• Life @ Home

    Mootify

    I think the word “mootify” should exist, as in “to make moot.” A sentence: “However, perhaps that would mootify the point you’re trying to make.” Thoughts late in the day, reading a book…

  • Adventure,  Backpacking,  Technobabble

    Bring out the GIMP!

    That’s right, I like GIMP—the GNU Image Manipulation Program, that is. It’s basically Photoshop® without the cost. Actually, the fine developers working on GIMP wouldn’t really like that description, but now you know…

  • Dinner,  Food,  Life @ Home,  Traveling

    Dateline: Toronto

    It’s your intrepid reporter, checking in from Toronto. I’m staying at the Fairmont York Hotel downtown. It’s not the nicest or least nice room I’ve ever been in (no mildew and the elevator…

  • Life @ Home

    Taco Supreme

    Some of you may already know this, but I was forced to buy a new car after graduation so that Jess, her brother Matt, her roommate Laura, and I could drive down to…

  • Life @ Home,  Traveling

    Tampa in August

    Grandpa Paul (Jess’s paternal grandfather) and Grandma Joann (actually Josephine) both had birthdays this year. Actually, I’m pretty sure they’ve both had birthdays every year for quite some time, but this year Grandpa…