June 2007
Just Trying To Support My Family
The story presented here may strike you as one of manly conquest, involving as it does the use of power tools, bending of metal and some rudimentary mechanical engineering. But I feel it’s a more universal tale of general human problem-solving, akin to fashioning arrowheads, traversing land bridges and hand-crafting corndogs. Let us hope it [...]
Read more >>Just Trying To Support My Family
The story presented here may strike you as one of manly conquest, involving as it does the use of power tools, bending of metal and some rudimentary mechanical engineering. But I feel it’s a more universal tale of general human problem-solving, akin to fashioning arrowheads, traversing land bridges and hand-crafting corndogs. Let us hope it [...]
Read more >>Just Trying To Support My Family
The story presented here may strike you as one of manly conquest, involving as it does the use of power tools, bending of metal and some rudimentary mechanical engineering. But I feel it’s a more universal tale of general human problem-solving, akin to fashioning arrowheads, traversing land bridges and hand-crafting corndogs. Let us hope it [...]
Read more >>Fuzzy Pacifism
Babies Smack Cats Originally uploaded by This Guy Colin
Our friend Maria’s daughter Ally came over the other day. She loves dogs — has a dog, who we later watched joyously jump into a pool over and over again to retrieve a toy — but this was [...]
Some Mores
Man, I really wish I was posting here more often. I did that thing, (you know this thing?) where you think of an idea for a post, and it’s a really good idea — at least, *you* think it’s a really good idea — but because it’s such a good idea you decide to spend [...]
Read more >>Some Mores
Man, I really wish I was posting here more often. I did that thing, (you know this thing?) where you think of an idea for a post, and it’s a really good idea — at least, *you* think it’s a really good idea — but because it’s such a good idea you decide to spend [...]
Read more >>Some Mores
Man, I really wish I was posting here more often. I did that thing, (you know this thing?) where you think of an idea for a post, and it’s a really good idea — at least, *you* think it’s a really good idea — but because it’s such a good idea you decide to spend [...]
Read more >>Willie Says It Better
Well, the HOW Conference is all going on in Atlanta, and I’m temporarily Lopeless.
Seeing that there reminds me of the lame joke I *could* make, but won’t… (you know, “Penniless,” ha ha) and it also reminds me of the actually-pretty-funny Dilbert joke where he finds a wallet on the ground and the ID inside [...]
On This Day In History
-Something interesting happened, surely.
But what I’m more excited about telling you has to do with the Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel, in Oconee County, SC.
I just found out today — by way of writing an article for The Nature Conservancy, who is trying to preserve the area around the mountain — that a thousand feet of granite [...]
Back Home Again In Indiana
Natalie, Geraldo, Vince and Eddie Originally uploaded by This Guy Colin
Lope and I (and Tom, and Vince) drove back to the Hoosier State for Memorial Day weekend to see all our friends and family. Now that we’ve been back in SC for a few days, I [...]

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