Category Archives: Me
Scenery, Glaciers, And Bears–Oh My! [Vacation?]
We’ve looked at Holly’s excellence in the Mayor’s Marathon and our various activities in Anchorage that weekend, so let’s wrap up the trip with a Sunday excursion down the Seward Highway to see a glacier, some wildlife and general pleasant … Continue reading
Anchorage Without The Running [Vacation?]
We’ve already covered the headlining event from Holly’s and my trip to Anchorage a couple weekends ago. So here’s a quick look at our time in Anchorage itself. We arrived Thursday night around 8 p.m. (11 p.m. Dallas time). By … Continue reading
The Family That Shoots Together Knows Whom Not To Anger? [Family]
Last weekend, Speed and I took spent in the Glock Sport Shooting Foundation Lone Star Classic XVII. In the hopes of avoiding looking like complete fools, we headed to the range a few days before. Emma went along for the … Continue reading
Chicken And Comedy: An Evening [Friends]
Last Friday, Layla and I were invited to join a group of school friends and dads to attend a Chick-Fil-A fan event. Riding to/from the event in a limo bus was nice (complete with a rose for each girl). Of … Continue reading
Records, Football, Running, And Crying: A Regular Weekend [OU]
A couple years ago, I generally covered family events heavily–too heavily I now see–but last weekend was such an odd collection of stuff that I’m going to quickly cover it here. Starting with Friday evening where I was at Good … Continue reading
The Complete 2000 Archives, iPad Viewing, And A Logo [Administration]
I’ve been doing this blogging thing for five years come the end of April. Sometime after I started, I started adding pre-blog incarnation posts going back all the way back to Madysen’s 1993 birth. But in all that time, I … Continue reading
Mobile Cupcakes [Layla]
I’m a huge fan of Sprinkles Cupcakes (though it is an absolutely travesty that they continue to ignore the gargantuan yellow cake/chocolate frosting hole in their menu). So when I saw that Sprinkles Mobile was going to be at the HP-Pearce … Continue reading
Crawfish For The Army Man [Family]
Last week, Holly’s nephew, Logan, was in town, back from active duty. So they had a get together, and he wanted to have a crawfish boil. This being their first boil, the water took about two hours longer to reach … Continue reading
Our Own Vegas Quasi-Vacation [Vacation]
Over the past 18 months, I haven’t really traveled for business or pleasure. But a couple weeks ago, I had to go to Vegas for 3 days for work. Holly came along, and we stayed a couple of extra days. … Continue reading
The Collection Grows: Justice Bobbleheads [Me]
I recently made significant additions to my Supreme Court bobblehead collection. Again, all from The Green Bag, all of Justices from the 1790s: Chief Justice John Jay and Justices John Rutledge, William Cushing, and James Wilson. Very exciting.