c-bus weekend

i’m sitting in the business center in the hilton at easton, in columbus ohio. i’ve been here since thursday evening with my in-laws, enjoying comfortable sheets, free soft-drinks, and the wonderful swimming pool.
thursday afternoon, about fourteen of us peeps came down to c-bus from marion to watch the fireworks of “red white and boom!” […]

whatnot and the such

my internet situation has not been ideal over the past several days. it was extremely slow here at the house, due to a big storm that came through late last week. and at my office, the internet was completely down…thanks to the same storm. so this post - my first in four […]

summertime thursday

last week at summertime thursday, we talked about growing up and realizing that some of the stuff that fit you all your life doesn’t fit anymore. for a long time, you were either adopting or rebelling against what your parents, coaches, teachers, or other role-models believed. eventually though, we’ve all got to take […]

muffin top challenge

yo yo yo. sorry to post so late in the day: normally i post the muffin top updates early sunday morning. you didn’t miss much.
original weight: 213
last weigh-in: 211.8
current weight: 213
gretchen told me i’m not taking this seriously enough, and she’s right. i’m serious about wanting to be healthier, but i make […]

burgers, bolts (of lightning) and balderdash

well, we had a cook-out-eat-in tonight. lots of rain, lots of left-over hamburgers, eleven people (fewer than we would’ve had without the rain, but more than i thought would come in spite of the rain), and about an hour and a half of balderdash. not a bad evening.

if you didn’t see the […]

my wife the theologian

spent some time on the phone with the irs this morning. discovered yet another wrinkle in the “what happened over the last year” story. griped about it to gretchen on my way out the door to work. just got this email from my wife.
we are healthy. we have a beautiful daughter. we […]