One treat my wife really likes in the evenings is a steamer — hot milk with some flavoring and a bit of whipped cream. We have an espresso machine but we rarely use it because the start-up and tear-down time is a bit long just for one or two small drinks. That and we didn’t … Read more
I’ve created a monster. The monster is my mother-in-law. (I know. You’re thinking, “And?”) Actually, she’s hooked on the bowling game in Wii Sports. She has a really, ummm, unconventional way of launching the ball down the lane, but who am I to argue when she wipes the floor with me? She bowled six freakin’ … Read more
Sunday we went to the house of one of the families in our home group. It’s a bit of a challenge to get everyone together at once, as one of the guys works unusual hours and a couple of us live a fair distance from the church, so we’re settling on Sunday afternoon. The deal … Read more
We’d been having issues with our riding lawn mower for quite some time. Last fall right at the end of the season we broke one of the mower spindles halfway through running over the leaves in our yard. This spring, when we tried to get the mower out to replace the spindle, it wouldn’t start. … Read more
JLP of All Financial Matters passed on a local story about people waiting up to twelve hours just to get $40 worth of free gas. He didn’t have the link to the article; I think this is it here: Dallas-area residents wait hours for free gas I agree with JLP that this is a poor … Read more
Our Lions Club had a community yard sale a couple of weeks ago. There used to be a bigger selection of things to choose from but we don’t have the same space available to us that we once did, so there aren’t quite as many bigger items. We still get a few, though. I bought … Read more
One of my daily break-time reads is Coding Horror. Jeff Atwood is almost to 100k subscribers on that blog; it’s quite popular. Today Jeff’s post rags on WordPress, the blogging engine that powers this blog as well as all the others my wife and I have. It’s free to use. The user base is very … Read more
(Fair warning: rant ahead! Check out some really cute puppies or join MyPoints if rants aren’t your thing.) I think I knew that Earth Day was coming up but the real reminder came when I checked Google today. They changed their logo’s primary colors to a happy, huggy lush waterfall scene with a shiny, happy … Read more