It takes about three weeks, but every year the students notice that I have quite a few ties (I don’t have as many as Brad, but I also don’t kill bunnies with shovels). I have a little over a hundred, but only wear about 90 of them which is just about exactly half a school [...]
Archive | May, 2007
Dirt Bag
May 30, 2007
My brother Mark and his wife, Rachel, are going to be spending Sunday night with us – hooray! However, Rachel is allergic to cats, and thanks to Pfennig the Wonder Shedder, this is a terrible house for her. Long ago when our friend Deborah (also very allergic) used to stay with us while taking classes at [...]
For my Mom
May 29, 2007
We’ve already established that Lloyd and I have no gardening skills. No green thumbs here, just Black Death thumbs. The only thing I can reliably grow inside is a philadendron, because they’re really, really, really hard to kill. In the great outdoors, I only plant impatiens. Partly because I can remember their name, and partly because they’re [...]
Ian and Vesty
May 29, 2007
On Sunday our friends the Kolliparas came for church, and afterwards we hung out here with the Pesters. (Stephannie brought all the food!) Ian – their oldest son – brought along ‘Vesty’ and told me how he took him to school along with the little book, “The Story of Vesty”. (Brad, you’ll appreciate this, because I [...]
Geek Humor
May 27, 2007
So, it looks like Lauren isn’t going to post anything today, so I’ll post a comic that I saw recently. This guy is really really really funny, but his references are geeky. About half of the comics are only really funny if you know something about one or more of Math, Physics and/or Computers. You [...]
Successful Caper – check!
May 26, 2007
First of all, Happy Birthday to Annette!!! Call me if you read this! (Frontier has little screens in the headrest ahead of you. Cool!) Well, it’s done. I figure I’m good for one grand gesture per person, and this was Deborah’s! (If I haven’t done a grand gesture for you yet, or if you’ve forgotten [...]


May 31, 2007
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