Christmas brought a few additions to my bookshelf. The first four books above came from my mother-in-law. She printed off the list of Top 20 Geek Novels that I posted about a month ago, took it to the bookstore and bought me some from the list that I… more »

Last night while I was posting obituaries on AdrianJournal.com I started thinking about how expensive a funeral is. I think the casket itself can get into the thousands pretty easily. All that for a box you see for a few hours then bury in the ground.… more »

Emma has been learning more about computers lately. She can handle a mouse and navigate through several different kids' websites, playing flash games and watching cartoons. She can also use bookmarks and the back button in the browser, which puts her… more »

Since every one else is doing it, I'm going to post ten random songs from my iTunes library. I've been working on importing my cd collection into iTunes, complete with album art, so I think I'm finally ready to try this. I'm just going to click on… more »

I posted a report of the game night at BoardGameGeek.com: October 29 Game Night more »

This Saturday, October 29, 2005, at 8 pm we're going to play some games at my house. If you want to come, RSVP with a comment or an email. Matt K. has some new games we'll be trying out: Ticket to Ride Europe, Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan Seafarers… more »

I've posted a report from our game night last night: Game Night: 10-8-05 more »

I'm experimenting with YouTube's embedded video player. Click on the play button to start the video. I've also added a tab at the top of the page called 'Videos'. Click on it to get a list of my videos (also embedded from YouTube.com). I really like… more »

I finished a new home video: Emma 3 1/2, and I've added it to my youtube.com videos. Or, if you want a higher quality version, you can download this file (Requires Quicktime 7). more »

I put iTunes on Party Shuffle, and these are the first ten songs that came up. 1. Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Episode 9 - Douglas Adams 2. Women and Men - They Might Be Giants 3. Not Even Jail - Interpol 4. Awake My Soul - Derek Webb 5.… more »