Darah is a very happy child. A very VERY happy child. Everything is wonderful. Everything is the best. And she loves everything and everybody. Do you remember the episode of Friends when Alec Baldwin played Parker, Phoebe’s overly optimistic date. Parker was amazingly impressed by everything he saw, going so far as to say that [...]
This spring we got a new roof on our house. Since then it really hasn’t rained much (not a drop in the past two months). Yesterday it rained hard and consistently and we learned the hard way that the roofers screwed up badly in one section of our new roof. Where our garage roof butts [...]
Going along with Wednesday night’s sky-related post, here’s a funny photo I found on the web.
Maegan and I saw a flying space ship tonight! The International Space Station (ISS) is wider than the length of a football field. It is the largest artificial satellite currently orbiting the Earth and can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Thanks to a friend’s Facebook post a few days ago, we [...]
This is Maegan photobombing a shot of her baby sister on the floor in 2007. This is my sister Amy photobombing a shot of her baby brother (me) on the floor in 1972.
Today is September 11th. Nearly all Americans are remembering those lost on this day in 2001. But in Plattsburgh, New York this day also marks the 196th anniversary of The Battle of Plattsburgh, a monumental turning point in the War of 1812 and the greatest naval victory in American history to that point. Most people [...]
As part of the overall Communications curriculum, I took a course in college on Argumentation and Reasoning. I don’t remember much else about the course but I do remember liking the breakdown of different types of false arguments. Ever since, I’ve come across countless instances where I’ve recognized different types of false arguments being made. [...]
Do you have the latest Google Chrome browser installed? If so, set aside ten minutes of your time and visit The Wilderness Downtown using Chrome. It’s pretty impressive what the creators of this website have done with HTML5, but you really have to see it for yourself. Without giving too much away, you start off [...]