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Month: November, 2006

book review vol. eight: Freakonomics

I’ve known for a while that I enjoy learning, but until recently I thought I only enjoyed learning about certain things, things that I found pertinent to my life and the lives of those for whom I care. Then I read Freakonomics and realized that my limited set of information that I strive to know [...]

Good News!

Since today is Black Friday and I survived it (praise God) I’d like to share something with you that I planned on sharing even if I hadn’t survived the madness that is retail on the day after Thanksgiving: Andrew Peterson. If you are ready to have your mind literally explode for lack of other options [...]

The Thanksgiving Hun-derd!

I decided that for this year’s Thanksgiving post that I’d do something a little different — not that there have necessarily been any Thanksgiving posts in the past. I’ve decided to list one hundred people for which I am thankful. These names will be in no particular order, so if your name is the first [...]

is that a joke?

The weather has been extremely pleasant the past couple of weeks (save a couple of wet days), which has allowed me to do something I enjoy: ride my bike. I’m not exactly in riding distance to any trails, so I settle for using my bike a means of transportation to places like the grocery store [...]

fireplace: before and after

I’d like to thank Tony Green for the “f”, the vase, and the giant white Lego leaves. I’d also like to open up the comment section as a safe place to discuss your thoughts on our fireplace.

book store thoughts

I love bookstores. Half-Priced Books, Barnes and Nobles, Borders, you name it, and I probably like it – unless it’s a comic book store. I love that you can go into a book store in any city of America and feel like you’ve been there before (once you find a book, an empty chair, and [...]

Happy Yesterday

Those of you who are my parents, or who have a facebook account, know that yesterday was my birthday. Those of you who are on facebook know that this picture is of the facebook guy. Mark Zucherburger or something. Smart cat. But this post isn’t exactly about facebook, nor is it entirely about my birthday. [...]

doggie days

Here is a picture of me and Hershey. Hershey is a yorkie that belongs to the Olivers, the family that birthed, raised, and currently claims me. My parents usually keep him, but due to their recent travels he has been staying with us at the apartment. Isn’t he cute?
Well the answer is, it depends. He’s [...]

an RSS how-to that you don’t want to miss

I had been thinking about doing a post about rss (are-ess-esse) feeds the past few days, then I saw the Super’s did one already. However mine will take a different approach. Read his to see what RSS feeds are… go… read…
In short, RSS will help you keep up with all your blogs without having to [...]