For Christmas last year my parents gave me a set of tools. They are real cool. They make noise and light up and are lots of fun. I keep them out in my living room for the kids that come to my house. I like to play with them too. But if I wanted to [...]

I’m sure you all probably already knew I was a geek. But here’s more evidence. I was getting out one of my mugs the other night and realized I need some new mugs, a set of mugs in fact. And if I were to put together my own mug set, these would be the mugs [...]

My friends who program computers for a living are going to laugh at me for saying this. But that’s okay. Yesterday I was watching the documentary about the making of Finding Nemo. I love that movie. I’ve thought it would be fun to work for them for a while now. Watching it, I realized I [...]

I’ve decided that I would like as comprehensive a list as possible of jobs that involve computers to put in my classroom, since I am the computer teacher after all. So I am enlisting the help of the readers of my blog in helping me develop this list. There is no way I could come [...]

I attended President Faust’s funeral this morning. He was a great man. I hope that I when I leave this life that half the things they said about him, which I know are true, can be said about me. I need to start living my life that way now. They spoke of his love for [...]

I have a tendency to get totally lost playing Minesweeper or Solitaire on my computer. If I’m not careful, I can easily lose a lot of time playing either of those games. A friend sent me a link to a “real life” version of Minesweeper and it made me laugh. Minesweeper: The Movie

I turned on the news after waking up this morning to hear that President Faust had died during the night. It makes me sad. I’ll miss him. He was one of the first missionaries to serve in Curitiba, Brasil, where I served, and it was while I was serving that I started to appreciate more [...]

I watched live coverage of the shuttle launch this evening. I got chills. Of course I love space, and one of these days I want to go to Florida to watch a launch live. But there was a teacher inside that shuttle. Maybe if I dream hard enough, one of these days I’ll be able [...]

I like numbers. So here’s all the numbers from my recent trip to Arizona. 727 – number of miles between my apartment and the hotel in Tucson. 313 – number of miles I drove around Tucson and to and from Wilcox. 1,767 – total number of miles. 59,151 – starting number on my odometer. 60,918 [...]

I don’t really have anything that big to say right now. But my site was down for most of the week and I just decided to check and see if it was back, and it is! I’m not really sure where it went, although I do have an idea or two. I feel connected again. [...]