Christmas is tough.
Being Jewish, and having grown up in a household where Christmas passed each year with varying degrees of indifference and hostility, I never really had to do anything to mark the occasion. But thanks to Courtney’s influence, I’ve become more into the holiday over the years; more so now that Eli is [...]

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The list of Honey Do’s had been growing, and growing, then it started shrinking slowly, then it got a little bit bigger, but I am pleased to report that it is now COMPLETE.
When you have a house, there’s always stuff that needs to be done.  And lately, I’ve had my hands full with a bunch [...]

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The Noahs have new fences – three of them, in fact.  The backyard perimeter has been solidified so that Sherlock, our ever-escaping beagle, can no longer venture into our neighbors’ yards.  At least, he better not be able to, after what we paid to the fence company!  It wasn’t necessarily a relief to fork over [...]

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A Happy and Healthy New Year to all of my loyal and faithful readers, as well as the people who accidentally stumble onto my page while looking for South Park or Katharine McPhee pictures.
Our week off was full of nesting – getting the nursery, and the house in general, a lot more “done.” Done [...]

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It finally happened! We had attic stairs installed! A professional contractor came, and did an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay!
(If you are confused about why I am so excited by this seemingly trivial development, please read this and all will be painfully clear.)
Now we can actually get to our attic! [...]

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My money is worth just as much as anyone else’s, but yet, for some reason, no one wants to take it.
Allow me to explain. In our house, we have an attic. But the only way to get in there is via a tiny entrance in a closet in one of the bedrooms. [...]

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The weather held out, the house was in pretty decent shape, and there was tons of food and babies galore. All in all, I’d say the party was a rousing success. Thanks to everyone who dropped by, and if you didn’t make it, at least you can be comforted by a bunch [...]

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… We’re having our housewarming (get it?) party tomorrow, from 1pm until ?? (at least.) Come one, come all!
And no, you don’t have to bring anything.

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So I’ve already mowed my lawn a few times, but that’s not all the maintenance my new property requires. See, we’ve already gotten a lot of leaves, and it’s not even fall yet. So I went out and got me a handy new gadget that really takes care of the problem.
The first thing [...]

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Dear Jack Bauer,
Hi, this is Alan Noah, I’m a big fan of your work. Now I know you’ve gotten a lot of flack on the whole “torture” thing, but I’m with you; sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to save lives. And if that means threatening to rip a bad guy’s [...]

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