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• And there was much rejoicing. Really.

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 14:11 in dave, home improvement, jc, marriott, Me, year 3

  Who would think this little thing could ignite such passion? Do you know what it is? It's a toilet tissue holder. The toilet tissue holder in our main-floor powder room has been the bane of many of o...

• Twitter and the state of the economy

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 03:44 in facebook, Firefox, instant messaging, jc, marriott, marwen, paintbrush ball, twitpic, twitter, twitterfox, twittersync

  Wow. Is that a boring title: "The state of the economy". Bear with me, though. This is not an economic dissertation, but rather two lessons from one social event.The setting: Marwen's Paintbrush Ball ...

• Wordless Wednesday: Feeling Squirrely

  Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 00:01 in ants, flower, jc, marriott, morton arboretum, squirrel, wordless wednesday

  All taken during a visit to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, over the weekend. See my entire Morton Arboretum set on Flickr....

• Life: Where no eardrums were damaged, I think

  Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 07:33 in dave, jc, karaoke, kyle, ladyknyght, wook

  I'm a little late with this karaoke party rehash. I know that most have you have been biting your nails in anticipation. Sorry. :P Overall, I'd call the night a success.Here's a link to the photo evid...

• Life: It's all about me

  Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 19:44 in jc, marriott

  So, I went on a photo-shooting excursion with Marriott and JC to downtown Naperville yesterday. Marriott had some old cameras she wanted to test out and, well, I don't need any excuse to pull out my c...

• Things I've discovered this week

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 20:28 in baptism, Car, Church, favicon, jc, kayla, marriott, snow, social, stuff white people like, tea

  It was a screwEvidently, the slow leak in my tire was from a screw. The offending screw has been removed, the hole plugged and the tire re-inflated. I am now road safe again.I won't self-combust in a ...

• The dead post file

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 19:58 in heather, jc, jules, marriott, prairie fire, starr toth, trust me

  So many things in my drafts folder... So many things that I've meant to blog about, but never did for some reason.I'm cleaning my virtual desk -- clearing out the aborted blog entries that are just ta...

• History lessons

  Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 at 19:03 in chicago, chicago history museum, friends and family, great chicago fire, jc, jules

  This is one of my favorite photos from a weekend excursion with Jules and JC to the Chicago History Museum. Wait, I can't decide between the one on top or the one at right? There's just something I li...

• Sale! -- sorta, kinda by association

  Posted on Tuesday October 16th, 2007 at 20:12 in hunting lodge, jc, jules

  Remember that e-project I've written about in the past -- my working title "The Hunting Lodge"? It's a joint project with Jules and JC.Well, back in April, Jules reworked the idea a bit and submitted ...