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“Are you giving up anything for lent?” she asked with a laugh and a roll of her eyes, as if suggesting that such an idea was silly. I wasn’t offended by her attitude, because I know this is a common viewpoint among some Christians. Maybe they see it as a legalistic “Catholic” sort of thing […]

As a high school Junior, I had become, well, pretty sarcastic. Our school (while good in certain respects) didn’t have many advanced classes. Also it was something like 99.999% white, so we made a lot of jokes about that. I had a friend, Josh, who used to go to BCS, and I arranged to use […]

While going through some things at Mom and Dad’s house, I came across a couple of prank letters I wrote in high school. They are pretty silly, but I got responses! Here’s one I sent to Dear Abby: The name I made up (on the self-addressed envelope I sent) was Samson Pickering. Here’s Abby’s advice:

This time of year, we buy Vicks 44E about once a week — we are just perpetually coughing and congested. The bottles are tiny, so I am constantly going to the pharmacy to get more. Well, this week I did a price comparison and found that it was $1.50 cheaper per bottle at HEB than […]

What would you do with a synthetic cat’s foot with retractable claws?

A new feature exclusively for our moms! (And anyone else with internet access, I guess… but I put it there for the moms.) In the two photo galleries mentioned below, when you are looking at an individual photo, you can click on it to get the full size image file. This is really useful if […]

Yesterday, Kaeta met her new cousin, Clara Anne Richardson! Check the Photos link at the top of this page for pictures, or click this picture to jump straight there: She’s adorable! It’s weird to see a baby that makes Kaeta look big. Clara was born on February 9, 2006, and she was 7 lbs. 6 […]

One thing that really amazes me about Kaeta is that she actually wants to figure things out. For instance, the first toy she played with (see the videos I posted a couple of weeks ago) involved spinning some wheels. Once she got the hang of that, I put her in front of a different toy […]

Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, just like last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. Three years ago today, Karianne and I were in Punxsutawney, PA for Groundhog Day, and it was a ridiculous adventure. Punxsutawney is a pretty small town (around 6,000 residents), but around 25,000 […]

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. Ps. 36:9 InYourLight.mp3 (warning: may not be a very good song. contains the lyric “i’m a crusty dog turd.”)