Danny Sullivan

Archives for July 2007

Tree House: Day 4 & 5

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The treehouse construction continues! When I left off, I’d decided it made sense to build a little porch for the tree house but worried it needed more support. Indeed. When I pulled at the cross beam I’d hastily put up, it came off at the bottom quickly. Time to do it right! Last Sunday, marked […]

Treehouse Building: Day 3

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Wow — I’m getting email asking what’s up with the treehouse! Cool, that’ll keep me motivated. So it’s been raining in Britain. Sure, it always rains — but it’s really raining a lot. You know, floods all around. Fortunately, we seemed to be one of the few parts of the country with rain but no […]

Tree House Building: Day 2

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The great tree house building project continued on today. When I left off, there was the challenge of digging holes deep enough for my four supporting poles. I dug in, pun intended, this morning to make a serious dent in the ground. In the end, I utilized a small, obscure tool I forgot we had […]

My Great Tree House Building Project

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I’m on vacation this week, which meant staying at home but trying not to do much work. Instead, my big project is to construct a long-promised tree house with my boys, for my boys. I’ve always wanted to build a tree house. Years and years ago at the Los Angeles Times, I even wrote an […]

George Washington & The Return Of General Howe’s Dog

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Ah, another 4th Of July in Britain. For the American father, it’s time to break out the propaganda and indoctrinate my children! Last year’s 4th Of July Books For The Kids post from me covers some of what’s been on my reading list for the kids this week. But tonight I wanted to talk about […]