http://deepmuckbigrake.com Deep Muck Big Rake Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:07:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bob is one of my favorite readers -- and not just of my blog. He won a copy of George Orwell's 1984 in a caption contest I held last year. He also won an autographed copy of Jim Sheeler's book, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives. He just ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/07/04/books-final-salute-a-review-by-bob/ Conversation overheard between two cousins during our family vacation. 5-year-old: "Do you have Noggin?" 6-year-old:"Umm, no. [pause] Do you have Google?" http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/07/03/living-in-a-noggin-google-world/ This one's for Sarah. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/07/02/runnin-with-the-devil/ No, we're not here, but we passed through St. Louis on our trip up. More pictures and details to come. Gotta post this before I lose Internet connection agai... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/23/forgive-me-blogland-its-been-13-days-since-my-last-post/ Question: What is, what's happening where we plan to go on vacation, Alex? Because we are cursed. Cursed, Alex, when it comes to vacations. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/10/answer-floods-tornadoes-and-natural-disasters/ As promised, here's the list of people getting autographed copies of Final Salute by Jim Sheeler. 1) Gunfighter, who wrote In the course of my life, I have viewed Memorial Day through different lenses. As A child, I thought of Memorial day as the beginning of the summer season. There was a holiday, ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/10/books-final-salute-winners-announced/ Yeah, he does in Florida. That's just how we roll here. We had appointments with the dentist this morning. The dentist's building has this. An alligator. When their teeth were all sparkling (no cavities!) and clean, they got these. Balloons. One of which is already stuck out of reach in my vaulted ceiling. The others are ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/05/old-macdonald-had-an-alligator/ If you haven't heard from me lately, it's because I've been working on the launch of Being Savvy: Tampa, one of the city blogs on The Savvy Source for Parents. Other cities (so far) are Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Nashville, New Orleans, San ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/05/betcha-didnt-know-i-was-savvy/ Thanks to everyone who responded to my post about Final Salute. I'm notifying winners now, and I'll post them soon. Thanks! http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/06/03/books-final-salute-winners-coming-soon/ I read about some tips for traveling this summer, including this: Package shippers like FedEx Corp. or United Parcel Service Inc. or luggage shippers like Luggage Forward Inc. or Sports Express LLC may now be an attractive alternative. With FedEx, you can ship three bags -- two 40-pounders and one 60-pound ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2008/05/27/smart-ways-to-travel/