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Archive for August, 2009

August 29, 2009

Creating a Collage with the Kids

I usually work weekends, and that has been very frustrating for me since during the summer, my kids are in a summer program during the week.  This means that if I want to spend any time with them at all, it has to be during the weekend, so I have been missing out.
But somehow I [...]

August 27, 2009

Up Late Working on My Website

I can’t believe how up late I am tonight — I got carried away working on my website, and completely lost track of time.  I’ve been like this ever since I discovered unix hosting — there’s so much to learn, and so much satisfaction from coding something in HTML and having it turn out the [...]

August 26, 2009

Tough Love

My son just keeps getting in trouble. The first big one was when he was 12. He got caught stealing. And things didn’t get better after that. When he was 15, the police brought him home drunk. Last year when he was 17 he got caught with drugs. It has been a challenge. And now [...]

August 22, 2009

Business Names and Popular Places

There are some places that are so popular that everyone knows about them. I’m not just talking about famous places. I’m talking about places that have been promoted so heavily that even people who haven’t gone there are familiar with the location. For example, I’ve never been to Queen Creek Casino but I know the [...]

August 16, 2009

Cleaning my Closet

Cleaning my closet is no easy task especially when I have a stack of university diploma frames in it.