Monthly Archives: November 2015

A Tale of Two Christmas Trees…. And Something Else.

And yet…. not an eye-roll in sight. No mean feat, this.  We have our twin Christmas trees standing any-ole’-how in the middle of the bedroom because the Miss is perpetually not done messing with them. They’re always messy, and at some … Continue reading

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“Something Happened And It’s Bothering Me…..”

Errant blogger again, and so I have one of my long-term readers to thank for this one – the two links at the bottom of this post are to the full story. I’m told this happened at a fairly small … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #390 – Seeing Squares

#390 This qualifies as both a 20 Seconds Of Your Life You Are Not Getting Back as well as a How To Avoid Being Captured By Aliens Conversation. You know, when How To Avoid Being Captured By Aliens (the book) … Continue reading

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Another One Bites Of The (Math Online Practice Sites) Apple…

NOT a sponsored post… (like I ever do sponsored posts 😀 long, long ago lah…) I. Know. Wait. It’s not what you think. Let me explain… Rockstar’s school recently changed Math online practice/learning sites (btw I love online practice sites because a … Continue reading

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Miss-Speak #75 – There Goes My Parent Of The Year Award…

#75 I emerge from a shower to the Miss bawling at the top of her lungs from her feeding chair yet again… Me: What? What? Miss: I – I – I – drew on my faaaaaaaaaace! Me: <peering at the many repetitive … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday (Almost) – Money Does As Money Doesn’t

Now the Miss gets on the school bus at barely 8am, Rockstar often has a bit of time to kill before his school bus arrives. However, what’s funny about this picture is, Kings being Kings posted it on his Facebook…… Whereupon someone observed … Continue reading

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The Dancing Queen

One fine day in Causeway Bay…       Only how all flash mobs should start…         Y’see dear readers, apparently, “Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music”….. And so dear readers, as the … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #389/ Miss Speak #74 – Some Days….. You Just Need To Stop Talking.

#389/ #74 Rockstar: Mum. D’you remember what the Miss’ name almost was? The one I picked? Me: I only remember you once suggested we name her “Poop”. (Miss gives Rockstar a slightly wounded look.) Rockstar: <flinches guiltily> No, no, I … Continue reading

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Miss Speak #73 – How Things Are Done… According To The Miss.

#73 One fine day with Lego… Miss: Red Brick? Grey Brick? Tire thing? I don’t know what this is. Ko-ko. What is this? Oh, you’re building – Ok, I won’t talk to you. Rockstar: You know, you could actually help … Continue reading

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Miss’ First Sports Day At ESF Hillside Kindergarten

The Miss…. loves sports. She loves balls, balloons, bats, water, scaling rock-climbing walls, any physical activity involving ninja weapons… so you can imagine her excitement at the epiphany that there exists a Day of Sports. What appears to be a School-Wide Orgy of a … Continue reading

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