The phone rang. It was 8:17 and it was my first phone call of the day. I picked up the phone. “Tech office.” “I need your help troubleshooting a computer problem,” began the teacher on the line. “I can’t get the projector to work.” “Did you restart it?” “Yeah, it didn’t fix it.” I rubbed [...]
I’ve spent over a year wanting to write more. Honest. Every day I sit down at my computer and think of all the projects and ideas I have that would require some attention. They scamper about my brain like rats, trying to avoid being caught. And the moment I manage to clamp a glass jar [...]
Yesterday, my wife came up with a fun idea to entertain our boys and to share a little bit of joy with The City by making simple, homemade bookmarks and taking them to the bookstore to slip into various books as a surprise. As we were working on the bookmarks, I got the idea to [...]
As the year winds to a close, we start to think about all the remarkable things that have happened and look forward to what is to come next year. I can honestly say that 2012 will be one of the most memorable years of my life as I look back at all the amazing things [...]
The majority of this post was written as part of a survey for Nintendo about my first impressions of the system (some parts were edited or added later). Since writing it, I’ve finally been able to play the device and it’s quite fun. But, I’m still furious about the transition of purchased content from the [...]
In an attempt to determine if the author of a blog I posted a link to in my previous post was male or female, I stumbled across this site that analyzes text to determine the gender of the author. It’s not perfect, as evidenced by the image above. Of course, I’m actually happy that I’m [...]
So, I was doing a little online bargain hunting today and I found the product I wanted for a really great deal. As I was going through the checkout process, however, I saw this: I immediately stopped to check on the website I was ordering from. It seemed quite likely that it was from China, [...]
There is a tradition in my household. It started about 7 years ago, when my cousin (Andrew), my wife (Autumn), and I first discovered O’Fallon’s Pumpkin Beer. It’s an ale, brewed up with all the spices and flavors you’d expect of a pumpkin pie. It’s easily my favorite beer of all-time, and one of three [...]
My son Liam is three years old. He knows nearly all the lyrics to Rain Is A Good Thing by Luke Bryan and Party With My Friends by Hot Problems. A lesser person might be concerned about the fact that his two favorite songs (both of which he will begin singing at the drop of [...]
Growing up in the Midwest, I’ve experienced my fair share of weather patterns. Heat waves, tornados, hail, blizzards, floods, and more. It was 84° Fahrenheit at one point today in Washington. Back home in Kansas City it was 98° and felt like 107°. I’m glad I missed it. As we returned to our home away [...]
