I was just reading about Teri Schiavo in Florida. Just for the record, so it’s written down somewhere. I do not want to be kept alive by a feeding tube for years and years. Ok, whew. Glad that is out of the way. Can someone notorize this blog please?

Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (pronounced ka ma ka vee vo olay), or Bruddah Iz, wrote a Ukulele version of somewhere over the rainbow. You might have heard it, it is in alot of movie soundtracks. Katie and I have been listening to it. The song is beautiful. Bruddah Iz weighed 1000 pounds…

The Shield is back on and, of course, it is great. Here is my quick prediction: The sting operation of the russian kingpin will yield evidence that implicated Vic and co. in on the Armenian money train robbery. ba-Bam! Love that show. I gotta work in Excel now for Katie.…

I had a dream about a work related thing. I try to keep work stuff to a minimum on the blog. After all this is a public record and you never know who is reading it. I think this somewhat limits the blog as a journal for my kids to…

Surprisingly, the Ukulele that Katie got me is pretty easy to play. My father thinks I am tone deaf, but I think my problem is more that I can not sing any notes. They are correct in my head though. Anyway, I know four chords. F, D, C, G7. And…

Katie and I just watched Napoleon Dynamite. I have to say: This is one of the most original movies I have ever seen. It was bizarre. It seems every thirty seconds, I was boggled. Great acting. Very funny and yet somewhere in the whole thing was a sweet message. I…

Last night Katie took me to Chez Panise. The downstairs restaurant, not the cafe! She also got me a ukulele! It’s hard to tune, but I think I am getting used to it. Its pretty easy to play and the kids like it. Right now, my fingers hurt and my…

I started reading From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas Friedman. It starts off in similar fashion to The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang and At the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray. My jaw continually drops when I read about the sheer brutality that people can perform. Hobbes’…

I finally finished the book. I don’t even know where to start. First of all, this book is a perfect example of why I love non-fiction. The author conducted 522 interviews. A bibliography that goes on forever. 100 pages of abbreviated notes. 1100 page opus. It was magnificent. It was…

A week or two ago Ethan and Jared were getting ready for bath, both naked. Jared jumps up and lands in Tai Kwon Do ready position and says, “HIyyyaaaa”. Ethan kicks him right in the nuts. Now, I won’t bore you with my yelling at Ethan, but the interesting thing…

So many choices of anti-virus. All of them have issues. I can’t purchase each one and try them all out. The cost is really getting silly for virus definitions. Norton Antivirus screws up every machine I put it on. Panda Platinum is pretty good, but expensive. Any advice for me?…

I took a Waliten (Its like Clariten but cheaper), but I am still sniffling and exhausted. I am so tired. I need to go get a jamba juice or something. I have been making diagrams lately for work. A guy here is asking me to adhere to BPMN (Business Process…

I am home sick today. Yuck. But on the bright side, I found this cool program called JAlbum. It creates web photo galleries from your original Jpegs. I am creating my album now, which is taking a while because I have 15 gigs worth of pictures since 2000. I love…

I hate sniffling. I feel like an idiot. My nose is like a faucet. My head is like a water balloon. I can’t concentrate. W need to go home. Katie is sick too and has an itchy thing. Jared, Matt and Ethan have had runny noses since the day they…