Maybe it’s a great time to not be rich in the United States. I didn’t have enough money to invest in the stock market, so I didn’t lose anything when it went haywire recently. I wasn’t a real estate mogul, buying and selling houses, so it didn’t hurt my household when the U.S. housing market[...]
At some point, media organizations will realize that Americans don’t believe political polls anymore. Here’s why: 1) Today, a CBS / New York Times poll revealed that Sen. Obama still has a double-digit lead over Sen. McCain. ( story here ) 2) Yesterday, Yahoo! News reported in a Reuters story that the two candidates were[...]
This morning, I dropped off my wonderful wife at the OKC airport, so she could return to NYC for the weekend. In more than two years of marriage, this will be our longest separation, both in time and in distance. The previous record was when she went to Tulsa for two days for a work-related[...]
Attention all up-and-coming politicians. This may not work for everyone, but it certainly works for me. If you want my vote (for anything ), then do not — I repeat, DO NOT — send me bulk mailers. Today, I got the usual mailer from a local politician. It was the third one I’ve gotten from[...]
On Saturday, Marline and I visited my parents. During the several hour visit, my Dad pulled out his old Minolta X-370 camera and several lenses. I took some pretty cool pictures of his gear (and even took a few pictures using HIS lenses on MY camera — they didn’t fit, but I held them up[...]
I didn’t get to watch the final presidential debate last night — mainly because it wasn’t aired on the only channel my household gets (of course, we won’t get any after February, since the digital signal isn’t strong enough to reach Seminole). But I’ve heard plenty about it, and I’ve browsed a transcript. Looks like[...]
Today, I was privileged to watch the Sasakwa Lady Vikings win the Class B State Softball Championship. This is the second year in a row that Seminole County has had a team win state (last year it was Konawa). Sasakwa’s freshman pitcher Marissa Shaffer pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against the #1 team in the state[...]
The good news is: I now have a new windshield in my car. The better news is: I didn’t have to pay for it. Last Wednesday (Sept. 24), I was covering the Konawa-Wewoka softball District Tournament at Konawa. After watching Konawa win the first game 12-0 (in a three-inning run-rule), I returned to my car[...]
This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today, Rebecca — for the first time — went to the bathroom somewhere besides our house.
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
A few days ago, we passed what I’ve jokingly called “the Rebecca threshold” with our Benjamin pregnancy. She was born about 7 weeks before her due date. As of May 10, we passed that point in the current pregnancy. My wife’s at 34 weeks as of today, and about nine pounds lighter than she was[...]
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