Day One.
Too much screen time.
They didn’t study much.
She didn’t appreciate my occasional check-ins.
Day Two.
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he treads on the tail of the tiger
the tiger bites the man
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Either way, Pops is a bit embarrassing.
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That went fast.
Summer is over; school starts tomorrow.
We have an outdoor pool, an investment plan, and a month-long gap.
Time to rebuild old habits.
Hello world.䷬
to bring great offerings creates good fortune
it furthers one to undertake something -
Will another comic crash or fly on the wings of actors?
I watched the long awaited first episode of Sandman.
I’m conflicted.
Do I want one of my favorite works replayed on the big screen?
Or just turn off the TV?
Is it greedy to search for revived greatness in another format?
It’s been a quarter century.
The hours are more precious now.
I’ll let the internet decide before I hit episode 2…or season 2.䷰䷾
The mouse has eaten the king of dreams.
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Three games with a deck.
We played Dixit.
He kept showing his hand.
And always picked his own card.
But she understood the game.
We played a few rounds.
Cute Wars did not go so well.
He hated his sister’s claims that her card was cuter.
(That’s the point of the game!)
Crying ensued.
Later that evening, we played with my wife.
She correctly guessed one of my clues.
The girl hated it.
Especially when when I joked “Mommy is my soulmate.”䷺䷃
a spring wells up at the foot of the mountain
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Age may be misdirected, but it always wins.
There was an old politician on the news.
The kids laughed about 骨头人 (skeleton person).
Time to retire?䷓䷸
decides the choice
between advance and retreat -
Where did these terms come from?
We play Horsey in the pool.
They sit on my back as I thrash up and down.
She calls out 海菜!
(seaweed)
He calls out 肉肉!
(meat, meat)
They found it endlessly amusing.䷴䷋
the wild goose draws near the tree
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Installing a dishwasher shouldn’t be this hard!
Another day, another obstacle.
Even if you pay others to do the work, you still have to put in the time.
Best to get it done right.
Should I have hired myself?䷋䷣
darkening of the light
injures him in the left thigh -
Geometric aquatic vertebrates floated in the air.
They went fishing.
She tied a magnet to the end of a pole.
They cast for hair bands that evening.
The next day, I scattered magnets on the ground.
They made a magnet fish.
The boy dragged it across the floor.䷛䷭
the ridgepole is braced
good fortune -
The Ikea kitchenette was the brick house.
She staged “The Three Little Pigs”.
Peppa wore a hat and a goatee.
Bear Bear acted in a pink pig costume.
Daddy Bear got boiled in the laundry bin.䷰䷽
fire in the lake
welcome unwanted visitors -
Giant white letters filled the 75 inch screen.
Grandma discovered Airplay screenshare between the iPad and the Roku.
The boy squealed with delight as he typed each letter in Wordle.AUDIO
SHORE
COMFY
BOGGY
BOBBY䷷䷎
it drops with the first arrow