April 25th is the day that we became home owners. The year was precisely one decade ago: 2003. Ten years of mortgage payments, tax payments, home owner’s insurance payments, home improvement and maintenance projects and cost… Yippee! 🙂 But, it is still a fun day to celebrate. This home is the only one that four…
Author: Greg
Born in the now distant land of Springfield, OH, and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, I met my future wife Jen in the 8th grade in Earth Science (she was the girl with the big hair and glasses across the room...) Now reside in Palmyra, NY after having found ourselves residing in various homes and domiciles all over the country as we traveled and sang about the Kingdom of God with our growing brood of kids in tow. I now get to design websites and other things graphical for folks around me, as well as sell Apple (Computer) products to anyone who may be interested.
Websites:
http://gregshead.net
http://bwd-graphics.com
http://basicmm.com
Wordality
There is no word to describe what I’m attempting to put into words. The concept of capturing extant reality in written words when no words are used—nor in the true reality, are they necessary—in order to communicate by text or mere oration (and auditory-only experience of that oratory) the experience in its entirety. It’s so…
The Real Value of Stuff
I love visual truth. Even though I am a person who loves words, and communicating thoughts, emotions, questions, and experiences through just the right word or phrase chosen to build a vivid picture of truth in one’s mind, there is nothing quite like a visual “object lesson”. Tonight mine came in the form of a…
Maple Sugarin’!
We’re trying something new this spring: we’re sugarin’ our maple trees! It’s fun to see how things are made, and in my opinion the best way to see is to do. The process began a while ago, when we talked about doing it. We live on a small, quarter-acre lot in a somewhat urban-ish setting….
Rest
Rest is currently the word reverberating through various sectors of my life. That usually means I should listen. I am reading through the Old Testament—slowly but surely—and currently find myself musing through the prophesies (and historical context content) of Isaiah, son of Amoz. There are many utterances and proclamations of doom and destruction for all…
Ian The Goalie
We have a hockey player in the house. Actually, we have two—or more—but only one who plays “professionally”. Ian participated in a 3-on-3 tournament this past weekend. Generally, hockey is 5-on-5 with a goalie, so with fewer skaters, I was actually a bit concerned for Ian. As the goalie for one of the four teams,…
Are Buffalo Sports Eternally Doomed?
The Buffalo Sabres got their first win in five tries last night. It came by way of a(nother) great performance by goalie Ryan Miller. They have seven wins in this lockout-shortened season. Strangely, they are currently the worst team in the Eastern Conference, and yet they are only four points out of the final playoff…
Millard Fillmore: Underappreciated
This will probably surprise you, but … no one cares much about President Millard Fillmore. At least, not according to this article. Since we’re just a week past President’s Day, I figure it’s still appropriate to honor one of the men who served in that capacity for this great nation of ours. Did you know…
It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses… the iPad?
Mondays are video game day at the Campbell Household. We, the parents, try to limit the hours (and days) of video game entertainment here. (This is a learned behavior; after seeing that much less stringent limitations on video game time producing mean-spirited, selfish children, if not mindless automatons.) As it so happens, today whilst I…
The Case of the Missing iPhone
The phone rang Sunday afternoon. As soon as it did, I remembered that I had left the handset somewhere other than where it was supposed to be. After a brief search, I located it and saw the call was from my parents home, so I clicked the TALK button. “Hello!” I said with sing-songy happiness….