The Early Years: Those Are Awfully Big Words
Being a little short on time this week, and not having watched anything with Jason Momoa in it since Justice League, I decided to revisit that giant stack of old elementary school papers that my folks...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Senses+
So this being a holiday weekend (although this post should appear the week after Memorial Day, assuming I don’t screw up the scheduling, it was actually prepared the week before), I was feeling kind...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Everyone Loves Monkeys. Apparently.
So this week I peeled a few layers off the top of the giant cache of my old elementary school work that my folks discovered and sent out to me a few years ago, in which I found this early, analog...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Old School (Rules)
It’s been quite a while since I went poking around in the stack of paperwork and whatnot from my elementary school days (a document trove even larger than my pile of rejection letters), so I thought...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Party Time! Excellent!
So last week I posted a scan of an old mimeograph of the rules for first grade; these rules indicated that there would be in-school parties for Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day, and I...
View ArticleThe Early Years: “The Tree”
So this week I thought I would find something in the pile of my elementary school stuff that my folks have shipped out over the years, and I came up with a something which, at first glance, I thought...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Syruptitious
So this week, having no new “Not A Review” to do, and having only just recently done a “Teaser Tuesday” and a “Random Rejection”, I decided to return once more to the giant stack of elementary school...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Ho. Ho. Ho. Jim Can’t Draw, Yo.
Oh look! My name, it’s wearing little Christmas hats! Apparently the only hat that I planned ahead of time was the one on the “m”. Fun fact: Our log home in New York had a fireplace with a hugely tall...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Jim Can’t Draw Cards Either
From the “It’s The Thought That Counts” Department, this is a card I apparently made for my parents back in elementary school. Can you guess what holiday it’s for? If you guessed “Donnie Darko Day”,...
View ArticleThe Early Years: Peace on Earth and Nana How Old Are You?
So today I reached into the pile of old papers and whatnot that my folks sent out some time ago, and this is what I came up with. It may be a little bit early to put up a Christmas card, but hey, if...
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