We Fall For Fall

 October has treated us well so far. Our ward fall festival was a blast (loved our friends who channeled the Chaplins). Defending our chili title for the second year running, our luscious brisket chili managed a win in the mild division. Warren has been told on several occasions (including his student evaluations) that he looks like Mitchell from Modern Family. As a nod to our favorite show and one of the funniest episodes, Warren decided...

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Your Favorite Road Trip Songs?

 I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles. As with most teenage populations, there was a general consensus in our 'burb that you were pretty much nothing without a car. Like Lloyd Dobler's Malibu in Say Anything, a car was your castle. This is why turning 16 was awesome. Forget Super Sweet Sixteen parties, I finally got my hands on my family's 1989 Buick Royale. So what if I had to turn it on with a screwdriver that I stored under my seat? A car...

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Top 5 Things to Do Around Lake St. Clair

About every two weeks or so I make plans for a big move. I generally set my eye on realistic locales such as Sao Paulo or, more recently, Barcelona. Somewhere warm, with a beach, and great seafood. To sate my current bout of wanderlust, I took Warren on a day trip around Lake St. Clair for his birthday. Lake St. Clair is adorable for many reasons but I really love its underdog rally to become the Next Great Lake. For a lake the approximate size of...

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6 Reasons to Love or Loathe Mondays: A graph

Much to my dismay, I never wake up on Monday mornings feeling like P Diddy (Ke$ha LIES, people); in fact, every Monday in recent memory I have woken up feeling like my life will never be happy again. Because I have to go to work. Once I get to work, I usually query Trish with encouraging gchats such as:me: why does monday always have to be so hard?To which she is obliged to give me the cold, hard truth:Patricia: because life is hard.  and...

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