Sara and I are planning our vacation. We're planning on going to 1) Brendan's graduation in Moberly, MO. Then 2) we're heading up to Kirksville to see some friends we knew from Campus Christian Fellowship. Then we're heading to 3) Kearney, NE, to see… more »

Okay, I know, many of you want to string me up after merely reading the title of this post. Let me explain: I'm a jerk. I'm cynical and somewhat of a music snob. In no way have I or would I ever pretend to be able to write a worship song, or any song… more »

First, let me apologize for the lack of posts the past two weeks. See number 5 for an explanation. 5. Dawson's Creek While TiVo and Dawson's were the subjects of my last post, I feel I must bring them up again. For the past two weeks, my part-time… more »

If you haven't yet, check out the comments on my Passion of the Christ post. And you may as well give your opinion, too. more »

="http://brendoman.com/images/danny/tolkiengreektn.jpg" width="187" height="35" alt="One Ring" border="0"> When I was taking ancient Greek at Truman I did this just for fun. I translated the One Ring poem at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings into… more »

Yesterday I finally got to go snagging. Gerald, Matthew and David took me down to Warsaw, MO, and showed me how it's done. If you've never been snagging before, here's the story: The spoonbill (aka paddlefish, aka Polyodon Spathula) hangs around at… more »

Today Emma and I spent the day together. We went to Don's TV and Appliance, Ethan's Auto Care, Sonic, Famous Footwear, Best Buy, some craft shop, Office Max, Famous Footwear again, Petco, and Wal-mart. We didn't buy much. We spent some time playing… more »

Today has started out much better than yesterday did. This morning Emma wanted to go into her room and play with a baby doll. She was smiling and talking, which is more than she's done since last Friday. She's eating a bit now and approaching 48… more »

I'm ready to break something right now. When I cancelled my DishNetwork service the nice lady told me that I had no contract and so there would be no penalty for cancelling, except that I wouldn't receive any more credits on my bill for the equipment… more »