I’ve never had an office before I worked for UW-Whitewater, let alone a “real” job. I heard last week that my position was renewed through the end of 2013, and moved into my new office today. This is the new Web Team area. It’s much bigger and sunnier than our old spot, which was in [...]
This is a Rebuilding Year
In the last 12 months, I did the following: Took my first “real” full-time job at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Adopted two dogs Bought a house Got married Drove to Tennessee for two weeks for my honeymoon Printed my band’s first “real” album that you can buy Was the best man in my best friend’s [...]
Heroes and Villains–Which Are You?
We’re living in a time in our country where every issue is completely divisive and polarizing. You’re either for us or against us, and many people vote entirely on single issues, regardless of the actual policies enforced by their leaders. What I have to say is this: whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, a [...]
“The Muppets” – The Greatest Work of Fan Fiction Ever Made
I was excited, but also trepidatious, when I heard they were making a new Muppet movie. I love the first two movies, The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper — the former has been my answer to “What’s your favorite movie?” for a couple decades now, and the latter has the distinction of being [...]
File Under ‘Aaugh!’
I was trying to fix a bug which was preventing me from using Windows Live Writer (which is excellent) for posting to this blog, so I ran a “database optimization” WordPress plugin. Which, it turns out, “optimizes” your database by deleting all your posts, pages, and everything else WordPress stores in the database without warning. Boo! [...]
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