A Tail of Two Wars (Introducing Bumble Bea)

On May 27, 2010 a small chocolate lab puppy was smuggled into Haiti and given to Jillian and I, thus starting the year of the Brown Dog.  The year was a tumultuous one, marked by an accidental poisoning, a mouth-stick injury, and ending with a nasty case of hook worm.  But the year did not [...]

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A Very Olie Christmas

One of the bummers about living in Haiti is that the classic Christmas jingle “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” is never really true here.  Sure they have a few buildings with decorations and there are French Christmas carols on the radio, but the weather stays pretty much exactly the same, there are [...]

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Something to be Thankful For

While the past couple of weeks have been tough, sometimes it takes an American holiday like Thanksgiving to remind us just how much we have to be thankful for.  We have each other, we have Olie, we have our health, and we have great friends and family who we miss dearly.  To drown the sorrow [...]

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Conversations With Olie: A Lesson in Decency

SETTING: While Jillian and I watch an episode of Glee on Jillian’s computer, Olie rolls over, and shows us his junk. OLIE: Guys! Check it out!!! ME: OH, COME ON!!! JILLIAN: Put it away, dude! OLIE: Haha, no way!!!  Beatrice! Come over here!  Check it out!!! Beatrice walks over to Olie and bats him in [...]

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Pardon Our Napping

While it’s obviously clear by the picture above that Olie has been taking the past few weeks to sleep away the days, Jillian and I have been incredibly busy with work, and friends, and work, and work.  We have a lot to catch up on, so bear with me and I’ll show you what we, [...]

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Conversations with Olie: Chapter 5

SETTING: While sitting outside on the porch, Olie interrupts what was a nice, relaxing afternoon. OLIE: Dude!  Check out how wide I can open my mouth!!! ME (unimpressed): Wow…way to go buddy… OLIE: But seriously! It’s crazy!!!  And look how long my tongue is! How long is your tongue?! ME: Woah, you do have a [...]

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Conversations With Olie: Chapter 4

SETTING: While washing the dishes, I suddenly get the urge to listen to some tunes to help pass the time. Me: Olie, could you turn on the music on my computer? Olie: Dude, I’m tired, do it yourself. Me: You’re tired!? You haven’t done anything today, in fact, you ate your lunch sitting down. Olie: [...]

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Meet Beatrice!!! (No joke…I swear)

About a month ago Jillian’s parents came down for a visit and were awoken by the scurrying of feet in our living room.  They looked into Olie’s crate and found him soundly asleep, so they returned to bed, thinking they must have just been imagining things.  But 10 minutes later they heard it again, and [...]

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Jillian and Frank Turn TWO!!!

Two years ago today Hurricane Hanna plunged into the eastern seaboard, and Jillian and I got married.  The hurricane (and the wedding) was something that we knew was coming, and that we had been able to mentally prepare ourselves for.  In fact, we had taken drastic measures to try and prevent the inevitable from happening.  [...]

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Conversations with Olie: Personal Ad

Sitting in the living room, I look to Olie and get an idea… ME: Dude, we need to get you a chick! OLIE: I know man, I’m totally jonesing for some lady action… ME: Alright, let’s put together a personal ad for you, what kind of things do you like to do? OLIE: Hmm, I [...]

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