What can I do when gas prices go to $4? I don’t think I’ll stop driving (although working at home helps tremendously). I can’t go and buy a hybrid car (as much as I might like to). I can’t walk or ride a bike to places (not in a city). I guess one thing that…
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I’m not afraid to admit it
I pee’d on a church. Well, not “on” a church, but in the bushes, next to a church. But, let me start from the beginning. I have a weekly tradition of going to the Dubliner with Jared and Jason at 4 on Fridays. Typically I’ve have 2 pints of Guinness and smoke my pipe (I’ve…
Read MoreStuttering in our steps
Days upon days pile on each other, until eventually there is a mountain of things past and little to show for the effort except sullen eyes and stuttering footsteps. This last weekend we had a tremendous time with our friends Kim and Jason at Caesars Creek on the lake. The kids had a blast. Got…
Read MoreGoogle Translator is the funny
I often get foreign spam mail (I attribute it to my CIVA email account – which in China is the Chinese International Volunteer Association). I occasionally like to open one, and do a translation on it. I came many round, east under the Burma means, had to become vip member? How am I the vegetable…
Read MoreWe went, we saw, we …
… had fun (I had no idea what else to say, I’m truly uninspired). We literally Just got back to my parents house about an hour ago (pathetic that I’m on the computer; no? work calls, and the kids are out at Dutch Wonderland with mom and dad). We walked and walked and walked. No…
Read MoreOff to New York
Sonya and I are finally getting away for a few days, without the kids, to NYC for our 10 year anniversary. I’m slightly nervous — as its been years since I’ve been to NYC, or any large city for that matter (excited nervous). So why NYC? It’s the place that Sonya and I met and…
Read MoreI am robot
Yes I have fully matriculated into full robot-dom. Aaron and I have convinced one of Evok’s interns that I am a robot in Cincinnati, set up in a clean room, programmed to interact and learn through instant messenger. Can you say “dumb as a rock”? In all fairness, I often feel like a robot. Doing…
Read MoreEven a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day
Suddenly the week is gone (and I didn’t exactly tear up with the four times a day updates – but I’ve been busy). I’ve been thinking about legacy. When my bones mix into the dust of the earth what memories or stories that grow and endure the weather? I’ve not yet written that great novel…
Read MoreWhy do you hate us Mr. Trashman? Why?
So we’ve been here only 2 weeks which means its hardly enough time to call this a “continual” issue, but so far Mr. Trashman – also called Rumpke – has yet to pick up our trash. Last week we had quite a bit on the curb. We had even called about a special pick up…
Read MoreDissatisfaction
There was a quote I heard in church that has had my brain turning. The basic ache we all have for something more … without knowing exactly what it is we want but knowing we have no attained it. “Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exist. A baby feels hunger;…
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