A year has passed since Laura and I got hitched (yeah, a little late I know) and I was thinking about some of the wonderful things about that day and the road there.  And I have to say that it was kind of fitting that Brooke married us as it was Brooke who drove me to Laura's house for a party where Laura and I first kissed.  So I got to wishing ( Read more... )

Winter has  come and with it the wonderful ritual (at least since we moved into this apartment) of putting plastic on the windows.  Now, we do love the fact that we live in this neat, old mansion, but there are a couple of irksome problems - the fact that the windows are not insulated being one of them.  When my parents lived in their first house, ( Read more... )

 Good news has finally come for Max users - related to Netflix that is:  you can now watch movies, tv, and anything else that Netflix carries online!  I can't tell you how long I have waited for this.  I totally watch stuff at work during lunch (cause you know an episode of The Office fits nicely in that time).  Yup, there goes more of my time. 

What can I say, the draw of a Brooke original was too great ( Read more... )

My Mom has been dropping hints for years that she and my Dad would use the porch off of their bedroom more if it was screened in and, well, my brothers and I decided that we would do it for her for a Christmas gift. It has been almost two years and we are just now getting into the thick of things. We have been working in batches (as Jeff lives in ( Read more... )

Chose one of the following:

Regular animal that has become giant
Mythical creature that is now for some reason real
Creature/animal from the past that survived/reborn/hung around
Aliens

Stir in one competent actor and a handful of B-listers

Add generous helpings of exposition

Cook for an hour-and-a-half

Best served in groups

Laughter may

My boss came in on Friday to tell me that he had 4 O's tickets that he wasn't going to be able to use due to a conflicting dinner engagement and asked if I wanted them. Now, it has been quite some time since I have been to a game and my first thought was - "Will Laura go for this?" It was last minute, but I called and mentioned it to her and she ( Read more... )

So, I have been at my job at Loyola for about 8 months now and yesterday was my first, annual performance review. I have to say that it was pretty stressful when I went through my three month probationary period review and this is just that much more stressful (although if I got a bad three month review I wouldn't have kept my job, but this one ( Read more... )

Alright, if I thought the King, of Burger King fame, was creepy before now they have the King 300 (of whatever they are calling him) - the new robot, future King that is hocking the breakfast wrap thing. I mean that face is horrible ( Read more... )

So Laura and I were watching the TV and saw an ad for Christian rock CDs and that got me to thinking - are there bands or music for other religions? Like where is the Budda jazz or the Jewish punk? I mean what is it about Christianity that leads people to make music about it while other religions are left in the cold?

Just a thought I had.