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Re: Van Wells
By: David M. Katz Date: February 6, 2018, 4:30 pm
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"Son, you're being punished. I want you sleeping in tomorrow
morning. You may not attend school nor may you do any type of
serious work. Furthermore, you must participate in a fun and
relaxing activity."
Damn, Jack, you're a monster! ;D
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Re: Van Wells
By: Jack Date: February 10, 2018, 4:24 am
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I believe it was W.S Gilbert who said
My object all sublime.
I shall achieve in time—
To let the punishment fit the crime...
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Re: Van Wells
By: Leti Date: March 1, 2018, 8:32 am
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[move]Happy 16th Birthday Van! [/move]
[center]I know Van will have a great party this weekend, but I
hope yesterday was a Happy Birthday for him!
Hugs Jack!
Leti [/center]
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Re: Van Wells
By: kalico Date: March 1, 2018, 9:09 am
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAN
Hope he has a good one ......
Hugs kal
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Re: Van Wells
By: Jack Date: March 1, 2018, 12:03 pm
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Yesterday was Van's 16th birthday.
He did get his new vehicle yesterday. I'm not going to swear to
it, because I'm horrible with this type of name, but I believe
it was a 2011 Mazda CX-7. I had certainly intended to get him
something a bit sportier, but they've been having trouble moving
their equipment (they being mostly the Phantoms of the
Academy), and so he'd asked me last summer about something like
this. He even kicked in a thousand dollars on the cost to make
up for the difference between what he was asking for and what
his brothers normally get.
I don't know if there's a generic term for them, but we had a
variety of stuffed chicken breasts for dinner last night
(chicken Kiev - basically stufffed with or without rice - cordon
bleu, and broccoli and rice. We had that with either wild and
long grain rice or garlic mashed potatoes or garlic and dill new
potatoes, and slow cooked green beans, then a roast vegetable
medley, with cheese cakes for dessert.
We're having a party tomorrow night, which I've talked about
before. He and Liam will be sharing the party, but it's mainly
his. He and the Phantoms will be performing, and we'll have
another live band, but a DJ in another room, with dancing,
including the type of ballroom dancing he and Eliza practice.
We've got the entire Family Center tomorrow night, so we'll be
serving snacks and have a room with (quieter) music for mingling
and one for karaoke. I think it should be perfect for Van, but
that Liam will enjoy it as well.
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Re: Van Wells
By: kalico Date: March 2, 2018, 12:00 am
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Sounds like both boys should have a great party weekend and some
fun....
Hugs kal
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Re: Van Wells
By: David M. Katz Date: March 20, 2018, 6:40 am
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We haven't heard much of Van's friend, Eddy the violinist.
Does he still come around?
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Re: Van Wells
By: Jack Date: March 20, 2018, 4:51 pm
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Eddy is still one of the Phantoms, and he still hangs out here.
Based on timing and reactions, I think he still participates in
circle jerks and possibly more, but it also sounds like he's
dating a girl at school.
Part of the reason we don't here much about him is that he's
quiet and well behaved, as well as being a year older than Van.
While he indicates his little brother, Pete (14 and 8th grader I
believe) still catches it on a moderately regular basis, he's
pretty quiet about it. Pete used to attend public school, but
he's been going to BCA for 2 or 3 years now (since he moved in
with his dad, basically), and is pretty good friends with Colt.
He's really pretty well behaved himself, though - certainly
around me he is.
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Re: Van Wells
By: Jack Date: April 8, 2018, 3:38 am
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Then again, besides vet or pianist, Van might be looking at
another career.
Did you know this is National Adopt a Greyhound Month? Neither
did I. I guess they've been running ads on one of the radio
stations. I didn't really notice it.
Van did.
Of course, we're not a great home for greyhounds here. I
understand that they are normally raised with people and other
greyhounds, but they're not necessarily good with other types of
dogs/pets. However, after talking to me about the possibility
of us moving to a farm and giving them their own area, Van
decided on something slightly more realistic: he calls it Cirque
du Pet.
Yeah, it was originally going to be just for greyhounds, but he
suffers from vision bloat.
BCA is allowing us to have what will basically be a spring
carnival. Once again, I've helped him (mostly by not making him
dig to find out what needs to be done and how to do it), and I
assigned Clay (who's been needing some community/family service
in his life) to be his adult aid, but Van has done the majority
of all the work. He has some people from a greyhound adoption
group coming out, along with some other pet placement agencies,
and a couple of vets coming to do low cost work (shots and
spay/neuter) on pets people already have, and he's invited some
animal oriented businesses to set up booths, and then he's
having a regular carnival to raise money while will be going
mostly to the groups who are bothering to come out I know he's
contacted a number of people to perform and run booths, and he's
cut a deal where school/community organizations can run booths,
and he'll split the money half going to the animal charities and
the organization keeping half.
It's a great cause, but the honest truth is, he seems to love
this type of stuff. The best thing is, it seems to give him a
way to direct his stubborns, and he's getting a lot better at
dealing with frustration without getting overwhelmed.
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Re: Van Wells
By: db105 Date: April 8, 2018, 10:33 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=230.msg4982#msg4982
date=1523176695]However, after talking to me about the
possibility of us moving to a farm and giving them their own
area, Van decided on something slightly more realistic: he calls
it Cirque du Pet.
[/quote]
;D This reminds me of a moment at the end of the book My Family
and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell. The eccentric Durrell
family, Gerry's pets included, are traveling back to England
after spending four idyllic years in Corfu:
[quote]As the ship drew across the sea and Corfu sank shimmering
into the pearly heat haze on the horizon a black depression
settled on us, which lasted all the way back to England. The
grimy train scuttled its way up from Brindisi towards
Switzerland, and we sat in silence, not wishing to talk. Above
our heads, on the rack, the finches sang in their cages, the
Magenpies chucked and hammered with their beaks, and Alecko gave
a mournful yarp at intervals. Around our feet the dogs lay
snoring. At the Swiss frontier our passports were examined by a
disgracefully efficient official. He handed them back to Mother,
together with a small slip of paper, bowed unsmilingly, and left
us to our gloom. Some moments later Mother glanced at the form
the official had filled in, and as she read it, she stiffened.
'Just look what he's put,' she exclaimed indignantly,
'impertinent man.'
Larry stared at the little form and snorted.
'Well, that's the penalty you pay for leaving Corfu' he pointed
out.
On the little card, in the column headed Description of
Passengers had been written, in neat capitals: One travelling
Circus and Staff.
'What a thing to write,' said Mother, still simmering, 'really,
some people are peculiar.'[/quote]
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