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Chicken-Fried Steak

  This is what happened on the plane. “Ladies and gentlemen, is there any medical personnel aboard?  Please be ready to show your credentials.” Some lady was having a panic attack or some dopey thing.  Nothing happened. The plane was … Continue reading

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log splitter talisman

  Im skipping ahead to the last time Kristin and the kids left.  They left for Burbank around the beginning of October.  Kristin (aka Gigi) and my buddy, David Giffels, said, “Read ‘The Dirt’ by Motley Crue”.   I’m compulsive about reading before … Continue reading

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Cooper’s first day on the set of “The Kids From 62-F”

The movie that Cooper is in is called “The Kids From 62-F”.  When news that the drive to the movie set in Palmdale, CA is 90 minutes, Kristin was a bit concerned.  However, Kristin’s excitement grew as she approached the house that the … Continue reading

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Do not travel with me…

Coop has his first read-through today.  The Kids From 62-F.  Cooper and Edie each average about four auditions a week.  Coop had an audition for a CBS pilot.  Kristin noted how wild it was to see a few familiar faces from … Continue reading

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Seeing Without Watching

The Kent Roosevelt Rough Rider Hockey Banquet was last Wednesday.  I swear, coach Ben Barlow gets me so motivated that I want to run thru a brick wall for him.  The amazing thing about Rider Hockey is that we compete with … Continue reading

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Rougher Antecedents

Kent picked a badass after whom to name the High School.   (It’s “Whom” right?) Anyway, I was checking out an article on Vice.com and it reminded me of a Rough Rider hockey tradition, where, after a win, a player is given “the hat”. … Continue reading

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How in the heck can some medical professionals get away with crappy customer service? Man, I’m telling ya, I would have been out of business a long long time ago playing that game. Primary care physicians excluded, of course. I … Continue reading

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My house is trying to kill me

I love bacon. I hate waiting for it to cook. Amateurs slap it in a pan and push it around with a spatula. Not me, no way, Jack.  I lovingly lay it out on cookie sheets and krank the oven … Continue reading

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Pot-Committed

We decided to embrace the sweaty humanity of Universal Studios. Kalahari Water park in Sandusky OH ruined this type of experience for me, but least this time people had their shirts on when pressed-together in line.  >shiver< Still hate the … Continue reading

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Dano

This post isn’t about Coop and Edie, or even Hollywood. This about my brother, Dan. Chronologically, he’s younger than me but he eclipses me on age-related issues across the board.  Read: maturity.  Out on jobs with my dad, people would refer … Continue reading

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