Oct

31

What’s in a name?

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While working at Gospelcom I was one of 4 people named “Brian” in our internet department, putting the Brian domination right around 25% of all people in that department. (I felt bad lowering that percentage when I left.)

At my new place of employment it seems the Brian theme is continuing. There are at least 5 Brians in my immediate area. I don’t have a good grasp of where that lies percentage-wise.

When being introduced to people, the response is generally a comment about “not another Brian,” or the fact that I am part of the ever-growing Michigan contingent. I wear both labels proudly.

Oct

28

rhubarb, pumpkins, and dreams

Filed under food, mundane, seasons at 8:53 pm | 2 Comments

Here are a few random thoughts to round out the week.

Thought #1: I’ve often dreamed of owning a house and paying someone to do all the yard work. Life would be so carefree without having the lawn mowing hanging over your head all week. Well, I realized today I’ve achieved that dream, and it’s nothing like I anticipated. We still own our house in G.R. and get to pay someone to do all the yard work. The problem is we’re not there to enjoy it. Hmmm. Did I mention we’re trying to sell our house?

Thought #2: I’ve heard it said you know you have a good grasp of a foreign language when you start dreaming in that language. A year of German at Calvin was enough to convince me that something like that’s possible. I don’t always remember my dreams, but this morning I woke up remembering dreaming in Perl and PHP. I’m not sure what that means, other than the weekend came just in time.

Thought #3: Rachel and I both have a green thumb gene somewhere in our families (e.g., her Dekker grandparents, my Grandma Vugteveen). However, pie we’re fairly certain that gene skipped over us. We have a very difficult time keeping any plants alive, let alone anything one might consider a garden. Rhubarb seems to be something that grows in spite of us, and for that we’re thankful. We have some rhubarb we transplanted from my Grandma Vugteveen that has now moved with us three times, and it keeps on growing. I tell you all that only to share that Rachel was able to find enough time to bake a rhubarb pie this week. Delicious.

Thought #4: I enjoy the season of fall. I’m pleased that Virginia has this season, too. :-P The trees (and there are a ton of them around here) havefall colors been turning colors very gradually over the last several weeks. This is a picture in the neighborhood where we’re currently living. I also enjoy pumpkin-flavored things, such as a Pumpkin Mr. Pumpkin and our niece Spice Latte at Starbucks. Mmmm. Speaking of pumpkins, Lori (my sister-in-law) carved up this jack-o-lantern in about 2 minutes. (She’s good at art stuff.)

Oct

17

what a waste

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a waste

Preparing to leave for work this morning, I was feeling proud of myself for what appeared to be an ontime departure. (I’m mentally composing a future post about what an ontime departure really means with my new commute. It may be a bit before that post happens, as I don’t have clarity on it quite yet.) I squeezed just the right amount of toothpaste onto my toothbrush, reached for the sink to slightly wet the brush, and plop– the toothpaste fell off into the sink.

What a waste. And yet, I didn’t dare try to scrape any of it off for reuse. I hope this isn’t a sign of how the rest of the day will go. Then again, it didn’t land on my shirt or pants, and for that I’m grateful. I’ll take it as a sign that today’s going to be just great.

Here ends my longest post thus far with no real substance.

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