Convincing Amazon to push an update to an ebook is a bit of an involved process. Amazon hates pushing mandatory updates because they wipe out people's highlights. We are hoping they will fix it, because the Māori typo is very unfortunate. It makes us look like stupid hacks who couldn't be bothered to spell the name of an entire people. I hate …
Brotherly Love
Leon peeled out onto the street. In the rearview mirror, Cornelius’ BMW glided out of the parking lot. We’d likely lose him before long. Cornelius’ top driving speed usually stayed four miles over the posted limit. The MII was roughly thirty minutes away but knowing Leon we would get there much faster if the traffic let us. “Call Bern.” Bern …
My Patronus
12:46 AM. Kid 2, text: I am on a mission. Kid 2: I am going to catch a ton of eeves and have one of each evolution. Kid 2: I already have two. Me: What time is it? Kid 2: Pokemon time. Me: How old are your parents? More importantly, how old are you that you wake me up in the middle of the night. I thought it was an emergency. I …
Artha, Artha, Artha
By popular demand, we did put Artha into a Christmas sweater for you. Also our email is full of "More Artha" requests, so clearly the love of German Shepherds is all consuming. We gave her her own category. …
The Tree
The fake artificial tree is up. No decorations yet. This is the tree that ate up the entire Christmas tree budget. First, last year's live tree. This year's tree. It came in three boxes. It's prelit and it took me an hour and a half to fluff. Here it is with Artha for scale. The moral of this story is that I shouldn't …
Christmas Trees and Failing Brains
Dear Kelly, thank you for the tea. I opened my Christmas present from Kelly early, because she was very sly and sent me my favorite tea. But please don't send us things. We love you, but you go overboard. One year I said I liked certain socks and then there were 7 packages of socks in the PO Box. That's why we don't have a PO Box …