Late last night, I was reminded that it was the 10th anniversary of The Office (U.S.) second season finale, which aired on May 11, 2006. So I watched the episode again, and ten years later, despite knowing what else happens in the rest of the series), “Casino Night” still holds up as my favorite single […]
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Announcements
Blogging has obviously been a lower priority for me lately, but I’m still around. Follow me on Twitter (@jfw3i) if you’re interested in reading more. The shorter updates have suited me, since I’ve had other pursuits taking up more and more of my time: longer hours at work, and (last year) teaching Sunday School every […]
Same blog, new host
November historically has been the time of year when I have to re-evaluate whether I really need a web hosting provider at all. There are plenty of good free blogging services, so I’ve finally made the jump from a hosted WordPress.org blog to WordPress.com. You’ll have to sign up again to comment (a regular WP.com […]
Amazon.com knows me too well
This morning, I got a recommendation from Amazon.com, which of course is not unusual in and of itself. Except for the fact that the recommendation is about the doctrine of atonement and is based on “customers who have purchased or rated books by Ron Shandler,” who writes the Baseball Forecaster, which I have purchased in […]
New England Vacation 2010
Melissa and I just got back on Saturday from a week touring the northeast. It was a lot of driving, but still a fun trip. Among our stops: Steamtown Mall (Scranton, PA) Freedom Trail (historic sites in Boston, MA) Prudential Tower (Boston, MA) Fenway Park (Boston, MA) for the 6/20 Dodgers-Red Sox game At least […]
Giving Twitter a shot
I created a Twitter account a while back to follow a few people I know, but I never really got into it myself because of Facebook. I’m going to give it another go-round, and this time I’m not protecting my tweets. Follow me at @jfw3i if you’re so inclined. You’ll get updates every time I […]
CauseWorld: Make your shopping count
I’m back from the dead again, I know. I thought I’d use this platform, for whatever it’s worth, to mention a new app that’s been released for iPhone and Android. It’s called CauseWorld, and here’s the basic premise: Corporations pledge to donate money to charities based on your shopping visits to certain stores. You don’t […]
Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
It’s been nearly three years since the first new studio album from Switchfoot, but Hello Hurricane finally came out this week. They’ve been busy touring, recording, dropping their record label, and working on side projects. Frontman Jon Foreman released a series of solo albums for each season between 2007 and 2008, and he and Nickel […]
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 […]
Getting your baseball fix on an iPhone: Introduction
When your blog’s readership is as small and focused as mine, you start to wonder if anything of “general interest” is really worth posting amidst the glut of specific-interest content. It’s a good thing I like writing anyway, because I’m throwing caution to the wind and doing a “general interest” series with only a slight […]
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