Tales from FAR Manor

Everyone welcome me back to the frustrating world of feature phones. Given the bills we have, Mrs. Fetched had been complaining for a long t...

Thursday, November 24, 2011 “I’ll have to say, this is one of the more unique weddings I’ve ever performed,” said Patterson, standing on the...

Did’ja miss me? While you count the turtles on the dock next door to Dad’s place, enjoying one of the last warm days this side of spring, I’...

Contents They skirted around the ramp, still in place but beginning to show signs of wear. As always, with observers present, the trucks had...

Contents Tuesday, November 22, 2011 “People!” Palmer yelled into the radio. “People hiking up the freeway!” “Stand by,” Sara said. “And don’...

Contents Saturday, November 19, 2011 “Hey cat,” said Cody, walking up the steps with Sondra in the evening gloom. Shady mewed at Sondra, the...

We came home from the resort on Friday. No big deal. Saturday, we had another birthday cake for Mason, this one so The Boy (who was still in...

A few shots from Mason's birthday party yesterday. Click the picture to see a bunch more. Update 9/11 : we had another cake today, so Th...

I can’t let this go without saying: Happy Birthday, Mason!!!! Contents Tuesday, November 15, 2011 The maul bounced with a hollow thunk . “Da...

Well… not right away. Things have been a little slow at work, and I have all this vacation to burn, so I asked for the next three weeks off....

Contents In the end, they got plenty more help than they needed: just about everyone came out. Those who didn’t come to pull came to watch, ...

Contents Friday, November 11, 2011 They built the ramp in the QuickFill parking lot — twenty feet long, eight feet wide, four feet high — us...

Serendipity: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way With The Boy working (he has A JOB !!!), and Da...

I haven’t lost my mind, it’s backed up on tape somewhere. — Unix fortune cookie Tech-utopians believe that we’re approaching the point where...

You’d think that soldiers tossing grenade simulators at people in a parking lot would be crazy enough for Planet Georgia. Now The Boy tells...

Contents “So Stef’s gonna be okay,” Johnny told the others, eating a late lunch at a large round table in the Laurel Room. “He and Palmer ar...

I took the day off work today to help Daughter Dearest head back to Reinhardt for her junior year. Mrs. Fetched also enlisted Panda to help ...

Contents Saturday, October 29, 2011 Rita was showing Sondra and Johnny how to compress a large wound when Palmer burst through the door, scr...

Buster T. Butthead punched his ticket — the one-way trip to the Great Porch in the Sky, where the slow truck made of meat rolls by every hou...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 When Cody and Sondra announced that they were building a shooting range at Cody’s old house, Cleve, Johnny, and ...