Author Archives: James

The 2011 Word of the Year

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Here is the list of my “Word of the Year” words for every year since I started having a word of the year in 1999: 1999: Filmlet 2000: Viscosity 2001: Denouement 2002: GMP 2003: Environmental Monitoring … Continue reading

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Puffy and Sappy

Sunday, 08 January 2012 Today, after laying on his stomach on the living floor for about 15 minutes and writing and drawing random sketches on his little white board, Owen presented me with his picture of – as he called … Continue reading

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082 Rock Star! HZR

Friday, 06 January 2012 We live on a street with no restrictions on parking. Unlike nearly every other street in the city, there are no annoying signs like “No Parking Tuesdays 2:30-6:15” or “20 Minute Parking on School Days” or … Continue reading

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Back to Work

Monday, 02 January 2012 Jennifer dictates a blog post: Once upon a time, I was standing in the middle of the kitchen looking around aimlessly into space and then I told me wife, “I don’t know what to do.” And … Continue reading

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Bequeathing Titles

Sunday, 01 January 2012 Jennifer and I rang in the new year by finishing up our office slash playroom: I know what you’re thinking – “office slash playroom” is a lousy name for part of the house, right? Yeah, we’re … Continue reading

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