This has been a fairly quiet summer for us. We’ve had no huge adventures, as we’ve recently had to replace both a minivan and our home HVAC system, leaving us with very little money for substantial trips. I have, however, had the chance to take each of our children out for a day on the [...]
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Posted 30 July 2010
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Family
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Day out with Abigail in Austin: Build-a-Bear, Inception, Mini Golf, Vegetarian Eatery, and whatever else grabs our fancy. #fb # First time visit to Tacodeli. Definitely a new favorite! http://twitpic.com/27bg95 # Squee! There's a Lego store in Austin! http://twitpic.com/27bqv5 # Lego sumo! http://twitpic.com/27bt31 # Abby's got a brand new bear. (electric guitar riff.) http://twitpic.com/27by4a # [...]
Schlitterbahn day with Maggie today. Holy yipes, the place has gotten expensive! Still great fun, though. #fb # Having a very enjoyable day with Emily down in San Antonio. Thanks to Paul and Toolbox Studios for the tour and peek behind the curtain! #fb # Listening to Brave Combo in the park. Woo! http://twitpic.com/25mz9s # [...]
Ah, the blessed hour between the time I wake up and the rest of the house slips free of sleep. Quiet. Peace. A chance to read, to write, to meditate, to pray, and — a wonder! — not just hold back entropy, but to make a little progress against it. Worship by making breakfast tacos [...]
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Posted 18 July 2010
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I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords: http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/07/willow-garage-robot-fetches-beer-engineers-rejoice-video # Stupid Guy Trip 2010 commences. Port Aransas, here we come! #fb # Yeah baby! http://twitpic.com/23jw6u # It's so beautiful! http://twitpic.com/23k1r8 # I clearly need one of these for myself. http://twitpic.com/23kya0 # Made it! Seaweed windy and rainy but we're at the beach! http://twitpic.com/23lftd # "Please [...]
Posited: Church music leaders use capos *way* more than the rest of the guitar-playing public. Discuss. #fb # Frozen meals always look awesome on the package, but like they've been pooped out of a disgruntled FoodBot 3000™ when you open them up. #fb # Kathy found my bottles hidden around the house. It may be [...]
At the University where I work, there’s always a ton of Professional Development activity going on around campus, most of which is centered on training sessions for which people can register. That has always been an arduous, labor-intensive process, with real live humans handling every aspect of managing those registrations — reporting on class sizes, [...]
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