Michigan Accent
Explaining my accent, one post at a time.
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Last Words (Tenebrae)
Read more: Last Words (Tenebrae)“Last Words (Tenebrae)” is a song so powerful it brings tears to the eyes, and leaves even our kids requesting to listen again.
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Disneyland Through Childlike Eyes
3–5 minutes709 wordsRead more: Disneyland Through Childlike EyesIt wasn’t the magical world of Disney that captured my heart, but the eyes and heart of my son, demonstrating to me true faith and humility.
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Pedro For President
1–2 minutes250 wordsRead more: Pedro For PresidentI thought it might be enjoyable to rent a movie this weekend, while Moby and I had the place to ourselves. Watching movies relatively infrequently, I didn’t want to waste this opportunity. That being the case, I had three requirements for picking a movie: (1) it had to be something previously recommended to me by people I (for the most part) trust; (2) it had to be entertaining; and (3) it had to be something Rachel likely wouldn’t want to watch were we to watch a movie together. That led me to one choice: Napoleon Dynamite. Since I’m likely the…
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our cars have moved
Read more: our cars have movedI knew it wasn’t going to be easy when I got email from Rachel with a subject of, “I miss paying city income tax.” What would cause her to write such a thing? She was discovering everything that needed to be done to transfer and register our cars here in VA, and while they don’t have city income tax here, what they have instead is a much bigger pain. Our goals seemed relatively simple: 1. get VA driver’s licenses for each of us 2. transfer the title on each car to VA 3. register each car 4. get license plates…
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Bo Schembechler, R.I.P.
1–2 minutes14 wordsRead more: Bo Schembechler, R.I.P.Detroit Free Press photo Bo Schembechler (1929 – 2006) MGoBlue article U of M article Wikipedia entry