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In memoriam: Angel, 2005-2022, best dog ever

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:29:18 +0000

It was the summer of 2006. We had been married a little over a year, and we decided together it was time to get a dog. We started looking, and buying the stuff we needed. Then one fateful Saturday, we

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A personal announcement regarding the blog

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:40:28 +0000

A rather large backlog of comments is requiring me to make an announcement and make some changes. Since early this summer I have been dealing with a recurrence of my carpal tunnel syndrome, and that has forced a number of

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Dave Farquhar, lunch ninja

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:00:12 +0000

My boss doesn’t think I’m human. His proof: He asks anyone who knows me if he or she has ever seen me eat. No one has. They’ve seen evidence of me eating. But actually taking a bite? No. Not even

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Just reach for it.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:03 +0000

I lost a college classmate this week. We weren’t close, so I didn’t take it as hard as some of our newsroom-mates undoubtedly did. But at the very least, as a human being with a soul and with two kids,

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Memories of the land of blue shirts

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:27:14 +0000

Internet pal Rob O’Hara reminisced about opening a Best Buy (presumably) megastore in 1994. Interestingly, that summer I was doing basically the same thing, only in Illinois. And I lived within driving distance, so they didn’t put me up for

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My nocturnal-minded son

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:00:06 +0000

My preschool-aged son and I were running errands one evening when his mind tracked towards our dog and the last time we put her in the kennel. This was a subject of great concern to him, which reminded me of

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Losing my lunch

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:32:39 +0000

The worst Mondays have to be the day after a long weekend, or, as I’m fond of putting it, when Monday happens on Tuesday. This particular Monday-on-a-Tuesday didn’t start well. I staggered in to work at 6 AM, and my

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My Wright City adventure

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:03:15 +0000

My wife and I trekked out to Wright City this weekend for a surprise anniversary party for one of her uncles. It was in a park in Wright City. Wright City is a small town roughly an hour west of

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The phone in the fridge, from generation to generation

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:12:16 +0000

We took our kids to a good friend’s birthday party this weekend. Unlike the last birthday party they attended, we only had one meltdown, and it was relatively minor. When I heard the unmistakable sound of two mini-Daves screaming at

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New digs

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:37:51 +0000

Tuesday was my first day on the new job. Who starts a new job the day before a holiday? Me. Hey, I tried to start one the day after Christmas one year. This is completely in character. The new job

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