It’s been over a month since I last checked in around here, but I promise I’ve been keeping busy. Busy enough not to blog, at least. I don’t have a reflective birthday post for today, either, but I suppose I’m turning 26 whether I have one or not. Time tends to pass regardless of a […]
Category: Friends/Family
An Atlanta Braves-cation
I think she still enjoyed herself, but Melissa called this past weekend a “Braves-cation.” To me, that sounds like a lot of fun, and it definitely was. She was right that our trip to Atlanta over the weekend was very Braves-centric. We only went to one game, the Friday night blowout win, but we made […]
Back from vacation, ready for a vacation from vacation
I’ve had a fun week and a half, but I’m ready to be at home for a while now. Tonight will be the first night since 3/12 that I’ve spent back-to-back nights at home and the first night in almost a week that I’ve spent back-to-back nights at the same place. I suppose I really […]
What I'm thankful for in 2008
Pretty much everyone has something to complain about these days. Most people around the world have been affected in some way by the flailing economy. Some people are very sad this time of year because the holidays always remind them of some kind of traumatic event that happened during a previous holiday season. Others hurt […]
Notes: November 14, 2008
This is a fascinating time of year for me. Not that there aren’t a lot of those times of year, but I especially love the fall season. College football is always compelling in November because of the BCS circus. I’m actually still competitive in all of my fantasy football leagues, which is a welcome change […]
Basketball Interview Challenge
The football season is barely underway, but if you’re like me, you already can’t wait for the return of college basketball. Fortunately for us, there is a fix. Longtime commenter and friend of the blog Jay Zuckerman has started an ambitious project to conduct 365 college basketball-related interviews in 365 days, and he’s calling it […]
Schedule for the week of August 25, 2008
Monday: Melissa’s birthday, no posts Tuesday night: 2008 fantasy football draft #1 (possible later post) Tuesday Wednesday: Braves Check: Is Anybody Still Watching? Edition (I didn’t think about the fact that my draft Tuesday night would get in the way of posting. I’ll try to have this up Wednesday and not go another week without […]
The Diaper List
Inspired by a recent movie called The Bucket List, my friend Brandon started referring to his own version of such a list. Unlike the stars of the movie (Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson), his list isn’t about what he wants to do before he dies (or “kicks the bucket”). Rather, he has what he calls […]
Bender and the Tower of Mystery
About a week ago, our cats received a couple of gifts from some friendly cats who were moving away. One of them was a 3-hole carpet tower that looked like it could be a lot of fun. Below is a video of Bender playing around with it, and below that are the latest pictures of […]
Cokey Catlin-Wright: ????-February 4, 2008
Tonight I realized one reason I know I’ve lived a charmed life to a certain extent. I know this because our cat Cokey died earlier tonight, and it’s perhaps the second- or third-most traumatic event in my lifetime. I’ve been very blessed, to say the least. Melissa and I inherited Cokey from a couple that […]
