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    A Good Ol’ Winter Road Trip To Carolina Beach

    by Dewan Gibson January 13, 2022
    written by Dewan Gibson
    boys running on the shore at carolina beach

    We started the 10-hour drive to Carolina Beach late Christmas morning, a couple of hours after the boys opened their latest brain-draining device. Unlike our other winter trips, this wasn’t an escape from the brutal, this-is-why-you-can-buy-a-house-for-200k-in-Ohio weather. It was 50 degrees. As for Carolina Beach? Over 70 and sunny.

    The three Gibson boys opening a new Xbox Series S Christmas morning.

    We made a quick stop in Ravenswood, West Virginia for Christmas lunch at Great Wall Restaurant. Man, where would this country be without immigrants willing to feed us at any time, even on Jesus’ play birthday? We shared a house special fried house and Amber Joyner Kersee raced the kids in the parking lot.

    I could have finished the entire drive in one day, had I been without impressionable children in the car and able to play Young Dolph (They don’t want you to live! They don’t want you to ball! Them pu**ies smile in yo’ face…then they pray for you to FALL!“). But cruising for six hours while listening to Coldplay and having a night’s rest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina wasn’t bad. We managed to find an Indian diner that was open till 11 p.m., right near our lil’ suite at the Hilton.

    Finally…Carolina Beach! The kids played in the sand and deactivated their Negro genes so they could bear jumping around in 60 degree water. They also yelled “SHARK!” as a pod of dolphins swam near the shore. On another note, they’re getting ripped. That’s my 10-year-old, Nile, doing a handstand flip thingy. He skrong.

    little kid doing a handstand on the shore of Carolina Beach
    kid doing pushups at Carolina Beach

    When not on the beach, we stayed in our beachfront hotel room. We’re not ballers. Amber works as a literacy coach and I’m comfortably and eternally in middle management at a healthcare company. But Marriott had a crazy deal on rooms. Suites with beach view balconies were going for around $150, which is about the price to buy oneself a gram of cocaine from the shady-looking beach bum posted outside of Hardee’s.

    We also ventured out to the aquarium. It’s tiny. Save your money or try to sneak in. I mean, it was OK. And there’s a playground out back where kids can run around while parents play with smartphones. But if you’ve been to a major aquarium, Fort Fisher will feel underwhelming.

    Family touching fish at Fort Fisher Aquarium.

    We drove straight home after four days in Carolina Beach. Full of memories, Zaxby’s fried chicken, and what turned out to be a family case of covid. Thanks to a combined 12 shots of Moderna and Pfizer’s finest brews, along with good health and no preexisting conditions besides ashyness, covid only gave us mild symptoms and an extra week off school. We look forward to returning to Carolina Beach with super immunity.

    -Dewan Gibson

    January 13, 2022
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  • Help! My Runts Are Already Asking About ‘The Birds And The Bees’

    by Dewan Gibson June 26, 2021
    by Dewan Gibson June 26, 2021

    My 7-year-old, all grin but no front teeth, had an important question. “Mama, did you do sex?”  Where’d that come from? Well, we “did” sex often and our little ones…

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  • Got A Vaccine And A $50 Flight to Miami…Can’t Tell Me Nothin!

    by Dewan Gibson April 19, 2021
    by Dewan Gibson April 19, 2021

    I said months ago “Give me all the vaccines!” Either God reads this blog (very few humans do), or I spoke it into existence, but I’ve since received two Moderna…

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  • Sledding Is Family Fun, Much More So If The Kids Crash While You Get To Relax

    by Dewan Gibson January 2, 2021
    by Dewan Gibson January 2, 2021

    Here’s video from our recent sledding trip to Simsbury Park Disk Golf Course in good ol’ Pickerington, Ohio. Well, “trip” is too strong a word since it’s just down the…

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  • ‘Rona Scares And Hella Fiber, Maintaining Through The Final/Worst Stage Of The Pandemic

    by Dewan Gibson December 7, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson December 7, 2020

    My thoughts on the three coronavirus vaccines that have proven effective? Give me all the drugs. Deaths and hospitalizations due to covid are at record highs. I haven’t breathed on my…

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  • Exploring Fall Foliage In Ann Arbor, Michigan

    by Dewan Gibson November 2, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson November 2, 2020

    One of the great American traditions is road tripping during a pandemic to view fall foliage and consume legal marijuana. We did just that with a recent 24-hour stay in…

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  • Working From Home, Three Kids In Virtual School…And Kind Of Liking It

    by Dewan Gibson October 13, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson October 13, 2020

    How’s it been working from home with three kids in virtual school? My first grader refused to do any work because he “knows everything.” He knows a lot about beyblades…I’ll…

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  • A Few Thoughts On Kamala Harris Getting A New Job And Y’all Acting A Damn Fool

    by Dewan Gibson August 13, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson August 13, 2020

    Kamala Harris for vice president was the biggest thing to hit the internet since the WAP video, though far less enjoyable. (“Wet and gush, make that pull-out game WEAK!” Yes,…

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  • Catcalls And Covid: A Quick Road Trip To Pittsburgh

    by Dewan Gibson July 15, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson July 15, 2020

    Hey! Anyone up for travel and communicable disease! Amber and I took our first mini-vacation since the Covid-19 pandemic began, a road trip to Pittsburgh in celebration of her 40th…

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  • Pro Tip: Give Black People The Benefit Of The Doubt (Thoughts On Recent Racist Events)

    by Dewan Gibson June 14, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson June 14, 2020

    I’ve spent years arguing for all things equality, but other than a mention of “America’s illnesses” in my previous blog post, I have said little publicly about George Floyd and…

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  • Kid Brawls And Alcohol: A Covid-19 Family Routine

    by Dewan Gibson May 25, 2020
    by Dewan Gibson May 25, 2020

    My youngest had his sixth birthday a month into shelter-in-place. Before the big day, he said to me: “Dada, I had a dream that there was no more coronavirus and all…

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