The internet is great and all, but sadly, too many people can go load up WordPress, start a blog, and call himself a writer, or fire up their iMac, record their inane ramblings, and call herself a musician. There’s no gatekeepers to distribution anymore, and while that can be a good thing, it has horrible […]

Weird. For some reason, comments were turned off on my site. I turned them back on, and am now looking forward for the onslaught of spam.

It looks like California is ready to pass a law allowing local governments the authority to decriminalize and even tax marijuana distribution. Of course, the federal government has already begun huffing and puffing about how the law will not impact them at all, and they will continue to make arrests in the state. Their threats […]

So, I made an odd discovery and a big purchase a few months ago. While on vacation in the Poconos, I was digging through a collection of books at an antique store in Tunkhannock, PA, and I found a first edition, first print of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”. It wasn’t cheap, but I think it […]

Nothing much… Installing Zimbra. Messing with VirtualBox. Enjoying Sapporo. Preparing to travel to Colorado. Starting to invest using TradeKing and Kapitall. Watching the kids grow up. Enjoying Tab getting her yellow belt in karate. Waiting for summer.

It’s been an awesome trip so far. Since I was able to meet with the landlord in Goshogawara on Monday instead of Tuesday, we were able to wrap up the necessities a day earlier than I expected and had an extra day to travel around before we needed to be in Tokyo for our upgrade. […]

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Stolen from a post on Tara Barthel’s Blog, here is a true story that will cause you to appreciate every moment of your children’s lives. The celebration of Eliot Mooney’s life was so beautiful. I am eternally thankful that his parents recorded his life so well, and that they had the heart to share this […]

This morning, I dug up every last dandelion in the back yard – and left all the wild violets behind. Does anyone else have a special place in their heart for flowering weeds? I once dug up many violets in the yard and lined the borders of my flowerbeds – that’s how much I love […]

I love when technology can take massive amounts of apparently meaningless information and compile and display that information in an intuitive, interactive display. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with my favorite technology, Google Earth, to map out the ongoing crisis in Darfur. The USHMM has compiled a list of information about […]

So, I got a letter the other day saying that I’m going to be included in the next edition of “Who’s Who in America“. I don’t know what that actually means, but I guess it’s cool. I filled out all the biography information and books I’ve authored, including the 34 part definitive series on the […]

Christmas came early at our home today. Our last stove was dying, and my anger with it didn’t help it any. With Sarah’s busy schedule, the fact that our last stove didn’t have features like time bake and delay bake really was causing problems. I grew up in a home with time bake, and one […]

Sad little animation, but I liked it…