The only difference between running away from something, or running toward something…
… is if you look back.

One of the side effects of parenting a toddler is that you end up watching a lot of cartoons.  On our last long car trip, my daughter was watching Disney’s Aladdin.  While I couldn’t see the screen, I listened as we drove.  I caught myself analyzing the characters, specifically the details of the mind and […]

(if you don’t know, Utah is voting on a bill that would provide “vouchers” — tax breaks to parents who move their children to private schools)
I have seen a bunch of commercials about this, pushing both sides, but you know how commercials are… Neither side gave any information.  I bounced around on the internet reading bits […]

So, I finally set up my own domain.  I couldn’t find the good old theme, I don’t love the one I’m in now… so don’t be surprised if I change outfits a few times till I find a comfy fit.
 Anyway, if you’ve been getting here from my wordpress hosted blog, go ahead and update your […]

My wife is 9 months pregnant, and she had a rough weekend, her stomach has been hurting her, and she had odd irregular contractions.  So she got online to look up some information about false labor.  One of the sites had a caveat to the effect “True labor ends with childbirth.  Therefore once you have […]

I don’t care what they tell you.  Life is not random. 
Life bunches up on you.   It will come at you in patches and bursts.  You’ll spring for pizza on a thursday night, then someone will bring pizza to work on Friday, and you’ll visit your parents on Saturday, who will offer you some pizza.
Next, a […]

The obvious choice is that you will run whatever connectors you have.  You can’t easily convert one to the other.   But, if you have a choice here are some guidelines. 
Over short runs in your entertainment center, you probably will not be able to see much of a difference (at least I can’t) Both are high definition connections, capable of 480i, […]

 We had a conversation at work about some things that are cool, but don’t know how anyone figured it out.
An example I saw demonstrated by an old roommate, Riley:

Take a heavy glass tumbler, and flip it upside down (it’s recommended that you start with an empty glass, but at this point it doesn’t really matter)
Using […]

(I couldn’t think of a good antonym for manipulator)
So, maybe I was a little too quick to pull out my cynical side.   
It had been a long week, and when I got home from work yesterday, I just sprawled out on the couch.  I was lying there with my eyes closed, not yet asleep, and my […]

I have a 16 month old daughter Julia.  She doesn’t like to go to bed.  The other night, my wife Emily was trying to put her to bed.  We have tried to teach Julia a little baby sign language, and it has really helped her to communicate early with us, so you get a window into the […]