All the heat in my life is vanishing. First, the heater in my car gave out on Tuesday morning. I’m sure this is a quick fix, but I don’t have time to take it in. I’m playing Santa for Custom Box, so I’ll need to wait a week or so before I can have the …
Every day, it’s the same thing. The alarm goes off at 5:30. Kris hits snooze. The alarm goes off at 5:39. Kris pulls herself awake and heads downstairs for a shower. I pull of my C-PAP mask, roll over, grab my laptop, and then set it on my belly. While Kris is getting ready, I’m …
Cats? We have cats? For those of you who have been craving a cat update, here’s a video I took last month. It features are three boys and their insane desire to be OUTSIDE: Have I mentioned that I love my digital camera? It’s small, it has wide-angle capability, and it takes video. I actually …
When we were boys, which cartoon did we like better than any other? The one with race cars, of course. As lousy as I thought the last two Matrix movies were, the first one was brilliant. And based on that alone, I’ll go see this: Coming in May!
Wednesday got off to a lousy start. I rolled out of bed groggy and unrested. I was cold. My bath water was tepid. When I got to work, things got worse. My eyes began to water and my nose began to run. I started sneezing uncontrollably. I was a mess. I wanted to go home …
Kris and I have been re-watching The Wire. I believe it’s the best television show ever produced. It’s epic. It’s powerful. It’s moving. The Wire explores the world of crime and corruption in Baltimore, Maryland, looking at things not just from the cops’ eyes, but also from the eyes of the criminals. Creator David Simon …
I am debt-free, except for my mortgage. Look for further celebratory remarks at Get Rich Slowly. Happy dance!
Over the past month, Kris has developed a new hobby: dancing. She sort of mocked my obsession with Dance Dance Revolution at first, but it didn’t take long for her to push me aside and take over as Queen of the Dance. As with other things we enjoy, we’ve become evangelists for this game. This …
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Tolstoy Nick and I just had a conversation about those incidents that scarred us in our youth. The crazy thing is that to adults — even to us as adults — these things seem trivial. Yet they’re the kind of …
During our Thanksgiving road trip to bend, we listened to the audio version of The Golden Compass. Kris and I have both read the book several times, but since the film is coming out soon, we decided to refresh our memories. Tiffany enjoyed the book so much that she insisted on borrowing my iPod so …