Harry couldn’t escape his connection to Voldemort. Luke couldn’t avoid his confrontation with Darth Vader. Aragorn couldn’t deny his destiny as king. Very often we can’t escape that to which we’ve been called, even at 30,000 feet. As I’m writing this, Alycia and I are on our way home from our trip to Hawaii. WeRead more
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In my last post about The Goblet of Fire I doubted whether or not there were enough pages left for the book to really pick up. I can’t remember the last time I was so excited to be so wrong. The last six chapters in The Goblet of Fire took off like Harry on hisRead more
Alycia and I are going to Hawaii today and I’m very excited. My sister told me that she hated me because we’re going to Hawaii. I think she was joking – at least partially. A lot of people have expressed similar sentiments, but thankfully less violent. A number of our students have asked me toRead more
It’s rumored that Microsoft’s next gaming system will release in time for Christmas 2013. The unofficially named Xbox 720 would be the first of the next generation consoles and could push gaming even further into the future. Especially if new patents for which Microsoft applied come to fruition. According to reports on PatentlyApple.com and GammaSquad.com,Read more
As I wrote about yesterday, Alycia and I moved this past weekend. Moving sucks and that sucking was compounded by the sadness of leaving our first home. Our first home was nothing more than a one-bedroom apartment but it was our home. Home is important. Home is where we rest. Home is where we’re safe.Read more
Moving sucks. This past weekend Alycia and I moved out of our apartment into another apartment. We liked our old apartment but, by moving, we’ll be saving a pretty good chunk of money. When we were moving on Saturday we had to keep remembering the money we’ll save because moving is the worst. Which isRead more