the ego band-aid

Chloe: (to Hyrum) Mommy poured me a lot of milk because I’m a big girl, and she poured you a little milk because you’re a little boy.
Hyrum: (immediately bursting into tears–his new trick) Me not little boy! Me big boy! (boo hoo hoo!)
Rik: Don’t worry–you’re a big boy too.
Hyrum: (recovering; quietly) :sniff: Thanks, daddy… :sniff:

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Who Picks Up Our Trash

Who picks up your trash? Waste Management? The City of Wherever You Live? How about your neighbor? Your response would probably be, “Only if I threw it into their yard. Which I don’t. Really.” Well, my neighbor does. Sort of.
Let me explain. I’m going to tell you another “Only in Wamego story.”
Saturday I started [...]

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got time to kill? go for a ride!

I first saw this little toy on deviantArt.com a while ago and had a bit of fun with it. Basically, it’s a little flash toy that let’s you draw a line–any line, with as many dips and bumps and drops as you want–that then becomes the slope for a little sledder to take on. It’s [...]

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Welcome to Wamego

I bet in Los Angeles they don’t give out toothbrushes to say “Welcome” (In fact, I know they don’t, since I’ve lived there too). They do here in Wamego. If they weren’t vying for Oz Capital of the world, I’d say they were trying for “Dental Health Capital” of the world. I say this because [...]

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Drive Safely

Today I saw a motto (a saying, phrase, or principle sometimes found on a car) in action, and I wanted to publicly commend the women in the tan compact vehicle for showing drivers everywhere how she truly felt. It was a slow day, so it called for a slow drive. I didn’t mind. The speed [...]

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how not to respond to a serious/sensitive situation

Very recently, we had a rather negative experience in the middle of what was otherwise a really great homecoming weekend. It upset us so much that we decided something needed to be said, and so we did. Well, Michelle did, and I edited it. She had the fire and the drive, so I made the [...]

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why i’ve got a tough job

I’m an ESL instructor. For the uninitiated, that would be English as a Second Language. I work with international students that come to the States to learn English at Kansas State. Sometimes they stay on to earn their degrees and sometimes, after finishing our program, they go back to their countries to get better jobs.
Whatever [...]

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michelle’s in print!

Finally, Michelle got a letter to the editor into the K-State Collegian. The article pretty much explains everything, so there’s no need for any background. We had just about given up on getting it into the paper since we had sent it in last Friday night (the 27th of October). Who knew it takes the [...]

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