Tuesday June 9th, we had a flood in our condo. At about 9:00pm, the unit above us had a water line in the kitchen break, and within minutes water was raining down into our kitchen and living room. Panic ensued and for the next couple hours we tried desperately to get the water turned off. [...]

Cry Baby by Jon Bradley Photography I recently read the story of Kristin Cronin. She was a 14 year old teenage girl who died in her parents’ arms – 2 days after saying she didn’t feel well. The last words to her parents before she passed away, “Daddy help me”. My heart broke when I [...]

One thing that adds peace to my life is a working computer. A couple days ago, while working, I noticed the default zip/unzip functionality in Windows XP was completely missing. I couldn’t unzip a package I had downloaded, and there was no “Send To Zip” under the right click menu. After some research, here’s what [...]

Like a record… by shoothead While there’s no silver bullet for having fun, and each person is different, I am always looking for what produces the best chances of success in something, be that peace, purpose, working hard or having fun. Today, I wanted to simply think about the key factors that produce the highest [...]

Joe’s Dollar by Thomas Hawk This is a question I ask myself often – and too often, the answer is money. One thing (along with the many) I think we realize as we get older, is the importance of doing things for love. Playing with our kids, volunteering, helping, spending time with our friends and [...]