A Saturday in January of 2015

It's 10:22 p.m. on a Saturday night. An episode of "Batman" from 1967 is on TV. My 3-year-old son is next to me watching the show as I type, two hours past his bedtime.

How did I get here?

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Talk about an unlikely Saturday...

Evey's game was at noon today. Her team won a close one. Evey had a rebound or two, maybe a steal... and not much else. But she played hard.

After the game, we reconvened here at the house. No real event scheduled, just sorta one of those days that just happened...

So imagine, if you will, this unusual cast of characters:

• The Jones family: Adrianne, Evey, Boydee and me
• Grandma Judy and Great-Grandma Virginia
• Bart and Lynette Littlejohn (Bart is our assistant coach)
• Khali, a friend of Evey's 
• Snickers the Dog

So yeah, we had a house full. And it was fun! I mean, imagine the conversation on a sunny (and warm) Saturday afternoon between 88-year-old Virginia and 37-year old Bart... while both have a cold beer in hand?

It was one of those Saturdays you had to be here to believe.

For example, did you know Virginia was a big fan of Golfdom? That's something I learned today.

We watched the Jayhawks play (and win) a fine game against UT, ordered a few pizzas, went out for more beer... and just had a good time, overall.

Boyd even fell asleep on the couch at one point, enabling us to watch the Tech/ISU game!

A random, fun Saturday, for sure.

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Despite Boyd's boycott of sleep (and at this point, I'm just curious to see how late he goes) ((update: 10:15 p.m., he's still fighting it.)), he's been really good lately.

He's pretty much* done with diapers. He's been behaving himself lately. And he's just as cute as a button.

I'm pretty sure I was this cute at his age. And, actually, I'm pretty sure I watched a lot of old Adam West Batman episodes when I was his age, too.

I like this kid's style.

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I'm off to a lousy start on the blog in 2015. However, I did celebrate some success in 2014.

I blogged more in 2014 (129 posts) than I have since 2010... when I posted 189 posts.

I think I did make a new year's resolution to blog more in 2014 than I had in previous years. And if that is true, then boo-yeah, mission accomplished, people.

And then I get off to a slow start on 2015.

What the dealy?

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I'll tell you: I've been on the road most of 2015.

I was in Charlotte (got to see the new Lervik abode... nice!) and South Carolina three weeks ago, for a few days...

Then I was on a secret mission two weeks ago, for a day... followed by a night in Denver, then a day in Vail (ouch) and a few more days in Denver, for the STMA show...

Then this last week, my new associate editor, Buddy, was in town Monday-Thursday, so we could talk about the magazine, some big ideas, etc. I also took him on the beer tour of Lawrence, but sadly, not enough time to do that Boulevard tour...

So that leaves me to today. Glad to be home, with my feet up, doing intermittent laundry, not worried about checking into the next hotel, or worse, crashing on my skis.

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I've started this 12 Monkeys show on ScyFy network... decent so far.

I love time travel stories.

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Obama came to town this week, but we did not meet.

Next time.