OnMyMind

Well, Friday I was ankle deep in databases, I would have to say that I am now up to my knees, at least. The original plan was to utilize my databases for two classes this semester, in a very limited way. Unfortunately, I have found that setting up the system is rather similar to experimenting with crack. I just can’t stop. Once I get one class going, I get fired up to start another…

Each Wednesday night, we get together with friends at a meeting house for dinner. As we were leaving this week, the rain was falling lightly as we said our goodnights and walked to the car. After strapping two sleepy kids into their child seats, we pulled of into the rain. About a kilometer down the road, I noticed a small bump in the line between the darkness of the hood of the car, and the spray of the headlight on the road…

I am in the process of trying to set up, on the fly, two databases to use with my fall semester classes. This would be a simple enough task if I had worked with MYSQL or PHP at some time in the past, but instead it is a crash course in humility…

It took me far longer to name my children than it did to make them. This imbalance seems entirely unfair…

Japander :n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use
This site is a great collection of video, captured from Japanese TV, of many of America’s biggest stars doing […]

A late July bloom of Nemunoki, backed by bamboo.This was the last photo I took in West Nowhere Japan before I left for my trip to America. Now that I am back home, it seems that all of the wonderfully Seussian Nemunoki flowers have passed on. Although my photo does them no justice, […]