More on budgeting (or: Moron Budgeting)

Well, since we discovered the wholly obscene amounts of money that we were spending on food, I've become a crazy person. Crazy in the sense that I am now obsessed with creating and maintaining a budget. The kind of crazy that my dad would encourage (Happy early Father's Day, Dad!). Since I work in a […]

The Voucher Fight Moves To The Courts

As predictably as the Cubs crushing the spirits of their fans with a long string of losses, it looks like HB 174, the second voucher bill, is going to result in a legal showdown between the attorney general, state school board and pro- and anti- voucher groups. The school board has decided to not […]

Restaurant Roundup: Ottumwa, IA

"Ottum-where?" That was my reaction when I was first asked to go to Iowa for work. Everything I had heard about the state lead me to believe that it would be endless fields of cows and corn with no signs of civilization anywhere to be found. I was caught off-guard when I got out of […]

And now for something a little lighter…

I was just reviewing some spam that our new spam blocker caught. When Jesse's gone, I obsessively check these things as if the website will explode by the mere fact that he's in another state (he still has access to the website). Anyway, it lists the title of the blog entry on which the comment […]

My rug is not dead yet.

In fact, I think I heard it say it might go for a walk later.

Said to my rotten dog just now over breakfast:

"I'm only feeding you because it's against the law if I stop."

It was a lovely rug.

For the 2 months that we had it.
R.I.P. perfect rug. R.I.P.

Adventures in Zion: New Picture Album

Go check out the new photo album with pictures from our trip.

Adventures in Zion: Chasing Cows

Shauna and I spent the weekend with my mom at Zion National Park for Mother's Day. The park more-or-less centers around the small town of Springdale just outside of the park's entrance. It's a very rural town split between touristy places (shops, restaurants, hotels and bed and breakfasts) and small ranches with pastures of […]

A new twist on an old meme.

In Soviet Russia, party finds you. (Source)