Newsweek has an interesting article about a new book that argues that the differences between men and women can be traced back to their brains. For 20 years, first as a medical student at Yale, then as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, then as director of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at […]
Slow Down
Dear Mr. Say-Your-Phone-Number-Way-Too-Fast-While-Leaving-a-Message-Guy: Why do you leave chatty, interminable messages on machines and voice mail and then as you’re signing off say your phone number so fast that I have to rewind and listen to the message three times before I get it? It sounds like someone has just pointed a gun at you and […]
July 18, 2006 by 10 Comments
Whole Foods Market
We’re in Austin visiting my sister and her family. Today we went downtown and spent a couple of hours at Whole Foods Market. Good grief, I think I could live there. It’s a veritable treat for the the tast buds. And it smells good too. Tonight we’re grilling all natural ribeye, chomping down on organic […]
July 3, 2006 by 4 Comments
Daddy, I’m not giving up!
Six weeks ago we bought our 5 year-old (Caleb) his first bicycle. On Sunday, we bought our 3 1/2 year-old (Elijah) his first bicycle. His tricycle just couldn’t keep up with his big brother’s bike. He was getting tired of pedaling fast and going nowhere and we were getting tired of waiting for him to […]
June 27, 2006 by 4 Comments
Random Summer Post
Lots going on, but not much to talk about. I had a great “getting things done” day around the house yesterday. I checked off a long list of to-do’s that needed to get done. I’m reading Simply Christian by N. T. Wright. As is usual for Wright, it’s good. I’d love to get a curious […]
June 20, 2006 by 3 Comments
Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
My boys loved this. I do feel a bit sorry for Bush though. He gets made fun of by everybody! HT: Sam Middlebrook
June 13, 2006 by 6 Comments
Miami Nice
My sister read a comment on a previous post about Miami Vice and sent me this pic. It’s about as close to Miami Vice as I ever got. This would have been in the spring of 1987 just before my 8th grade banquet in Rockport, Texas. There was going to be (ahem) DANCING at this […]
June 9, 2006 by 16 Comments
Digging Out
We’re back in T-Town and we’re digging out from under all the stuff that piles up after a two-week vacation. There are weeds to pull, clothes to wash, letters to open, emails to send, groceries to buy, calls to make, and most important–saved episodes of 24, Lost, and Prison Break to watch. I’ll be in […]
May 15, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Coldplay Concert
We’ve had some great discussion here the last few days. Thanks to all who are participating in such a gracious and thoughtful manner. I’m about to leave for the Coldplay concert in OKC. Rock on Update: The concert was fantastic. I had no idea Chris Martin was such an energetic performer.
February 27, 2006 by 11 Comments
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