It Is What It Is

“The garden didn’t do as good as I wanted.  Oh well, it is what it is.”
“That doctor’s visit didn’t go so well.  I guess, it is what it is.“
I’ve noticed this saying a lot lately.  At home, at work, from the pulpit, and even in the podcasts that I listen to on my commute.  This [...]

When Geeks Cry (Part 3)

(A little technology rant about how it has recently let me down.)
Part 1
Part 2
I’m big on backups.  I backup incrementally every few days, and a full backup once a month.
Of course, I wasn’t always like that.  Backups were more of a chore when trying to backup your PC to 50 floppies, or 20 CDs.  Man, [...]

When Geeks Cry (Part 2)

(This is a rant about technology, and how it has recently let me down.)
Part 1 here.
I had left our laptop for days trying to get the hard drive to work again.  It had been running SpinRite for several days and was making slow progress.  There were several sectors of the hard drive with a big [...]

When Geeks Cry (Part 1)

I consider myself a geek.  I’m an engineer by trade, and so I’m always trying to figure how stuff works, what’s wrong with it and how to fix it.  That’s just how I roll.
So when my wife called last week saying that she was having trouble with our laptop, I wasn’t too worried.
And then when [...]

How’s Life Been Lately?

<Insert rant he–

Well, I guess I can’t complain…
(Ahh, love those wonder drugs.)

Ugh! Ugly Bug

I’ve blogged my share about bugs around the house and around work.  We have our share of critters: ants, stink bugs, crickets, spiders and the like.  We handle them the best we can–either stomp ‘em or live and let live, depending on the situation and location.
But we get one kind of bug that I can’t [...]

The Offending Section

One thing I forgot to mention about Day 2 was the section of the rotten flooring that started the whole mess:
This was the section underneath the shower through which the water came out of the shower. 
Actually the whole thing was a mess.  As we tore the shower apart, the evidence of water damage [...]

Budget Reboot

I figured that since I was leading a life group on Finances, I ought to take a good look at ours and make sure everything added up (literally).
I’ve prescribed to the envelope budgeting system over the years, using “virtual envelopes” in a computer rather than real ones, but there haven’t been many (any) good tools [...]