Curiosity in Practice
Facebook has finally introduced two factor authentication. When you (or anyone else) tries to access your account, Facebook sends a one-time password to your cell phone for an extra layer of security. This will only happen the first time you log on to a computer so you don’t have to worry about getting a ton … Read more
Philip Greenspun divided the U.S. 2011 federal budget by 100,000,000 and wrote a little parable: We have a family that is spending $38,200 per year. The family’s income is $21,700 per year. The family adds $16,500 in credit card debt every year in order to pay its bills. After a long and difficult debate among … Read more
I have an almost two year old dare devil that specializes in death defying acts. I am sure this is just pay back for breaking ever blade off my grandmas fan trying to ride it like it was an inverted mary-go-round when I was three but my son is fast becoming a half ninja, half navy seal, … Read more
“Good Morning, son!” “2 Waffles, Chicken, Chocolate Milk!” “What did you say buddy?” “2 Waffles, Chicken, Chocolate Milk!” That is how my Wednesday morning started this week. Before my son even stood up in his crib to start his day he was telling me his breakfast demands like an over the road trucker who just … Read more
I changed my Facebook password during lunch today and I just got an email that said I was invited to an event and I wanted to look at. I typed in my old password out of habit and instead of telling me my password was incorrect it was nice enough to tell me that I … Read more
We have been wanting to get to the zoo for the last couple of months. I didn’t think today was going to be that day. Landon was feeling a little puny last night and was cranky this morning. This morning when we woke up we knew the weather was going to be perfect today and … Read more
My son turned 21 months old earlier this week and in the past 21 months I have really enjoyed growing into a Dad. Some of the things I have learned: I can make song lyrics kid appropriate in mid sing along (Leroy Brown is the baddest man in the whole damn darn dang dog town) even … Read more
We took Landon out to play in the snow. He loved standing on top of the snow piles. He even helped shovel the driveway. Help I cant see! We even built him a snow slide.
Here are some photos of me digging out my driveway. Someone left their BMW parked in front of my house (and in the middle of the street). I wonder if Finders-Keepers are in effect during a blizzard? That is an 8 foot pile of snow. There is a three foot deep ditch behind my mailbox. … Read more
We are in middle of the first blizzard in Mid Missouri since 1982. At that time I was 2 and my wife was -3. So this is the first blizzard either one of us can remember. I was getting cabin fever from being inside for five hours so I decided to go out side and … Read more