Group Shot – Kindness of Strangers Originally uploaded by MelbGuy. This picture was taken by a kind stranger who saw our attempts at a self-timer shot, and offered to take a picture for us. Left to right (clockwise): Jonas, Travis, Ian, Bobby, Josh, James (me), Chris, Bosley, Colby, Skylar, Caleb, Dawson. This is my new… Continue reading
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Group Shot # 1 – Camping 2006
Group Shot – Self Timer Originally uploaded by MelbGuy. Chris, I and the boyz (Bosley and Colby) have just returned from a weekend camping trip in Oklahoma. We had to do the obligatory group shot on the last day (this morning) on one of the trails traveled over the weekend. This shot is a self… Continue reading
James @ Dog Park
James @ Dog Park Originally uploaded by MelbGuy. Chris was camera happy today, so he snapped a bunch of pictures, including this one. There are others of the boyz enjoying themselves at the park. After the dog park, Bobby, Ian and Jonas came over for dinner, and we cooked kebabs with a wedge salad. It… Continue reading
NPR Moments – April 7
This story from NPR’s All Things Considered discusses the conservative black clergy getting all excited from the pulpitt. Also during ATC, there was this story about Judas Iscariot’s gospel that has recently been translated.
Happy Birthday Colby
Colby turns five today!
An Honorable Mention
At the 2006 TJCSGA State Conference, the General Assembly awarded me with a huge honor, an honorary lifetime membership to the organization. The TJCSGA Constitution states that an “honorary membership may be granted to individuals who have rendered distinguished service to the TJCSGA.” Given the other two recipients, I am extremely humbled by this award.… Continue reading
Bye Bye Tom
It seems that Mr. Delay may have seen the writing on the wall. I’ve just seen the following headline from the New York Times: “DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Officials Report”, and reports indicate that Delay has “decided not to try to hold on to his House seat as he faced the possibility of… Continue reading
Quick News Update
Tired, tired, tired… More to report in another post, especially after a very low blogging week. Made two presentations at the TJCSGA State Conference that is happening in Fort Worth (both went well). Was suprised to have an TJCSGA honorary membership bestowed on myself at this year’s convention, along with two other individuals (Cal Pifer… Continue reading
Living Web
In the latest edition of Newsweek (April 3, 2006), there is a story titled “The New Wisdom of The Web” by Steven Levy and Brad Stone. In this story, a number of new startups are discussed, and how they are changing the way the web impacts our lives. New online services like MySpace (Rupert Murdoch… Continue reading