Tag Archives: Friends

Happy Birthday, Girls!

Happy Birthday to Miss Emily Slusher, who turns 6 today.
Happy Birthday to my lovely wife, who turns something a tad north of 6 today.
My love to you both.-k-

The Brunch Bunch

One of the hoped for but not expressly articulated events of our trip was being reintroduced to our friends’ eldest son, his lovely wife, and their cute-as-a-bug’s-ear daughter. I had not seen their son since he was in diapers; it was inappropriate to go through my usual my how you’ve grown routine.
On Saturday morning, [...]

The Out-of-Towners

We took a cruise down the Chicago River and out onto Lake Michigan on our recent visit. Our host had gone below to avail himself of the plumbing facilities and cash bar. So, my little bride and I did the classic touristy thing; we handed our camera to a fellow tourist, [...]

Search for America Tour, 2008

Tomorrow, we head west and a tad north towards Chicago. We’re visiting a college bud of mine, and his little bride.
Whilst there, we’re planning on attending the first night Nextel Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Like every trip, getting the electronics and spare batteries packed is always the biggest challenge. That’s done, [...]

West by God Virginia

As is becoming our custom, my little bride and I spent the Fourth with our friends in West Virginia. The grilling was done just as the skies opened to a steady rain. So the party moved indoors, and didn’t miss a beat. After the serving of the Independence Cake1, most of the local [...]

Congratulations, James!

Via the Evil Genius Chronicles, an update on James Slusher’s run in the WSOP. By the numbers:

James wound up 230th in a field of 2706.
He was knocked out by Bernard Lee, who now leads the tournament event.
Bernard Lee isn’t a newbie at this.
James netted $3,000 for his efforts, not bad [...]

Not Pokin’ Along

Frequent tbbs commenter and all-round good egg James Slusher is in Las Vegas this weekend, playing in the World Series of Poker Event #27. Via the Evil Genius Chronicles, an update on how he’s doing:
At the last check-in, the field had shrunk from 2700 to 600 and Jim had about an average stack. Something [...]

And Records Fall

I’m from Kansas. Growing up as I did on the Kansas-Nebraska border, I’ve been known to root for the Cornhuskers of Nebraska during football season.
Absence making the heart grow fonder and all, how ’bout them Jayhawks! The most points scored against a Husker football team, administered by a team near and dear to my [...]

Happy Anniversary, Eddie and Joan!

Sometimes, your hometown paper renders good news. In this case, SWMBO and I read that my first boss and his wife are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Their actual wedding date is August 25, but when you get the paper at post office speed, and combine that with native sloth on my part1, the [...]

Three Angels

July 30 is a day of some historical happenings here at Casa tbbs; some happy, some sad, and some just cute.
Firstly, SWMBO celebrates a birthday of some numerical significance, in that the least significant digit in her age is zero. I’ll leave as an exercise what the most significant digit is; I will, by [...]