Quote of the Day “Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Weston’s 11th Birthday Party
A Linebacker’s Touchdown and Flashlight Tag
Quote of the Day “Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer. Insufficient sleep is a key lifestyle factor determining whether or not you will develop Alzheimer’s
Shake Plastic Earth
Quote of the Day “The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between notes, ah, is where the art resides.” – Artur Schnabel (Found in A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von
Weston’s 9th Birthday Party – Stars, Strikes, and Scattered Darts
Quote of the Day “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal. I first heard a version of this quote on Boardwalk Empire, and failed to find who originally said
Celebrations, Canopies, and Colitis
Quote of the Day “Salvador Dalí had his first exhibit before his fourteenth birthday, already showcasing the talent that would make him famous. “Van Gogh, in contrast, was delayed and did not possess any obvious signs of ability. It was
Turner’s 10th Birthday Party – The Haunted Mansion
Quote of the Day “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” – commonly attributed to Mark Twain.
Weston’s 8th Birthday Party: Go Nuts and Donuts
Quote of the Day “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
Birthday Burgers on the Dirtiest Thirty
Quote of the Day “How much more pleasant this world would be if we magnified our blessings the way we magnify our disappointments.” – Unknown
Katie’s 11th Birthday Party
Quote of the Day “Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his life more true; To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellow man sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in
A Night with Predators
The Pits: Could’ve had a better night’s sleep. Dealing with four young boys in downtown Nashville does not make for a restful evening. We learned that Yui fell off the pull-up bars at the Brentwood YMCA and broke his arm.