Entries from February 2008

February 25, 2008

Beginner’s Greek by James Collins

Prior to picking up “Beginner’s Greek”, I had hit a dry spell with reading.  I had gotten caught up with life, and whatever free time I had was spent on the computer…not curled up with a book.  Wanting to remedy the situation, and not finding the motivation on my bookshelves, I decided a trip to [...]

February 22, 2008

Shifting Focus

After the most recent school shooting I promised myself I would not comment. I have come to believe that the more attention a violent situation such as a shooting is given the greater chance that another similar event will occur. Sadly, there seems to be a small group of individuals out there that [...]

February 19, 2008

Heads or Tails: The Letter P

This week’s edition of Heads or Tails is focused on the letter P.  I have been busy cleaning and organizing my room the last few days and today I happened to come across a poem that I penned back in middle school.
Hope you enjoy!
Hope is…
believing in something or someone
Relief when a long journey is over [...]

February 17, 2008

The Sock Mystery: Solved

It all started with a pile of laundry. It had grown to an alarming proportion and with a heavy heart I hefted the basket and headed to the basement. I hated doing laundry, hated it, hated it, hated it. I could think of a million chores that I would rather do, bar [...]

February 14, 2008

Housekeeping, Baseball, and NPR

*I have quite a few awards to pass along. I promise one day soon I will do that.
*I haven’t felt much like blogging lately. I’ve been writing everyday, just not on here. Most of the stuff that’s going on in my life is pretty boring and I just don’t feel like subjecting [...]

February 13, 2008

The Bank of Silver

I’m thinking that maybe I should go into the loan business, at least amongst my family.  See, ever since I can remember my parents came to me when they needed a little extra cash to cover one thing or another…I even lent them money to go towards my Dad’s truck a few summers back.
Now that [...]

February 12, 2008

Heads or Tails: Love

This week’s Heads or Tails topic at Skittle’s Place is “Love”.  Now, I’m not really a huge fan of the topic…especially at this time of the year when everywhere you turn the subject is getting shoved down your throat.  However, I will be a good sport and post a video of my favorite Love song.
U2-All [...]

February 10, 2008

Back online

Funnily enough, our internet just magically started working properly last night.  I was on the computer typing an email (Gmail was actually working during the whole ordeal)…I was attempting to download some programs via Google Updater and I just happened to check it’s status (last time I had checked, I was on the third update [...]

February 9, 2008

Our internet is even more messed up than I had originally thought. Right now we’ve just got a burst of service…but I really have no idea how long it’ll last. Besides that, I have work in a little while and will be working all day tomorrow as well…
No clue when I’ll be online [...]

February 8, 2008

Doctors

I got home a little while ago from the eye doctor.  As I suspected, I needed a stronger prescription but other wise my eyes are healthy.  I saw a new doctor today, he was quite nice…in personality and not so bad on the eyes either.  I would definitely go back to him if I was [...]