Eminent Domain, and All That Jazz

tom | June 26, 2005

I’ve been giving cursory attention to the Kelo vs. New Longdon case and have felt nothing but disgust during the process. I must admit that I’m not as well-read on the topic as I would like but some obvious issues seem to bubble up without too much time dedication.
My good friend Dave is much [...]

Kitchen Progress

tom | June 26, 2005

As many of you know we are having our kitchen remodeled and it has been a tough road. Todd has been very thoughtful in removing items only as needed and putting things back in as soon as reasonably possible. Our lighting is in, cabinets installed and stained (done by my old friend [...]

The Hidden Cost of Credit Card Offers

tom | June 21, 2005

The paper and ink wasted on unwanted credit card, mortgage and other financial offers is terrible. But needing to shred these things is an imposition that just doesn’t seem fair. And add to it my idiocy and it becomes intolerable.
Every week or so we spend way too much time shredding papers that contain [...]

Abigail’s Birthday Camping Trip

tom | June 21, 2005

Abigail turned 4 this last weekend so we decided to go off camping at Leo Carillo, a place I’ve visiting with my family since before I can rmember. This also happened to be Father’s Day weekend so we had several of my siblings and my parents along for a real family experience. I’m [...]

Happy Birthday Abigail!

tom | June 18, 2005

4 years and 60 minutes ago we began the rough introduction to parenthood with the arrival of Abigail Grace McDonald. I remember thinking that first day, “what have we gotten ourselves into?!?”. The following 6 weeks were filled with rigorous stamina and patience tolerance tests. I’m not certain but I believe if [...]

Testing

tom | June 11, 2005

This is a test