Tag Archives: nablopomo

i just shaved off my 13-year-old goatee for movember (so give me money)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Jason Sperber

I just shaved off the goatee I’ve had on my face for almost exactly thirteen years. I haven’t been clean-shaven since I was 25. Holy crap. Okay. Take a breath. [That was to myself, not to you.] Okay, now why … Continue reading →

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an end and a beginning (hopefully)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jason Sperber

For another forty minutes or so, it is still November 30, 2011, and thus the last day of NaBloPoMo and my little experiment to try to get myself blogging more and into the habit of daily writing practice. Including this … Continue reading →

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giving and receiving

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jason Sperber

It’s less than a month until Christmas, and that means, of course, that I need to get my gift-giving ass in gear. I still haven’t even made out our list of who needs to be given stuff and what yet, … Continue reading →

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fatigue(d)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Jason Sperber

I’m tired. It’s 10:30, and I just fell asleep on the floor while watching the premiere episode of Tony Bourdain’s new show, The Layover, on the DVR. La dra. knew I fell asleep because I had possession of the remote … Continue reading →

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on the town

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Jason Sperber

For the second time this NaBloPoMo month, I missed a post, and again it was while we were staying overnight at my parents’. Last night, I was so tired that I went to bed early (10:30), before my parents even, … Continue reading →

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compromise

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Jason Sperber

I debated whether or not to write about this. This morning, thinking about what I’d write tonight at my parents’ computer after the girls went to sleep in my childhood bedroom, I figured I’d muse about how different it was … Continue reading →

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wordless wednesday: thankful

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Jason Sperber
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by the book

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Today, while I was cooking dinner and doing other household chores, The Button kept following me around with a board book in her hand saying, “Daddy, can you read to us?” over and over again. [“Us,” even though it was … Continue reading →

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the holiday letter

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Jason Sperber

As Thanksgiving fast approaches, I’m ever more cognizant of the fact that I need to get my ass in gear and get the annual holiday letter done. The family photo shoot‘s done, la dra.’s card design mock-ups are on the … Continue reading →

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joy of cooking

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Today I spent the better part of a drizzly, gray Sunday afternoon cooking for my friends and family. After all the prep and the chopping and the cooking and the checking and the tasting, all the juggling of cooking times … Continue reading →

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