Living in northeast Oklahoma doesn't give me a lot of opportunity for short jaunts to fantastic places. If I want to go to Dallas, Texas, it's a five hour drive south. About the same distance north is Kansas City. That same distance again east or west will greet me with plenty of small towns, but … Continue reading An Iron Giant
I miss a lot about traveling. The feeling of not knowing where I'll be next week. The sense of new and unknown right outside my door. The wonder of tasting a new food or seeing something I've only seen on the page of a book. The warmth of making a new friend. I even (sometimes) … Continue reading Thanks for the Convenience
I've been waiting awhile to write about this in detail, and after yesterday's poor judgement call on my part...I feel it is time to finally face the beast. It's the number one thing I've noticed since returning home to the United States, and the one thing I'm having a hard time NOT falling back into … Continue reading World of Food
Before I go into a recently discovered travesty, let me tell you about my friend Nikki.I met Nikki at Cingular Wireless...I think it was early 2003. One of the first things I learned about this person was her deep, entrenched love (and obsession) with all things Beatles. It is a rare occasion indeed when I … Continue reading How did this happen?
If I look just to my right, I can see out my bedroom window and the growing blanket of snow on the ground, fence, and surrounding rooftops. If I walked to the front door and looked at my car, it wouldn't show any signs of the drive to my Mom's I took this morning. It's … Continue reading Walking in Redbud Valley
I am continually amazed at how my mood changes depending on the food I am eating or have just eaten. Tonight, Indi fixed tacos. I love tacos. Granted, my version of 'tacos' is little more than a tortilla, beef, and cheese, but whatever. The point is I eat a lot of it. And now I … Continue reading Food Moods
Making friends has always been something that has come fairly natural to me. I'm easygoing, flexible, and nearly always in a good mood. I interest myself in the passions of others and have often found that just simply listening is often key to maintaining relationships. I am usually the peacemaker and, even if I feel … Continue reading Friendship
First off, thanks to my cousin Amanda for constantly recommending this book to me since it's release and to my wife for finally whacking me over the head to actually read it. You were both instrumental to my resignation to read this book. I'm ever-so-glad that you did.This was a devastating book. It's very good, … Continue reading ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Maier
Did you know that Oklahoma is experiencing a rapid population growth in the East/Northeast area? So much so, in fact, that the State has been weighing options to prevent them from running out of 918 area code phone numbers. There have been two options on the table:New Area Code: Split the 918 into two areas, … Continue reading Overlay?!
In final preparation for going to the Studio Ghibli Museum in Tokyo yesterday, I loaded my iPhone up with these two films to view in the bullet train to/from various points in Japan, hoping to get them viewed in time. And I did! Laputa - Castle in the Sky I'll start this off by … Continue reading Double Review: Laputa – Castle in the Sky and Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind
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