austinstair.com » dad http://austinstair.com this nerdery is for you ... Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:59:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 just write/like this http://austinstair.com/2009/09/just-writelike-this/ http://austinstair.com/2009/09/just-writelike-this/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:34:00 +0000 austin stair http://write.austinstair.com/?p=961 my dad tucked me in last night and my mom woke me up this morning. i spent the morning careening through yoga pose after yoga pose, running from old neighborhoods and splashing in knee deep water with my nearly two-year old cousin. i watched football and tennis with my siblings, drank beer with my dad and cooked three turkeys and an X amount of corn with my aunt. i cannonballed into the lake of the top of our pontoon boat and swam to the shore. i ate more baked brie than usual (note: that would be a LOT)and then topped it off with two servings of ice cream and brownies. i conked out on the couch and dreamt i was back in minnesota.

i am sunburnt and sunbleached. i am tired, but wide awake. i am sleeping in a yoga loft in the trees. i am thinking about how to top today.

i don’t know that i can, but anything is possible at half moon circle.

]]> http://austinstair.com/2009/09/just-writelike-this/feed/ 0 most times writing about my dad is more interesting than writing about myself http://austinstair.com/2007/11/most-times-writing-about-my-dad-is-more-interesting-than-writing-about-myself/ http://austinstair.com/2007/11/most-times-writing-about-my-dad-is-more-interesting-than-writing-about-myself/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:36:00 +0000 austin stair http://write.austinstair.com/?p=544 in case it doesn’t feel like basketball season to anyone yet, just turn on ESPN. flip to sportscenter. check out cbs sportsline. the season seems to be starting extra early this year. top 10 teams are battling and its still eight days til thanksgiving.

for me, it finally feels like its time for some ball now that i emailed out my first set of notes for the season.

while these notes get me excited and i’m looking forward to our tip-off, apparently my dad still hearts DIII hoops more than anyone i know. within 30 seconds of receiving the notes (of course he still subscribes to the listserv), he had already spouted off two emails to me. the emails contained a number of exclamation points, question marks and one very long XOXOXOXOXOXOX.

at least i know my pop loves basketball just as much as he loves me.

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