Eight years ago today my 27-inch 2011 iMac tried to kill me when my beard got trapped in its DVD drive. To commemorate this harrowing event I commissioned a great work of art. The brief to the artist was: Hey pumpkin, do you want to draw something for Daddy? A long time ago when Daddy …
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The Hairku
Two hairs on a faceThe steely disc slot, sharp-setI am brought undone Seven years ago today my iMac tried to kill me when my beard got trapped in its DVD drive. I post this hairku in commemoration and to raise awareness of this awful peril.
The New Arrival
At 6:07am one fine morning in early July, Mandy, Cassidy, and I welcomed a new daughter into our family: Finley Parker Owen. CW: Serious neonatal medical problems with a good outcome.
Five years, a shave
A limerick to commemorate the five year anniversary of a most harrowing event: Five years past a man upon a block,Did slump yoked to his Mac in a shock.But on the brink of despair,He did slip from that snareThough from his face it did cost him a lock.