http://allrileyedup.com Seriousness is overrated. Sat, 19 May 2012 19:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/19/just-calling-it-like-it-is-i-guess/ Sometimes I think that if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I’d choose the corn. Not that I wouldn’t love to have a final roll in the hay—I am a man yet, and some things never die—but the thought of those ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/18/water-for-elephants-jacob-jankowski-and-the-biblical-jacob/ This weekend, I will be attending a high school production of Guys and Dolls in which my friend's daughter is performing. She has taken on the role of Miss Adelaide, the little lady with the big voice (and a nasty cold, achoo!). Miss Adelaide (she stays in character, like all ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/17/in-search-of-scholarships/ Click on either image to see a full size image (provided you have a Java plug-in). http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/14/fun-with-wordle/ Today’s blog post has been taken over by me, Notorious F.O.X. Is that all you got? Riley took us for our walk this morning and there were lots of other dogs roaming the neighborhood—as if it was their sidewalk, and not MINE. All I wanted to do was show those other dogs ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/11/who-let-the-dogs-out/ Did you ever attend summer camp? Did you ever regret summer camp? In Robin Hemley nonfiction work, DO-OVER!, he writes “Our whole lives we struggle with our personal sense of failure,” he writes. “To the outside world, our failures are strangers, but to us, they’re our closest intimates, closer than friends, ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/05/07/tips-on-trips-and-camps/ I am perusing the goods over at Become.com, which is a shopping site where you look for items and the site finds said items all over the Internets and lists them for you in easy price comparison form. They also provide some articles on current trends, curiosities, interests, etc... I ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/04/30/become-and-online-shopping/ A repost in remembrance of the Notorious F.O.X.-- You might have heard any of these remarks over the course of my visit with the vet today: 1. Looks like Riley is headed for the vet’s office with both dogs and both kids. She’s overdue for that rabies vac. I’m thinking she might ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/04/26/my-life-withcommentary/ When I was younger, there was a boy at my church with cerebral palsy. He was very well spoken and nice, and he used a wheelchair. His family drove a huge van in order to transport their son wherever they went. Naturally, I thought of him when I heard about National ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/04/25/vans-for-wheelchairs/ Are you nodding your head along now and jamming out, having read the title of this post? If I even hear the word “sign,” that song starts to play itself in some part of my brain. Hence, I had the urge (and followed through to) Google the video by Tesla ... http://allrileyedup.com/2012/04/21/signs-signs-everywhere-a-sign/