Back in December, Steph and I took our usual vacation to Walt Disney World but we added a twist this time – a day trip over to Kennedy Space Center. We’re both big space geeks and neither of us have been to KSC since we were kids (probably 20+ years ago). So this was going Continue reading

The phrase “It’s only a draft, it’s allowed to suck’ really doesn’t fly when that draft is coming through your office window and it’s -6 outside. It’s been incredibly cold up here in NE Iowa. Yesterday was something around a high of -9 with wind chills in the -40s. It made walking to work quite Continue reading

Welp, there I go again. Not updating for an extremely long time. At least I have been remarkably consistent in my inconsistency. As December rolls around, I’m hoping that 2016 will be a better time for blogging and updates. I am finding myself missing the blog and just in general writing about whatever I want to Continue reading

Last July, a group of friends and I went to ION (Invasion of Normandy). This past weekend, I went and did it again. And like last year, I had a blast. For those who don’t recall (and who don’t want to click on the little link above) – ION is a massive scenario paintball event Continue reading

Received last night from my little brother: So this is 41 … it’s something alright. How am I planning on spending it? Well, the folks are coming up for dinner but aside from that, not too much is happening. Most of the fun stuff happened last weekend. As a combination anniversary (June 5), Steph’s birthday Continue reading

Sixteen years ago on a nice, summer day not too unlike today, Steph and I were married. It has generally been a pleasant time. Since that church in Calmar, IA (about 10 miles from here), we’ve been a lot of places. Our first anniversary was in Galena, IL, a town not far from where I Continue reading

A very nice sunset from my walk home last night. I only wish that I had my sunglasses with me so it didn’t melt my eyeballs. Continue reading

Proving that I am woefully behind the times … We have a new resident in our house. Say hello to Bee.   Bee, short for Beholder (either in relation to the one-eyed D&D monster or the phrase, “Eye of the Beholder”, take your pick) came to us from the local Humane Society. She lost her Continue reading

I honestly did not mean for a month to pass before posting again. Wow. Anyway, here’s some February progress. Again, the Green dots represent days that I’d written in increments of 250 words.  Orange is video games (guess when I beat a game? Go on, guess!). The total for the month is roughly 7,500 words. That’s Continue reading

I actually meant to post this last week but a nasty bout with the stomach flu waylaid me. Here is a picture of cute cats to atone for the error: Okay, that aside, here is another picture: A couple of months ago, I read about V.E. Schwab’s method of tracking her writing.  She explains it Continue reading