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11:49 PM. From down the hall, an ominous THUMP…. THUMP…. THUMP… The sound of Claire kicking her legs against the mattress like some kind of imprisoned mermaid.

Me: Drums… Drums in the deep…
Liz: You know, that’s what I think every time she does that.
Me: Damn, I love you.

You Don’t Say Originally uploaded by mikepirnat.
March 1 was strangely mild; I laughed derisively when the weather lady declared that it was “coming in like a lamb” for once. Silly, silly woman. As a recent fortune cookie told me, “the lion, when hunting, does […]

I spent the better part of a week in bed with a nasty case of influenza–chills, aches, sweats, nausea, digestive “issues”, 102.9 degree fever–the works. And once again, everyone in my family had the great taste to all get sick at the exact same time, so you can imagine the fun that Liz and […]

As the Christmas Day festivities wound down and we settled into a quiet afternoon together, Liz asked me a question:
“Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?”
My thoughts flickered quickly across the warm and happy morning spent with my beautiful wife and daughter, singing songs, opening presents, cooking breakfast together, playing with the cats. […]

Phew! It’s been crazy busy the past couple of weeks. I can’t believe I haven’t had time to come up for (blog) air since before Halloween.
First of all, I’m happy to announce that after a lot of extra work on the weekends and evenings to get things wrapped up, AG’s new custom photo […]

Timeless Originally uploaded by mikepirnat.
I threw out a couple of numbers in the original announcement that seemed somewhat off, and a few curious folks wanted to know what the scoop was. So, finally, I’m stealing a few minutes to explain the mysterious, divergent numbers.
Thirty-two hours is the […]

Dang, it’s suddenly turning out to be a great week! In brief:

After a couple miserable days of near-100-degree temperatures, the weather has cooled off and is now downright awesome.
Got my monitor back from Apple (no thanks to DHL, who apparently don’t even believe in leaving slips at the door when they ignore the “no […]

Three cheers for my amazing wife, who this morning kicked my ass, made me go work out, and called Apple while I was taking out my frustration on the elliptical machine. She is a saint for putting up with me when I’m being a whiny little bitch (fairly infrequent these days, but still happens […]

…1982 Chateauneuf du Pape.
(My wife is soooo awesome…)

Mood:happy

IMG_3099.JPG Originally uploaded by mikepirnat.
I was harassing Liz with my camera the other night and grabbed some fun shots of her hands while she finished up surfing before being my victim–er, model–for a portrait assignment on a DSLR technique group I’ve joined on Flickr. (Since it’s hard […]