I spent part of this week frustrated because my blog was down. Did you notice? Probably not. According to the people who host my blog the machine hosting my site experienced a catastrophic hardware failure on Monday evening. Although my blog was intermittent throughout the day Monday. They had to get [...]
. . . and hot dog buns come in packs of 8. You know the question.
First, we know that lots of hot dogs actually come in packs of 8 these days (especially the good ones.) I think this actually has a lot to do with the answer.
Think about your family. In my family there is [...]
I haven’t taken the time to blog in a while. I was out of town for 4 days at a watchmaking convention. I really loved my first business trip ever. I’m back now but the Olympics are on. I don’t know why, but I just love watching the Olympics. Not gymnastics so much, but I [...]
crisis. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved July 17, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crisis
1.
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, esp. for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
2.
a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change.
3.
a dramatic [...]
I think that my son had his longest day ever yesterday. I rode the bus to work so we all piled in the car at 7:45. Then after work we went to the airport. Bug doesn’t like to nap, especially in a situation like that so you can bet he was awake the whole flight. [...]
The Templeton prize is even larger than the Nobel prize. “The award goes to a person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimensions.” The prize is so large in order “to say to the world that new concepts in spiritual information are even more important than any of the other [...]
Thank goodness for squash and zucchini. My garden wouldn’t be much of a success without them. I already have an infestation of squash bugs but I’m confident I’ll still get plenty of squash. Squash seems to be a weed, it’s really easy to grow, even in New Mexico. If you want any of my excess [...]
I noticed there were no pics of my wife at Bandeleir so I will include this one:
Yesterday on the KUNM Call-in Show they were talking about the impact of the U.S./Mexico border wall. One of my favorite quotes was the following: “We’re not using the best or the brightest among us to solve this problem.”
The main idea seemed to be (from my perspective) that a wall isn’t going to solve the [...]
Remember these PSA’s from a while back. We need to bring them back.
About once a week I spend some time in my front yard picking the weeds and gathering up the trash that has “blown in” to my yard. On average I pick up about 10 cigarette butts. What is it about smokers and littering. [...]
