Is this thing still here? I totally have been neglecting it. I know. But it comes from a different time in my life, I feel. Am I past the blogging age? I don’t know. It could be that my life is just supremely boring right now. Or I am busy. Or lazy. Or some combination [...]
As promised, a year end letter. But as I have mentioned in the past, it is getting harder and harder to write these things. I did the “completely absurd” a couple of times, but you can really only go so far with those. And then I tried sort of a mix, and that kind of [...]
So I haven’t posted since regionals, but there is a good reason. I’ve been getting ready to get married, and now I am. And to be honest, it doesn’t really feel that different than before I was married. But that is probably a good thing, because I was happy then, and I am happy now. [...]
I am on vacation right now in Lake Tahoe. Right now I have a couple of thoughts about it. One, the area is really pretty. Two, it is high up and it makes it really hard for me to breathe. I’ve been having a hard time for the last couple of days, which isn’t a [...]
Happy Birthday, Charley! Can’t wait for the dog park tomorrow. The rain better stay away.
Believe it or not, my house is whole once again. (If you ignore the kitchen, which I am.) I have a functioning bathroom, that is amazing and beautiful. The biggest thanks go to my parents, for financing such a large part of it. Kelly and I are deeply, deeply grateful. And then I also have [...]
So as of Thursday morning, Kelly and I are engaged. To be married. And a very strange thing is happening. People keep telling her congratulations and I want to be like “You know, she is getting married to me, right?”
Greetings all, and Happy New Year, almost. What is there to say about a year like 2009? If you’ve been following my letters, you know that for the first few years I tried to be as ridiculous as possible, mocking what seems to be the traditional end of year letter where people whine and moan [...]
I hope that everyone out there had a lovely Christmas. I certainly did. I got lots of lovely presents, and spent the whole day hanging out with my family and eating way too much food. So that seems like a pretty good day. This year, as opposed to previous years, I am writing a New [...]
It was requested, and here it is. The text of the wedding speech, for those that couldn’t make it, and didn’t watch the video. Wedding Speech
Happy Birthday, Phil! We all miss you and can’t wait to see you next week!
As many of you know, this weekend was July 4th weekend. And what is the most American thing to do to celebrate our independence? Why shooting off fireworks, of course. Drunkenness can be included, if you so wish, but that greatly increases the chances of getting blown up by said fireworks. So being good American’s, [...]
As three of you may know, Father’s Day and Abby’s birthday are both coming up. And you know what that means? Buying presents for people that are impossible to buy presents for. And Abby’s birthday is especially important this year, because she claims that last year I did not get her a birthday present. I [...]
Ever since Kelly came around, there has been a disease that has slowly been affecting our family. I’m gonna call it “dog disease”. Before Kelly, our family was not made up of dog people. In fact, we were decidedly anti-dog. Even more in fact, for the longest time, we were anti-pet people, due to Phil’s [...]
I know that I haven’t written much on here lately. I’ve been kind of busy, and so it doesn’t always cross my mind to come on here and entertain my throngs of adoring fans. But since I’m here, some entertainment is in order. Perhaps you’d like to know about some of these things that have [...]
I planned my next trip to California, this time for a week in July. Nothing silly about that, you say. Ahh, but if you remember, I’m the guy who likes to plan his trips based around the interestingness of the airplane, not the schedule or price or anything like that. Well this time I got [...]
I don’t know how much I’m at liberty to say, but today could be viewed as a somewhat big day. So I’d like to say congrats to all of those involved! Everyone else, sorry for the mystery. But that is fun, right?
I’m leaving Friday to visit California again. I’m really excited, but I’m not really sure what I’m going to do. Last time I was out there, I’m pretty sure that I did everything there is to do. We went to the computer history museum. We went to the airplane museum. We ate Indian food. So [...]
So my brother is getting married. And I’m in charge of the bachelor’s party. Well, me and two of his friends, Chris and Mateo. And as hard as this is to believe, I’m the most restrained. Anyway, it is sorta my job to come up with things to do. And these have to be things [...]