Last night I was in a bathroom where the toilet was just sitting out in the middle of the room. It was a fairly large room. I, um, had to go number 2, so I did, and, having experience with this particular toilet’s definition of the word “flush”, I flushed before I wiped. As I [...]

Orson Scott Card on parenting

Just remembered something from the move that I’d almost forgotten. I’m sure you’ve heard it said that it’s impossible to tickle yourself. Now I’m not so sure. My daughter and I were sitting on the couch. She picked up one of her feet, and lightly touched the bottom of it. “Hee hee!” she laughed, as [...]

Sinfest is a web comic I always forget to check for a few months at a time. Since it’s a daily comic, I have a lot of catching up to do when I remember it. Here’s a few I liked since the beginning of the year (some of these titles are the official title, others [...]

Most of the time I neglect the blog because I’m lazy. The past couple of weeks I have a real excuse: I was moving and my computer was either packed away in boxes and/or Qwest screwed up connecting our internet phone service. Twice. And I had to rewire a phone jack. In the meantime I’ve [...]

I mean aside from moving. Screw moving, let’s talk about what’s really important: Photography. I’ve been editing less, and shooting more, mainly because I’m going through an editing dry spell. I can’t get the photos I edit to look right so I’ve given up editing photos for the past couple of weeks. If you can’t [...]

My friend Steve Gigl posted about the Ty Coughlin scam over at his blog, and he does a pretty good job of tearing it apart. I have only one thing to add: every time I hear those damn commercials I turn off the radio and just listen to a podcast instead. I don’t care what [...]