The World Surrounding Me

Last night, we had a rare treat – the Regal Arbor Cinema (not far from our house, towards the Arboretum area of Austin) showed the very first James Bond film, Dr. No, as part of a summer “Retro Rewind” series. They did it well — started with trivia and two staff dressed up in suits [...]

I’ve been working a lot of hours lately. Today, I did the thing which everybody has told me not to do (or at least everybody I know who has recent experience working long hours). I counted how many days I’ve worked without a break, and how many hours I’ve worked on those days. In doing [...]

During the past few weeks we have: Driven more than 2000 miles, round-trip, to Illinois and back to attend Cornerstone Festival. Blogged for millions dozens of people to read about the festival! Stopped at 6 different QTs on 7 occasions (which makes it a very good trip). Taken communion in a crowd that could have [...]