tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59763551336350075632012-02-15T22:35:24.428-08:00Snippets of Long Family lore, historical and otherwise. Commentary on parenting, sibling power struggles, and benevolent dictatorships.Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976355133635007563.post-71505284153535423842009-01-22T18:57:00.001-08:002009-12-14T07:49:14.551-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXkyVezBx6I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/XM6qim2-_Aw/s1600-h/allyson+jeremy+lanessa+mivoden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXkyVezBx6I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/XM6qim2-_Aw/s320/allyson+jeremy+lanessa+mivoden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294318181576460194" border="0" /></a>THEN: Amigos. Mischievous ones. The best kind.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXk0LTQjCxI/AAAAAAAAAoY/R2kBMlre4v8/s1600-h/couch+%7C+allyson+jeremy+lanessa+typewriter+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXk0LTQjCxI/AAAAAAAAAoY/R2kBMlre4v8/s320/couch+%7C+allyson+jeremy+lanessa+typewriter+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294320205703613202" border="0" /></a><br />NOW: Amigos. Mischievous ones. The best kind.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976355133635007563-7150528415353542384?l=mydadisbigger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976355133635007563.post-47589698218997141352009-01-21T13:05:00.000-08:002009-12-14T07:50:12.318-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXeOQxGWC5I/AAAAAAAAAas/XIi2LTGRbPw/s1600-h/joseph+leanna+chief.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/SXeOQxGWC5I/AAAAAAAAAas/XIi2LTGRbPw/s320/joseph+leanna+chief.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293856305706306450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">circa 1984</span><br />Oh, how Leanna loved her pigtails. I envied her, and longed for the days when boys wore their hair long and flowing. Men like Kit Carson and Ethan Allen, Moses and Ajax the Lesser, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. Men who had red blood and drank black coffee, who would toss a hatchet at any gender identity questions.<br /><br />I was the Chinese Checkers maestro, though the hatchet may have have been a looming intimidation factor.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976355133635007563-4758969821899714135?l=mydadisbigger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976355133635007563.post-56225194137127363312007-10-22T23:59:00.000-07:002009-12-14T07:45:39.312-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/Rx2cIO8_LYI/AAAAAAAAALA/VJvj_0c-thc/s1600-h/oct-22-josh---ice-cream.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/Rx2cIO8_LYI/AAAAAAAAALA/VJvj_0c-thc/s320/oct-22-josh---ice-cream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124423616284274050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">circa 1985</span><br /><br />Little Brother Joshua. The cutest little Dutch warrior you ever did see.<br /><br />I probably didn't take away his ice cream immediately after this was snapped. Not my style.<br /><br />Or, maybe I did, but definitely for a good reason. Such as <span style="font-style: italic;">his payment</span> for getting to play basketball with me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976355133635007563-5622519413712736331?l=mydadisbigger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976355133635007563.post-81604862892359093692007-09-04T19:29:00.000-07:002009-12-14T07:45:07.618-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/Rt4U22qUxkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/VtAEXF0Xql8/s1600-h/sept-04-leanna-on-bike-chie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uiHDg7_yl2I/Rt4U22qUxkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/VtAEXF0Xql8/s320/sept-04-leanna-on-bike-chie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106541960103249474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1984-ish</span><br /><br />My Dad teaching Leanna how to ride. Without training wheels. Sans helmet. On an incline. <span style="font-style: italic;">That's</span> how you do it.<br /><br />This would be a defining image of the type of father I want to be. Except maybe with the pants pulled below the bellybutton.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976355133635007563-8160486289235909369?l=mydadisbigger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976355133635007563.post-88455825000442703292007-07-27T13:34:00.001-07:002009-12-14T07:44:35.305-08:00This will be a site about the Longs and their illustrious history of hedonism and kindness.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976355133635007563-8845582500044270329?l=mydadisbigger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joseph Ivan Longnoreply@blogger.com0