Category: General

I did­n’t post a set or goals for 2013, but I did review my goals for 2012 and I feel pret­ty good about work­ing on some of those goals in 2013, as well. In fact, I think with regard to my per­son­al health, this past year was a very good year for me. Track­ing my activ­i­ties… Con­tin­ue read­ing 2013 in Review

Today, my daugh­ter and I had the entire day to hang out. We went to out for break­fast, played com­put­er games, went swim­ming, went to the Lego store, and of course, vis­it­ed Nis­san North Amer­i­can Head­quar­ters to check out the Lev­el 3 DC Quick Charg­er for our LEAF. You know, like all 5yo girls enjoy doing.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Fast Times at Nis­san HQ

…chuck­ing the gas can, I sup­pose. When we bought a gas/electric hybrid, it was the per­fect vehi­cle for my needs at the time. A 4x4 for vis­it­ing con­struc­tion sites, enough room to car­ry us and the dogs, and good fuel econ­o­my. How­ev­er, in near­ly sev­en years since then, my sit­u­a­tion has changed con­sid­er­ably. I now… Con­tin­ue read­ing What’s the Oppo­site of Cut­ting the Cord?

Long before Wayne’s World, it was unwrit­ten rule that no one should ever cov­er “Stair­way to Heav­en” by Led Zep­plin. Every­one’s heard it too many times and no one can do it jus­tice, any­way, so what’s the point? Well, if you are going to break that rule and you’re going to do it front of the… Con­tin­ue read­ing Cov­er­ing Stair­way to Heaven

Dur­ing trips to vis­it grand­par­ents for the Christ­mas hol­i­day when I was a kids, my fam­i­ly would typ­i­cal­ly go out to see a movie at least one night. It gave us all some­thing to do and I’m sure gave the adults a much-need­ed break from watch­ing us kids. I was final­ly able to take Angela… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Hob­bit: An Unex­pect­ed Journey

My grand­fa­ther, Car­roll Cole­man, died this after­noon in hos­pice in Naples, FL. With is wife, Joan, and two of his chil­dren, Kath­leen and James him, he passed peace­ful­ly after a short decline with pneu­mo­nia. His 94 years were a life spent over­com­ing much to achieve the Amer­i­can dream. Grow­ing up dur­ing the Great Depres­sion in… Con­tin­ue read­ing Thomas Car­roll Cole­man, Sr. 1918–2012

I hear and read a lot of com­plaints about health insur­ance rates from friends and fam­i­ly. I fig­ured since I had some good news, it was only fair to post it. Our rate are going up in 2013, by around 3.6% by my cal­cu­la­tion. Out of our pock­et, this results in $10 more per month.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Health Insur­ance

Oh, it’s been a while, has­n’t it? My last post was mid-March. Since then, I’ve been the busiest I’ve been my entire work­ing career. Prob­lem #1 is that I have a hard time say­ing no to col­leagues. Prob­lem #2 is —one of the main caus­es of #1— is that I real­ly enjoy all of the projects… Con­tin­ue read­ing Five Fun Things Fri­day — Father’s Day 2012 Edition