I wanted to post about the fact that I was coming back to Indiana for a week, but I couldn’t.  Know why?  Because I was coming for my dad’s birthday and HE DIDN’T KNOW!  I wasn’t too sure we’d all be able to keep my visit a secret from him, but it actually worked. I [...]

Check out “The Year 2008 in Photographs” from the Boston Globe.  There are some BEAUTIFUL photos (and some disturbing ones): http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html Peace.

It’s been a lonely week here.  Ange got to go home for a very short visit as a surprise for her dad’s 60th birthday (Happy birthday, Lloyd!!!!), so I’ve been bach’ing it.  I’ve spent most of the week catching up on work stuff and missing her.  I did break away for Sunday lunch with our [...]

It’s been a while since we posted anything, so I thought I’d give a little blip.  Things continue to go well for us.  Yesterday I got to speak to about 14 14-year-olds at a youth retreat for the Catholic church in Newcastle.  It was really fun.  I just told some stories about how we got [...]

For those of you that missed it (which was not many, judging by the myriads of facebook wall-posters), I turned 28 yesterday.  One of the first things that my lovely bride said to me that morning was: “Wow, you’re just firmly in the late-twenties now.  I mean, 27 is kind of on the line, but [...]