Moving

I never seem to stay put for long, do I?
I’m moving my blog again. I’m a little sorry for the inconvenience, but not so much that it trumps boredom. I feel the need to run the blog software myself again (though I’m not starting up the server at home again… I like my bandwidth just [...]

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You knew it was going to happen

In the North American Handbook for Surviving Parenthood, rule #73 states: “Never sit down in a dark room without completing a physical inspection of the seat.”
As an example, I offer you myself.
Birthday season is moving right along in the Kauffman Family Household (version 2.2.2), and yesterday we celebrated birthday #3 of the season, Adam’s third. [...]

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Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Work

Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Work – The Onion:
According to sources close to the president, Bush barely had time to rest during the four-hour visit. He first met face-to-face with several high-ranking U.S. officials, who briefed him on the situation in Washington. Bush then signed a number of documents, took a guided tour of [...]

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Adam’s favorite youtube video

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Bad salesman, BAD!

Guess what boys and girls! I had copy machine training today! Can you think of anything more exciting? Watching C-SPAN maybe?
Before I went I told some folks I knew I was leaving my shoelaces and belt behind… for my own safety. Oh, and it was everything I thought it would be. We had the [...]

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A gift of weather

Every year there’s one morning in early fall (or occasionally late summer) when I go out to my car on the way to work and notice something different. Either the air is a little dryer, cooler or both. It’s not usually a big difference; just the barest of hints, a little promise that the long [...]

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Gorillas Now ‘Critically Endangered’

Newsvine – Gorillas Now ‘Critically Endangered’
“Great apes are our closest living relatives and very special creatures,” Russ Mittermeier, head of IUCN’s Primate Specialist Group, told The Associated Press. “We could fit all the remaining great apes in the world into two or three large football stadiums. There just aren’t very many left.”
“In the last 10 [...]

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Just me and my memory

It’s more vivid today that it was last year, after five years. Numbers don’t mean much to me, other than a means to count. Five years, six years… what’s the difference besides another year?
Today is Tuesday though, which is different because it isn’t.
Six years ago this day fell on a Tuesday too. Tuesdays have a [...]

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Stoked

I was blog browsing this fine Friday evening, when I saw a link to Al Gore’s recent book at Amazon. It sparked a memory. A few months ago I got an email from Al encouraging me to check it out, but I was disappointed to find it wasn’t available in my preferred format: ebook. Curious, [...]

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Humans’ DNA Not Quite So Similar

Newsvine – Study: Humans’ DNA Not Quite So Similar
People are less alike than scientists had thought when it comes to the billions of building blocks that make up each individual’s DNA, according to a new analysis.
“Instead of 99.9 percent identical, maybe we’re only 99 percent (alike),” said J. Craig Venter, an author of the study [...]

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