I always wanted my name painted on the office door.
Well, I didn’t want to think Holly Wenzel’s East Side Review coverage of the shakeup in Maplewood, Minnesota politics was just the rambling of an unhappy constituent or partisan, but good heavens, what can I conclude after this week’s piece “Fursman firing raises resident ire” with the promised next in the series “Who ordered a [...]
Well, Kenny’s been talking a lot about how he wants to be a writer when he grows up. So now he has to blog three posts a week. Poor kid. :) He likes it, though. I told him he’ll need practice, and the technology part helps make it interesting. And the fact that friends and family [...]
Well, there was one of those important, meaningful protests in town today. A bunch of kids protesting a couple of recruiting offices. Supported by groups like “Socialist Alternative”, they came to share their anti-war perspective. Is that bad in itself? No way. They should be free to express themselves… Freedom of Speech and all, right? Well, [...]
My friends at The MacLaurin Institute are helping to bring the “Christianity in a Consumer Culture” conference to the U of M campus this weekend. I might try to take in some little bit of it, though Kenny got strep (again), so that will mix up the weekend a bit. Looks like good stuff, though. [...]
I was going to chronicle my epic, nearly week long struggle with Qwest and USFamily.net, but I think I just need to let the whole episode slip into fading history. We’re back up and Helen has posted something about it, so I think I’ll leave it lay. However, I do want to congratulate modern corporate society [...]
When I see things like this, I think “cool”, “I should do that” (yeah, sure, in my spare time), and “that is so Rob.” UPDATE: Under construction?! Shame on you, Rob. :)
Lately I’ve really enjoyed perusing the local “neighborhood” paper, The East Side Review. Seeing all the local little things that escape notice in the larger metro area, scanning the police blotter, looking at the ads; it’s all interesting. Yesterday, I was almost giggling over the coverage over what seems to be a pretty big deal and [...]
Since I’m a bit busy due to our internet outage, here’s a couple of little keyboard tricks for Mac: function-delete deletes forward instead of backwards option-delete deletes a whole word backwards Thrilling, eh? Well, I couldn’t find them online when I wanted them, so there you go.
Helen and I have not been able to post lately because we’re suffering a severe case of Pass The Buck Crossfire, where both the phone company and the ISP say “it’s not our fault your DSL is down.” Down for three days now. Seriously. Ugh. UPDATE: For a few glorious hours yesterday, it was working. In [...]
Q: How many people with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb? A: HEY! Let’s ride bikes!!!