Yippee! Rose is on fall break for a week, so I don't have to rush around getting her ready for school in the morning. Both kids can sleep in as late as they want, giving Dad a little time for himself in the morning ( Read more... )

It's fun to watch Rose at her dance class because I get to see the "aha" moments. When she is learning a new move or sequence, she looks like she is having seizures, or something. It seems that no amount of watching the instructor or the other students will shorten this awkward period. At some point, after trying the move a few times, something ( Read more... )

I just installed an LJ client on my palm. So far, it seems to work pretty well! Hopefully being able to compose journal entries anywhere during "down time" will help me post more often.

Monday afternoon I got fired from my non-profit, overworked, underpaid secretarial job. They have been looking for an excuse to fire me for about a year and a half. Truthfully, I would have quit this job a few months ago but I was waiting for them to fire me so I could get unemployment ( Read more... )

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A while back, I heard on NPR that there are some people objecting to Madonna singing "Live to Tell" wearing a red dress and hanging on a big mirrored cross. Not having the greatest memory, I looked up the lyrics ( Read more... )

Yesterday's fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association raised almost $80,000 for the 33 patients we serve in Tippecanoe County. It was an awesome thing to be so busy counting people's money that we didn't have a chance to add up a total until everyone was gone for the day. Thanks to
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Several years ago, I realized that 2007 will be the 700th anniversary of the fall of the Knights Templar. At that time, I thought it might be neat to do something special to commemmorate the anniversary. I just discovered that this year is even more significant ( Read more... )

Recently, I've been lurking in several discussions based on the notion of "Military Discipline". Since some of the participants in these discussions may not have any direct experience with the subject, it may prove useful to examine the foundations of this discipline. Every trainee in the modern US military is taught to observe these three ( Read more... )

Last Saturday was my dad's memorial service, styled by the family as a "celebration of life". It was good to see so many people from different parts of my father's life come together to celebrate in song and remembrance, but I’m still dealing with lingering discomfort about some parts of the service ( Read more... )