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First Day of School

Just yesterday I met my wife’s kids for the first time.  There was a six year old who had just started first grade, and a four year old pre-schooler.  Somehow, just hours later, we have two middle school kids starting eighth and sixth grade respectively.  One of them is even a teenager!

Where the hell did the time go?

Wish my wonderful, brilliant, amazing step kids a happy first day of school.  Only 179 school days left until summer vacation!

Music for Labor Day Weekend

Tonight’s edition of the 50/90 song post is a little ditty about the annual college student moving day crushing that the city of Boston goes through over Labor Day Weekend.

Happy double parking, moving trucks driving the wrong way on one way streets, red lights are just suggestions weekend, Boston! WOOHOO

Ice

Well it happened.  I was hoping my utter lack of popularity would spare me, but I’ve been called out on the whole ice bucket challenge thing.  I was prepared to just make the donation and not dump ice water over my head in a show of support for funding research to stop a seriously nasty disease.

Then last week my five (almost six) year old niece took the challenge.  She watched her mother do it and wanted to do it too.  How can I wuss out when she jumped right into it?  Then yesterday my wife did it too with a bunch of co-workers.  I haven’t watched the video yet.  She’s the one who challenged me.

So I guess this weekend I’ll be dumping icy water over my head for a good cause.

Brrrrr.

Feeling a Little Blue

I dropped off the kids at their dad’s this morning. Jen and I won’t see them again until after they start school. My step son is going to have his first day of middle school this week and I’m not going to be able to help build him up if he’s feeling nervous. I mean, the kid is as sharp as a razor, he’s going to excel in middle school. But he’s nervous the way every kid is when they move up a school. I just feel bad that I can’t be there to help him along. Next year his sister will start high school. Maybe I can come through for her then, but that doesn’t make me feel any better today. Oh well.

Also for Future Viewing

A Fairport Convention documentary…

A playlist of Fairport Convention stuff…

And by far the most important, a Fairport Convention TV gig from 1970 with the Full House lineup. It’s traditional style English folk crossed with speed metal. Or, the speed of speed metal at least.