Monthly Archives: May 2008

I’m headed on vacation, taking the family to the beach, checking out Legoland, driving long distances, sleeping on floors, dragging around bags, eating greasy food, using public restrooms, showering in unfamiliar places, spending gobs and gobs and gobs of money… … Continue reading →

A friend of mine runs a fitness blog, and she is giving away some prizes for those who get in shape. So, if June is finding you with a few extra pounds, and you plan on swimming any time soon … Continue reading →

First there was the six degrees of separation (the notion that if a person is one step away from each person he or she knows and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people … Continue reading →

That’s right. I didn’t become famous when I wrote two books and got them published, but I’m famous now. If you happen to be scrolling around Northern Utah on Google Maps, and find yourself looking at ATK Thiokol, and then … Continue reading →

I used to work with a guy. He was an outdoorsy type. I once saw him reach into some plants that were marked ‘poison oak’. He grabbed a handful and showed me that the plants weren’t in fact poison oak, … Continue reading →

If you’ve always wanted to build a web site, but you’ve felt like it was too complicated, you no longer have an excuse. Google sites is now open to everybody. Read, watch, create.

Chapter five is up…

I remember very clearly sitting in an upper level polysci class as a senior. The professor proudly told us that we would forget 95 percent of the information he would teach us over the semester, and the other 5 percent … Continue reading →

Finished chapter 3. You can listen to it, if you’re so inclined, over at http://thesupertrio.com Incidentally, I happened to stop by http://supertrio.com, and noticed it was for sale. Somebody has registered the address, and is trying to sell it. Since … Continue reading →

A post over at Shakes Explains it All reminded me of a small series of essays I wrote last year on why our family does homeschool. I don’t think homeschooling is the right choice for everybody, but our family enjoys … Continue reading →