Archive for November 7th, 2009

This Could Go on Forever

November 7, 2009 @ 7:21 pm | Filed under: Hearing Loss, These People Crack Me Up, Wonderboy

Wonderboy: My hearing aids aren’t working.

Me: Oh, are your batteries dead?

Wonderboy: Huh?

Me: Do you need new batteries?

Wonderboy: What?

Me: Come here, let me check your hearing aids.

Wonderboy: I think my batteries got dead.

(And yes, we can communicate in sign language as well, but during this conversation I was holding a plate in one hand and a giant slice of pizza in the other. Priorities.)

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Beware the Night Life

November 7, 2009 @ 1:10 pm | Filed under: Holidays, Photos

Just one week ago, Jack was in his prime. Ruddy, round-cheeked, he had a cheerful grin for all the world.

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Then he went out one night and got lit up.

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Now, sad to say, that once sprightly youth has aged before his time. He spends his days on the porch, cantankerously frowning at passersby.

Let this be a lesson to you, children.

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