Janna and I (and Janna’s mom) spent last week in California hanging out with our niece and nephews while their parents were out of town. We had a lot of fun, and did neat things, like going to Death Valley, Hollywood, and seeing giant sequoia trees: things you don’t see in the Mid-South. It reminds [...]
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We’re Moving!
June 16, 2008 – 7:15 pm
It is absolutely amazing how fast things can happen. Only a few weeks ago Janna and I decided to start the process of relocating to the Memphis area. We put our house on the market and started to casually look at houses to buy. Considering all the mess with the housing market, we expected for [...]
Big News
March 19, 2008 – 3:29 pm
For anyone who may not have heard, I have accepted a position with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, and will be starting On April 7. I’m pretty excited about it, I’ll be working with a very talented team on some interesting web sites that are aimed at the international medical community. [...]
Deposit checks with your scanner
March 22, 2007 – 2:52 pm
Ever since my wife and I started using USAA for banking and auto insurance, we’ve been nothing but pleased. Their website is very user-friendly and feature-packed, and their customer service is literally the best I’ve ever dealt with. The one drawback was that, since they didn’t have any branches in my area, we [...]
I am pack leader
February 2, 2007 – 5:29 pm
For some unknown reason, our two dogs recently started getting into fights. We’re not talking the typical dogs-playing-rough type fights, these are I’m-gonna-rip-your-throat-out type fights. Now, they never tried to attack or hurt us, even when we were using our persons to seperate them. They would just periodically go into a tense, [...]
Observation
November 3, 2006 – 5:45 pm
I have lots of trouble hearing/comprehending the other party when I’m talking on the phone. I highly prefer to be able to see their face, especially their mouth, when in a detailed conversation. A lot of time when I’m on the phone, you’ll see me with the phone pressed firmly to one ear [...]
Share the Road
September 28, 2006 – 4:38 pm
This self proclaimed “crazy biker chick” has written a plea for automobile drivers to be considerate of cyclists on roadways. I appreciate her position on the issue and her independence from oil-powered transportation. I would bike to work sometimes if it weren’t for the 4-lane, limited-access highway occupied by sleepy (hungover?) college students [...]
Search for Truth
September 8, 2006 – 12:47 pm
This is a pretty profound comic demonstrating that Truth does not require Belief to continue to be true. Whatever the Truth is will never be altered as the result of disagreement, argument, debate or belief (or disbelief).
The inverse also applies… Belief in something does not compel it to be Truth.
There is Truth that we [...]
Walt Disney World fingerprints visitors
September 1, 2006 – 9:23 am
Read this Boing Boing article…
They were doing this when we went in June… I didn’t like it one bit.
On the one hand, I was amazed that no one really cared… On the other hand, I put my fingers in those machines just like everyone else.
Baby Evan
July 15, 2006 – 3:07 pm
My nephew, Evan Joseph Engbretson was born July 6 weighing in a 6 lbs 12 oz. This is Laura’s (my sister) first, as well as my parents’ first grandchild. Janna and I are hoping to visit very soon, and must rely on the wonder of digital photography and the internet to experience him [...]