GPA

delmer on October 29th, 2009

We take a break from our regular blogging to provide this important news announcement. Jack, the middle boy, received his report card today and got – Dum dum DUMMMM – All A’s and B’s for a GPA of 3.78   Samson received – Dum dum DUMMMM — All A’s and B’s as well Though he [...]

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delmer on October 29th, 2009

As you know, when you write a blog post you are able to hear, in your head, both sides of any conversation you might be having. You know the tone of the conversation, the spirit of the conversation, and you’re privy to all the subtle conversational nuances that went on. You can only hope you [...]

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delmer on October 28th, 2009

So, there I was, at a kiosk just outside of Men’s Wearhouse at Tuttle Mall, with my box of lotions and my nifty nail tool. I’d just signed the credit card slip and handed it back to my Israeli friend when she said, “Before you go, I want to show you something.” Quick as a [...]

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delmer on October 20th, 2009

When we left off yesterday, there was a young lady holding my hand and working on one of my nails. The “work” involved rubbing what appeared to be a small rectangular block back and forth across my nail. The girl chatted the whole time she rubbed, constantly telling me about the benefits of whatever it [...]

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delmer on October 19th, 2009

The other day, Men’s Wearhouse sent me a reminder suggesting I get off my butt and use the $50 gift card they’d mailed me not long after I got married. As luck would have it I need a couple of shirts – well, really just one but I figured I’d be able to get two [...]

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delmer on October 17th, 2009

As I mentioned, in what I’m pretending was yesterday’s post, I’ve gone to Vancouver. This is not a new trip for me, though there is something about this trip that is quite new. Before I get to that, though, I’ll tell you a little bit about the flight. It went very well. It cost about [...]

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delmer on October 16th, 2009

Not quite to Alaska, but in a provice that bangs right into it. Posting, I predict, and I say this from a point in the future in a post I’ll backdate and pretend I wrote on October 16, will cease for something over a week despite the fact I’ll have written several things on the [...]

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delmer on October 15th, 2009

One of my telephone handsets quit working the other day. The battery would show charged, I’d be able to answer a ringing call, but the phone would die moments later. As it was the upstairs handset it spent a lot of time on the charger, untouched, and out of mind. The other day I finally [...]

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delmer on October 14th, 2009

I’ve received two of these in the mail today and assume you may receive something similar. Dear user of the delmer.com mailing service! We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (myaddress@delmer.com) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the [...]

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delmer on October 13th, 2009

One of my children, and I’ll not name names but it is the biggest one, has a bit of trouble getting out of bed in the morning. When I give the boys a verbal nudge to get out of bed he’s quick to say, “I’m up,” but very slow to put “I’m up” into practice. [...]

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