we use waterguns among our Sch�tzenfest activities in…

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SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY DAMN DOLLARS. What’s worse is, now I want one.

Lydia’s paternal grandmother, my mom, came to visit from Maine over the weekend, and they hit it off immediately.

Here’s what I’ve been up to.

We go from the ground to the mountain, baby! Without walking! Lydia gets cranky around dinnertime. Not cranky, precisely, just agitated. Doctor Sears and Google both told us to expect this, so it’s not a huge shock, but it is tiring. She used to get calmed down instantly by sucking on my pinky finger, but…

Here’s what my friend Jeremy Fain is up to these days.