Wendy and I splurged on a new camera, one of the fancy DSLR ones. It’s a Nikon D40. It is sweet, let me tell you. I’ve already taken over 300 pictures with it in less than two weeks (including the ones from Betsy’s birthday party in the previous post). Everything is […]
We held another birthday party for Betsy — the first was family only — and her friends at the Red Sun Chinese Buffet. It went really well with all of the children getting to eat from the buffet, learn to sing “If you’re happy and you know it” in Mandarin, and only two children […]
Best line
I’ll tell you this. If I didn’t believe in this war — in public, I would lie and say I did until all of these kids get home. I really would. I just don’t think our opinion matters that much right now.
WARNING: The language isn’t appropriate for the little ones.
This is too funny. It’s possible to translate any website into Redneck using this handy tool from rinkworks.com. Here’ my website in redneck for example.
UPDATE: link was broken, but it should work now.
I’ve been cleaning off the photos from the digital camera, so there’s a couple of new photo albums up on flickr now.
Betsy’s First Snow
Eli’s 6th Birthday Party
The Polar Express
Bionicles Through the Years
She’s one of the four finalists for best hairstyle in Memphis; scout’s honor. So, please, go and vote for her to win the coveted “Super-Hair.net Hair Wars City Champion”.
She’s currently tied for first.
UPDATE: Whoops, it appears that they drop one contestant every week or so and simultaneously erase the accrued votes. That means […]
Wow, see what happens when you stop listening to the radio for a few years. Along comes a whole new crop of troubadours paying homage to all of my favorite things. And she’s got a great throwback voice to go along with the Merle Haggard references.
Politically Uncorrect
Indiana University’s School of Journalism has posted a number of Ernie Pyle’s columns from the Second World War. Please do go explore the 40 odd columns that they’ve posted as there’s almost no better way to get a feel for just what the greatest generation accomplished during their time in the sun. It’s […]
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Here’s the current forcast for this weekend.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY
TONIGHT
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAT
INDEX READINGS AS HIGH AS AROUND 105 IN THE EVENING.
FRIDAY
MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING
THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. […]