Grades: Big Bad Meanies
I only have 2 weeks of school left, and when I’m done that will make my total amount of time spent in school 19 years (K-12, college, grad school). So why do I still get nervous over projects? I just...
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What’s wrong with this shopping poll?
New post on my professional site: What’s wrong with this shopping poll?. Here’s a picture of the poll. See if you can figure out what’s wrong before going to my site to see what I think about it.
View ArticleO Holy Night!
It’s one of my favorite Christmas carols and one of the rare songs where I love each verse equally. Most of the time, performers only sing the first verse and it’s a shame. The song is so beautiful...
View ArticleI wanted to be an astronaut and a cheerleader and . . .
My friend Nate is writing a book and asked for some writing tips today on his blog. I think it’s really cool he’s taking on such a big project – one I have no desire to do myself. As I talked to him...
View ArticleSuggested Rules of Dating
Today I got into a discussion with a couple of co-workers about lessons learned in dating, and it quickly turned into story-telling time (and confession!). After all, experience is sometimes the best...
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My old man’s a . . .
On my way to work this morning a random childhood memory soared to the front of my brain. When I was a kid I used to go to summer day camp at my elementary school. The teachers would take us on field...
View ArticleAnother thing to love about Atlanta . . .
. . . there are no love bugs. On a trip to visit my parents, Roger and I turned onto one of the many back roads in Wilmer and were pelted with splatterings to the windshield. Like any born and raised...
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What I think about
The picture above is a word cloud of all the posts on this blog (click the image for a larger version). I used Wordle to make it. The size of the word is proportional to how often it’s used. So I...
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A perfect evening
A perfect evening. Roger grilling steaks. Breeze blowing right after a light rain shower. Kitties fighting inside. Ah, summer time approaches.
View ArticleI cheated on Thanksgiving
I have a rule – I don’t listen to Christmas music or put up decorations until after Thanksgiving. But that Friday it’s on. I listen to the 24/7 Christmas music station with total glee. And if I’m lucky...
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My 2009 Reads
Happy New Year! I hope your Christmas and other holidays were great. I managed to catch a nasty cold just in time for New Years Eve, and it was one of those that forces you to rest all day, even though...
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Thinking of Ecuador
As many of you know, last June Roger and I went to Ecuador on a mission trip with my home church Wilmer UMC. You can read all about the trip on our Ecuador page. I knew then the trip was changing my...
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