Retiring Guy

JoAnna walks back into the bedroom holding Eddie. "I think we have a sick little guy on our hands." Eddie has a fever.  She ...

We're Two Rivers bound today.  JoAnna's dad is retiring.  We have a few errands to run before hitting the road.  Andy left his ja...

Lasted a season and a half on NBC I think about going into work early -- earlier than my 12 noon starting time, that is -- but get caught...

A mediocre opening for a forgettable film I figure I'll have most of the day to myself, not expecting JoAnna and the boys until after...

TIME Part 2 of my Reference Interview ETN goes well, but I don't get the class participation I was expecting.  After last week's...

Bombed this weekend in 1223 theaters For the first weekend in months, JoAnna doesn't have to campaign.  Somehow, though, the day can...

During the morning, I can avoid thinking about the election because of the need to focus on my ETN presentation, which goes well.  Like t...

Russ Feingold is on JoAnna's side If there's one image I'll retain from this day, it's JoAnna looking helpless and cryi...

In its next to last season. Once again my plans to work the evening with Eve go awry.  JoAnna needs to do a campaign mailing, which means...

Wednesdays on NBC.   Last week I rose to the occasion on Monday and Tuesday, the Nuts and Bolts workshop.  Next week I'm hoping I can...

TIME Why is it lately that any time like this that I spend home alone, I get caught up in doing household chores.  I haven't done a...

The weather turns cooler and Eddie has a fever of 102 so there is no outdoor activity today.  I'm a complete vegetable and not feeling...

The New Yorker However, staying asleep remains a major challenge.  In some ways, I'm more concerned about the second day's perf...

TIME Middleton hosts the SCLS Advisory Committee meeting.  Shirley May represent Peter and her blowhardy flatulence is the only reason...

I wake up at 1 a.m. and sleep fitfully after that.  Damn headache.  Was it the gin or is it my sinuses?  I lounge in bed with my boys for ...

I had to star the event as a reminder to myself to stay focused.  More than four months ago, I'd been asked to speak to the Middleton...

Another long day.  I meet with Liz, Sheila, and Chris for two hours.  The discussion of the appropriate behavior policy is not as time-con...

LINK I look forward to the drive alone to the South Central Library System office, groovin' on some 80s tunes, but this opportunity...

It's the beginning of what promises to be a busy-busy-busy week.  I get an early start, work on the Middleton Times-Tribune news rele...

I get to work early and complete the list of questions we will use for the interviews.  It's not as agonizing a task as I though it w...