Sign number 235 that my wife shops at TJ Maxx too much: she got a Thanksgiving card from them.
I’m not lying. She got a hand-addressed Thanksgiving card.
I’m in serious trouble.

Tannenbaum

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

Christmas season hits the Slusher household. Emily, Jonathan and Marilyn did an excellent job decorating this year’s tree.
I was feeling a bit under the weather, so after putting the tree together and making a couple of pathetic passes at decorating it, [...]

Emily

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

Well, we got a reply back from the modelling agency in Atlanta and they said that we lived too far out of their area.
I reckon there must be a lot of procrastinating photographers who don’t know that they are going to do [...]

I have often seen debates as to the use of the word “irony” and to what it actually means. I personally think that this is what defines it. Any time you use the word in the future, it should meet that standard.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.
I’m working nights and my wife and kids are out of town, so it has a bit of an anti-climactic feel to it. That and this being my first week of work in 2 months, I’m already wiped out.
But all in all, I’m a person who has much to [...]

If I could, I would. I’m not ready to go back to work. 3 or 4 more years, maybe, but not today.
Sigh.

I probably don’t need to pile onto the “I hate Sony” bandwagon. I haven’t bought a cd from a RIAA label in years. I probably buy between 1 to 2 cds a month now and I have no need to go to a retailer to obtain the cds that I want. So [...]

Just to prove how cutting edge I am (not that you good people need any reassurance), but I recently played the song Chicago from Fall Out Boy on one of my podcasts. This morning I see their video playing on TV.
I was cool before cool was cool.

Fine. I surrender. You win. I give up. Since everything I post about ends back up on the subject of my beautiful kids, let’s talk about them.
They are gorgeous. In anticipation of all the “they must take after their mother” jokes, they both actually favor me a fair bit. That [...]

I have been a faithful Rocketboom watcher since my brother first introduced me to it. It is a videoblog or vlog or whatever-the-kids-call-it. It talks about a variety of different topics and is more entertaining than most things I see on TV.
That having been said, stay away from the comments. Good lord, [...]