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Decorating for Christmas

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:52:00 +0000

Little goof:

Thanksgiving

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:42:00 +0000

The turkey is brining as I type, the parade is about to begin, and I actually have a day off of work. Woo hoo! Must be Thanksgiving.

Since it's in the spirit of the day, I want to say "Thank You" to everyone in my life who makes it worth living, both family and friends. It's been a remarkable year for Robin, Daniel, and me, and I'm grateful to everyone who has supported us as we've made some big changes (and big strides) this past year--new job, new home, new priorities (thanks, Stacie!), etc. Here's hoping that everyone is still hale and healthy next Thanksgiving!

GOTV

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:37:00 +0000

Remember to vote today!

Halloween

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:07:00 +0000

Our first Halloween in the new home went well. I didn't get the decorating done that I wanted, but I had some good-looking pumpkins and we had lots of trick-or-treaters come to the door.

Daniel wasn't in a good mood. He trick-or-treated at two local houses, but was fussy the whole time, didn't want to put on his cape, and kept saying that he wanted to go for a ride in the car. So Robin drove him to grandma's house to trick-or-treat, while I stayed behind to hand out candy. We had nearly 400 pieces of candy to begin the night. I gave out two or three pieces per kid, somewhat arbitrarily--two as a standard, but three for great costumes, people who complimented my pumpkins, etc. At the end of the night we had 45 or so pieces left. Even allowing that I ate some, we had over 100 trick-or-treaters. That's like a lifetime record for me!

Puking pumpkin got lots of comments. Because I didn't put the puke out until today it was nice and juicy and the liquid drained across the porch--it looked like sick! Check it out:

Hallowe'en at the Villiage

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:46:00 +0000

We were fortunate enough to get tickets to the a local Halloween celebration at Dearborn's Greenfield Village. It was later at night than we would have liked, and it was COLD to boot, but it was still a blast. Here's Daniel in his Halloween costume, ready for the fun. The costume is actually a pair of Superman pajamas (50% off at Sears) combined with a SUPERMAN RETURNS cape and symbol he got for his birthday. It looks damn better than the Superman costumes we saw on the kids' Halloween racks:

Unfortunately, my camera isn't very good at night, especially in a crowd where I couldn't really take time. So I don't have a lot of pictures from the event. Daniel spent most of it huddled under my coat in his stroller, anyway. But here are a few fun pics, including the statue of Thomas Edison dressed as a wizard:

Jack-o-lanterns 2006

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:07:00 +0000

Pumpkin time! Carved tonight, and the weather's cool, so there should be no rotting before the big day. 4 this year instead of three, because the one in back with the gaping mouth will be a "puking pumpkin" come Halloween. (If you don't know what I mean, click here).

Pumpkinhead!

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:56:00 +0000

Pumpkin Shopping

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:52:23 +0000

Annual pumpkin-shopping trip to the best local farm market in Wayne county today. Little mister wouldn't open his eyes and smile for a picture.

HumanLight Responds!

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:23:00 +0000

During the Christmas season in 2004 I wrote a short critique of the Humanist-invented holiday of HumanLight for the Secular Web. Interestingly, the HumanLight website has been updated for the 2006 season and has added to its pages a general response to criticisms, several of which appear to be directly or indirectly addressing points from my article (as well as points brought up in an IIDB discussion with a HumanLight founder that my article prompted).

Worth reading, if you're interested. Coincidentally, I am polishing off a follow-up article of my own to hopefully publish at SecWeb this holiday season.

[On a related Christmas-y note, it snowed here yesterday. Pretty heavy, too, though it melted soon afterwards. It set a new record for the earliest measurable snowfall in Michigan.]

Walking Wounded

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:54:01 +0000

He's done it again. This time, it was a door at the Post Office, a trip to the hospital, and a blob of medical glue (no stitches this time!).

Sigh. My boy, the walking wounded:

BOO-YAA!

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:33:46 +0000

Harvest

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:39:00 +0000

I'm sick. Daniel's sick. All is stuffy in the Hudson house!

On the bright side, I harevsted our pumpkin crop today. All told, our vine produced about a dozen sugar pie pumpkins, the bulk of which are shown below. I enjoyed growing them, but I don't know if I will do pumpkins again next year. The vines were a nightmare!

We're shredding today for recipies ... mmmmm, pumpkin bread ....

As I was typing this, Daniel wandered over with his favorite toys, so I thought I'd snap a few pics to show.

Birthday and Markers

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:10:18 +0000

Robin's birthday was the 7th. here she is blowing out the candles on a Cold Stone ice cream cake. Good, but really rich--one slice gave me a sugar high!

And then, last night, Daniel comes walking out of the room with what looked like the bigest, nastiest bruise on his forarm. I thought he'd slammed his arm in a door or something, but couldn't figure out why he was crying! It turns out, he got ahold of this red marker, literally like the color of a scab or bruise, and was gleefully coloring himself with it:

I think, if I hadn't stopped him, he would have contined up his arm and across the rest of himself.

Happily, it was a water-soluable marker, and a good bath took it right off.

Trains

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:46:26 +0000

Well, Daniel is fully getting into the whole Thomas & Friends thing. Here he is with his new track layout, whech we put together this morning with some new track we opened up. The last pic has him with his favorite engine, Toby (though he's also really getting into James lately).

Thirty-One

labrys@geocities.com (Brian P. Hudson) — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:47:00 +0000

I'm so old.