My 7 year old son is taking part in his Christmas pageant this evening at his school. He’s dressed as a little angel and of course looks adorable.

It looks like it is time for my wife and I to deal with aging parents. Her dad has COPD, and is slowly deteriorating to the point where he’s having trouble working and taking care of himself. We’re going to work with my sis-in-law to start planning out what to do. He’s a very...

On the weekend before last, I spent a wonderful three days on a spiritual retreat at the Montserrat Jesuit Retreat Center on Lake Dallas, TX. The retreat was a men’s retreat for Advent. It was the second time I had been to Montserrat, and I have to say it was the most wonderful retreat...

OK, so I’ve changed the name of my blog, and I am going to try and be a little more personal, trying to expand my horizons and writing topics, so to speak.

I recently bought myself a lovely Thinkpad T61p laptop. As an ex-IBMer, I came to love the rock solid design of the Thinkpads they issued us, and every laptop I’ve bought myself has been a Thinkpad. I am happy to report that the T61p, now made by Lenovo, of course, is no exception. I...

Happy New Year! I generally do not do the “new year resolutions” thing, but this year I really do need to focus on one aspect of my personality that has caused me much heartburn: being a procrastinator. Googling for “procrastination” tells me that this is a common problem, one that the Internet doesn’t do...