A friend just had to try three times to put on their shirt. It took forever.

Fact: even though I haven't posted in four years, lex and I are still friends.

My plan at the start was simple: fly from Milwaukee to Cartagena, meet Jose Mario there, spend four days with him and the others in sunny Columbia, and head out on Sunday night for three red-eye flights home. But you know what they say about plans, don't you? If you want to make God laugh, tell him all about your bloody plans ( Read more... )

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Background/intro ( Read more... )

Well, I've just defended two papers within a week of one another, and the experience is worthy of reflection ( Read more... )

LJ's certainly gotten the short end of the stick lately. Blegh ( Read more... )

While the memory’s fresh in my head, I thought I’d give an “end-of-the-run” debrief on Run For Your Life. Becca, three of her friends, and I all ran the 10:30 wave. The race was 5k (or more, depending on the path we chose), plus obstacle courses, plus zombies. I think we took about an hour to get to the finish line - we spent most of that time ( Read more... )

Man, I haven't updated my journal since my ordination? Shame on me, indeed ( Read more... )

Sigh. Well, I cracked. In 5-8 business days I'll be the proud owner of a Kindle Fire HD. The temptation to always have something portable to work/goof off on was just too much. I take solace in the fact that I managed to use the same iphone for 5.5 years - not a bad run.