This has been a very enjoyable summer. It's been crammed full of various activities and occurrences. Too many to list here. Unfortunately I didn't keep a good log of events on the blog, but things were happening all the time and in rapid succession. W… more »

Yes, I'm a couple weeks into vacation and this is my first post. We've been keeping busy around here. We took a road trip to Las Vegas with the girls. We stayed at The Mirage. It was incredibly hot and finding affordable, accessible food was an issue. Bu… more »

My wife is amazing. She is amazing in many many ways, but I want to focus on one area in particular. My wife can plan an event or a party like no one else I have ever met. Me, I can't party plan myself out of a paper bag. But not only is my wife reall… more »

I liked this quote from John Adams, writing about how some in the colonies were expecting a peace delegation to come from England to help bring reconciliation: "The Ministry have caught the colonies as I have often caught a horse, by holding an empty hat… more »

The other day I spent 15 minutes on the phone taking an "educational survey". The results will doubtless be in the headlines sometime in the future. "Research Shows Teachers Are Weirdos". I don't know why I agreed to do it. Phone surveys are not my thing… more »