September 30, 2004 Thursday
It's my birthday and I'll write one sentence if I want to....
September 29, 2004 Wednesday
I finished listening to my first Stuart Woods book today. For some reason I didn't have the last twenty minutes or so. I have to say that I didn't really miss them. There was only one way for the silly...
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September 28, 2004 Tuesday
Photographers came to the kids' daycare a few weeks back. I'm not sure why Kevin's spiked hair got combed down, but the picture is pretty cute anyway. They both have expressions approximating smiles which is probably all we can...
September 27, 2004 Monday
Thursday is my birthday. Kevin's birthday isn't for another two months, but he's been adding to his wish list since July. My wife wants to know what I want that she can get for me. I very provided her with...
September 26, 2004 Sunday
My parents came over from Houston on Thursday after work. On Friday they got up with us, but while I went to work and Lex and Maddie went to school, they took Kevin to Austin for the only Texas...
September 25, 2004 Saturday
The winds were up a bit this morning when Dad, Kevin, and I hit the golf course. Dad gave me his tri-color Cheetah which was the first disc I threw today. It landed quite near the basket and made for...
September 24, 2004 Friday
One of the lady deacons felt called to start a regularly meeting group of women in the church. They met a couple of months at her house. Last time they decided to rotate the meeting place around to different houses....
September 23, 2004 Thursday
On our way back from lunch, Paul called my attention to the song on the radio. It was unfamilar random metal to me, but he felt differently, "This is a good song with nice driving rhythms that's well produced and...
September 22, 2004 Wednesday
Yesterday I got the authentication changes to the smaller web app completed. I thought that I had it done before lunch. When I came back from lunch I discovered that not only did it authenticate with correct passwords, but also...
September 21, 2004 Tuesday
Lex and I spent about an hour this evening scrubbing the mildew off the siding around our front porch. We really need to paint. It can't be that hard, can it?...
September 20, 2004 Monday
I've been working on a couple of our intranet apps which were built by a couple different vendors. Specifically, the authentication and authorization portions which operate by querying unencrypted databases. These are two more sets of logins and passwords for...
September 19, 2004 Sunday
"I don't want the world, I just want your half." - "Ana Ng" They Might Be Giants The pastor told us today that it was not our responsibility to change the world. Our responsibility was to change bits of it...
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September 18, 2004 Saturday
Over dinner last night I mentioned that one of the crappiest things about being sick was that all the things that are usually relaxing and pleasurable are generally bad for the constitution. Beer and sex and fast food and playing...
September 17, 2004 Friday
Back in March I bought tickets for the Sting & Annie Lennox concert tonight. It turns out that Cyndi and Adrian got tickets too and they're taking Gordon and Jeanene. G&J's older girls are coming over to our house to...
September 16, 2004 Thursday
We had what turned out to be the third pre-meeting of the Process Improvement Committee this morning. Six weeks ago was the kickoff meeting. Three weeks ago we received some training. At today's meeting we discovered a bit about each...
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September 15, 2004 Wednesday
As I lay with Kevin after prayers tonight he said, "I want God to come in our house so monsters won't get me." He learned this important function of God from Veggie Tales. "God is Bigger than the Boogie Man"...
September 14, 2004 Tuesday
I'm starting to think about living intentionally. Seems an awful lot of effort. At the same time, wasting the only life I've got waiting for opportunities is decidedly unwise. Decisiveness. Yes. The wisdom and choosing thing. A lot of effort....
September 13, 2004 Monday
Madeline had her appointment with the doctor for her one year checkup and immunizations today. She's twenty pounds even and twenty-nine inches. This puts her right in the middle of the bell curve for length and between the twenty-fifth and...
September 12, 2004 Sunday
I didn't realize that Pravda was available in an English translation. This work was not assigned to someone with extraordinary language skills. It is a grade or two up from an automated internet translator. I guess I was still thinking...
September 11, 2004 Saturday
When you have one kid you can tag team. With two you're both on all the time. At three they tell me you shift to a zone defense. This morning I took Kevin to the library and the train store....
September 10, 2004 Friday
The strep got to me. I recognized the sore throat I had today as the same as what Lexie had on Sunday. Rather than try to survive the weekend on Motrin alone I got myself to the doctor and got...
September 9, 2004 Thursday
The National Football League starts its season tonight with a rainy day in Boston where the Colts are visiting the Patriots. I'm not sure why I prefer football to other televised sports. It sure doesn't have anything to do with...
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
Mom emailed me about the new policy and faulty crappy computer application for same which has folks at her office feeling even further devalued. I'm afraid I'm playing "compare the scars" second hand here, so I'm posting my response so...
September 7, 2004 Tuesday
Lexie's bad health grew worse. Last night she didn't sleep much. When I woke up at 5:30 she was getting out of the shower. She told me that she had already done her lesson plans for the substitute and would...
September 6, 2004 Monday
We managed to get athletic this holiday weekend. We celebrated Labor Day with sweat. Friday night we went to see Copperas Cove play at Judson. We got there about halfway through the first quarter and left right after halftime. Apparently...
September 5, 2004 Sunday
A year or so ago, I would have been pretty worried about heading to church with my guitar not having practiced for at least a couple of days. Last night I got the block put together at about 10:30. I...
September 4, 2004 Saturday
This Brother Cadfael mystery could well be summarized like the last. The author really drags out the endings. It seems these books go on about thirty pages or more after the story has ended. The characters and what's in their...
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September 3, 2004 Friday
I got a glimpse yesterday of one of the benefits of having more than one kid. The hope that they might occupy each other playing together happily is one I'll hang on to for a while. There will be...
September 2, 2004 Thursday
My parents go to bed too early. By the time I've got my kids in bed and my wits about me they're already down. So since I didn't call, I'll take the time here to say that I did think...
September 1, 2004 Wednesday
Kevin is having trouble with his "e"s. He wants to make them backwards. Actually it's a pretty great that he's writing at all. He can barely color in the lines. Tracing's going better. Neither Lexie nor I have patience for...