Category Archives: Family

Last Words for 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by John Judy

This feels like a good year gone by. My parents, wife and kids are alive and healthy. I spent this last month hanging out with friends, working at stuff I enjoy that pays a grown-up wage. It appears that’s what … Continue reading →

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Three Months?!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by John Judy

Okay, haven’t posted here since April despite not being dead.  I just renewed my domain and hosting services so I should probably make use of them, right? Anyway, I’m aware that Facebook and (to a much smaller degree) Twitter have … Continue reading →

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Grandma

Posted on March 13, 2011 by John Judy

Last night around this time my wife woke me up to tell me my Grandmother had died.  It was the second time she had woken me to give me bad news. The previous time had been a September morning back … Continue reading →

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THE LUCAS-JUDY DOWN TO THE WIRE FAMILY NEWSLETTER FOR 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by John Judy

(Slightly redacted because we never put our kids’ names on the internets. Ever.) Our first full year as Landed Gentry of the Great Commonwealth seemed at times like an epic movie that kept switching genres.  From Action to Tragedy to … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught

Posted on December 22, 2010 by John Judy

Yesterday: The Sequel. So today at my son’s after-school Tae Kwon Do class he was told by the Christian kids that he shouldn’t celebrate Christmas because he doesn’t believe in god. He was told this a lot, to the point … Continue reading →

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Best Part of the Day

Posted on December 22, 2010 by John Judy

My eldest son was giving a presentation for his second grade class. Each of the kids had to get up and tell what their family did to celebrate “The Winter Holidays” and why.  Often these things concluded with a sharing … Continue reading →

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Bother Your Senators Tonight. It’s Their Turn.

Posted on December 17, 2010 by John Judy

Just e-mailed the following to both my Senators, Warner and Webb.  All our elected officials could do with a little shove in the proper direction on this tonight. “Dear Senator, On behalf of my wife, myself and our families I … Continue reading →

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Thirty Years Ago

Posted on December 8, 2010 by John Judy

If I’m remembering right I read about John Lennon’s murder in the next morning’s Washington Post. I think I told my mom and she said angrily “What? Oh for god’s sake!” The sub-text seemed to me to be “What has … Continue reading →

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