On Saturday, we attempted to hike to the ‘Y’ with the boys. {Short history here.} We made it just about three-quarters of the way up. Taylor had the energy and strength to make it. He was de...

I have never seen Super Size Me (it is now in my Blockbuster queue), but I have to say that I am already a huge fan of Morgan Spurlok. I watched the premier of his new show on FX, 30 Days. I was bl...

Yesterday, we went with my Mother and Brother in-laws to the MTC. I didn’t get to see much of what happened in the orientation because Andrew and Cameron couldn’t sit still. So we went outside and ...

Updated…. It is no secret to the people that know me (or see me) that I dress like a slob. Sometimes. (I hate the idea of appropriate clothing for an occasion so much, that I have been known to dr...

Dad: Here is a link to a video of the author discussing his book at MIT. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/266/. Oh, and you forgot your hiking boots at the house.

You’d swear, based on the reaction of some of the people in the office, that the world was coming to an end. That once again all the right-wingers were being proved ‘right’, that the judicial syste...

So I dropped off Molly (the dog) at the vets yesterday. Last round of shots for a year, and the inevitable spay. Adrienne went to the store later on to buy a bunch of stuff so Molly would be comfor...

Glad to be back home. It was nice to see the in-laws, but better to be home. But it is not like I am going to get a chance to relax. I have at least a weeks work of work to catch up on. I missed th...

Now, I know that it has been raining for several days, but the beach on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is just gross. Trash everywhere. The plastic drink containers (the ones that hold six-packs togeth...

Went to see Madagascar with the boys tonight. The animation was incredible (all done on Linux!). The movie over all was kind of so-so. The story was hokey. But it did start me thinking. There are l...