Author Archives: Alex Gorman

The Rage List

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Alex Gorman

I have little of my own to offer today, so I’m pointing you in the direction of awesome work that has been done by others. I give you Artur Boruc’s Friday Rage List. The Dirty Tackle does one of these … Continue reading →

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Animal Birthday

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Alex Gorman

Sometimes you have a crazy idea. Most of the time, if you even try to execute it, things just don’t fall into place. It almost never turns out the way you wanted it to. And sometimes it does. Yesterday was … Continue reading →

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Spain/Maggie Win the World Cup!

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Alex Gorman

As you may recall, Abigail predicted – with some confidence – that Maggie would win the World Cup. I asked her today who won the aforementioned tournament and she said, with confidence undiminished, “Maggie won the World Cup!” From this … Continue reading →

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Reading Julian Comstock

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Alex Gorman

I like Robert Charles Wilson. For pete’s sake, the guy wrote Spin. How can you not like the guy who wrote one of the modern classics of science fiction? I’ve also enjoyed his other books, too. Darwinia and The Chronoliths … Continue reading →

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Fairy Festival

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Alex Gorman

We went to the Fairy Festival at the San Diego Botanical Garden a few weeks ago, so this is hardly new news. But it’s a festival. With lots of little girls dressed up as fairies. It’s kind of awesome. The … Continue reading →

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Abigail Was Accepted Into Hogwarts

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Alex Gorman

As you can see, she’s been practicing with her wand, which isn’t allowed. But we’ll let her get away with it a little. Grandma and Grandpa took us all to Legoland for the Fourth of July. This is the first … Continue reading →

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Video Proof

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Alex Gorman

Some of you may doubt Abigail’s awesomeness. I know, I know. It’s pretty unlikely that there’s anyone out there still unconvinced. I hope that if these semi-mythical doubters do exist, then this video will dispel any misgivings they have about … Continue reading →

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World Cup Satisfaction

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Alex Gorman

It’s never an awesome feeling when your team is eliminated from the World Cup, and, yes, I think we could have and should have won that game against Ghana. As I said when they scored, “Start Ricardo Clark, give up … Continue reading →

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The Quotable Abigail: Part 2

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Alex Gorman

On things to say while wearing Momma’s shoes: “We need to go get coffee.” On things to say while wearing Momma’s shoes: “We need to go to the store.” On things to say while wearing Momma’s shoes: “Okay, you know … Continue reading →

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Tallying

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Alex Gorman

Just a quick tally tonight. The question before us is, who did better at predicting the groups, me or Abigail? You may recall that we shared our predictions of how the groups would finish before the first round of the … Continue reading →

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