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\"\"<\/a>Somehow, one of our months is missing. \u00a0Or, rather, has vanished as a basis for, y’know, normal living. \u00a0Instead, we have the following Baroque Comedy (or, perhaps, English Farce).<\/p>\n

Prelude<\/strong>: \u00a0Wherein Dave and Margie Return from Holiday and Quickly Do\u00a0Laundry\u00a0and Bills and Other Household Activities Long Delayed During the Yuletide.<\/em><\/p>\n

ACT I<\/strong>: Wherein Dave Flies to Houston for a Week of Intense Business Meetings Regarding a Large Acquisition by His Employer.<\/p>\n

Entr’acte<\/strong>: \u00a0Wherein Margie Throws a Shindig for Her Aged Husband.<\/em><\/p>\n

ACT II<\/strong>: Wherein Margie Flies to San Diego and Drives Across the Country with Her Good Friend in Tow.<\/p>\n

Entr’acte<\/strong>: \u00a0Wherein Dave and Margie Probably Have Something Going On, Not Yet Calendared.<\/em><\/p>\n

ACT III<\/strong>: \u00a0Wherein Dave Flies to Fort Worth for a Week of Intense Business Meetings Regarding Internet and Intranet Strategies.<\/p>\n

Postlude<\/strong>: Wherein Dave and Margie Throw Their Annual Holiday Soiree \u00a0for Many People, with a Day of Divers Gaming Taking Place upon the Sabbath following.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, three weeks of one or the other of us traveling, plus two big parties. \u00a0Plus the standard dental appointments, Girl Scout meetings, and all the normal humdrum goodness.<\/p>\n

Should be … engaging!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow, one of our months is missing. \u00a0Or, rather, has vanished as a basis for, y’know, normal living. \u00a0Instead, we have the following Baroque Comedy (or, perhaps, English Farce). Prelude: \u00a0Wherein Dave and Margie Return from Holiday and Quickly Do\u00a0Laundry\u00a0and Bills and Other Household Activities Long Delayed During the Yuletide. ACT I: Wherein Dave Flies … Continue reading “The January Vanishes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,21,4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-job-jollies","category-personal","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/time-machine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128485,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/wherein-dave-and-margie-indulge-in-steampunkish-revelry.html","url_meta":{"origin":19744,"position":0},"title":"Wherein Dave and Margie indulge in steampunkish revelry","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 2-Nov-15 11:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friends Mark and Don got married at the Houdini Mansion in the Hollywood Hills on Halloween, so, of course, they made it a costume and\/or masquerade affair, and much fun was had by all.After a few false starts, we ended up (at the recommendations of Stan and Mary) at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_-6k51zd.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4074,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/21\/uk03_the_stage.html","url_meta":{"origin":19744,"position":1},"title":"UK03 – The Stage is Set","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Feb-03 7:19am","format":false,"excerpt":"So back last fall, the church Margie and I go to had a big fund-raising auction, wherein various parishioners donated things and then folks bid on them. 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