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NORAD tracks Santa

One of our Christamas traditions here is keeping up with NORAD's tracking of Santa's progress on Christmas Eve. Click here to join us....

December 24, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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A tale of two worldviews

Megan McArdle: The people being hurt by the [New York transit] strike, unfortunately, are mostly people who make less than the transit workers do. Small businesses are being gutted by this; the last few days before Christmas is the busiest time of the year for most retail establishments, and their...

December 22, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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Muffin is 7 today

The kids' birthweek concludes. Here is a Polaroid of us from a hospital picnic this summer....

December 14, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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Junior is 11 today

And this is my favorite picture of us....

December 7, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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So's your old man

Cathy Seipp reviewed Talk To the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today on Friday, while Peggy Noonan talked about her own book, John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father. The books sound interesting, but the columns touched on related themes. Noonan said the current age is...

December 5, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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And we just found out it has a bent rim

We own one of MSNBC.com's "least loved American autos." Slideshow and opportunity to vote for biggest turkey here. As of this writing, our car is winning. Whee! In my defense, I considered its... unique looks a plus. (Along with the $3000 rebate.)...

November 26, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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Hunter

We got Junior his own dog this week. We were short a couple since Merry and Max left us within the last few months. Junior has anxious "meltdowns" associated with his Asperger Syndrome and a pet of his own is likely top be a calming influence on him. Half the...

November 19, 2005 Author: Matt Barr
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