Last month, DeeAnn and I traveled to Southern California to visit family and friends, and while we were there I also caught up with two of my high school teachers: Kathy Jensen and David Spaid. They’re both retired from teaching…
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MEOWY XMAS
This year, D and I switched from hand-writing all our holiday cards to drop-shipping pre-printed postcards. It forced us to write more concisely about the past year, but we’re very happy with the results: If you wanted a card from…
I Am Not Any of These Other People
I recently finished listening to Judy Greer’s audiobook of her memoir I Don’t Know What You Know Me From (which is delightful, by the way: my favorite chapter is “My Stupid Trip (Alone) to Spain” but they’re all great). Now,…
I Witnessed Orion’s First Flight
It was beautiful and awe-inspiring, and I hope to see more space flights soon. Our future is up there. Whether or not you believe all the #JourneyToMars hype, no matter how critical you might be of the Space Launch System…
I am in Titusville
As mentioned previously, I’m here as part of the NASA Social event for Orion EFT-1 at Kennedy Space Center. instagram.com/p/wHjzqKGphj Look for my tweets in the Orion NASASocial – KSC stream this week! You can also watch the briefings on…
I Am Thankful for Many Things
Including (but not limited to) my amazing family, friends, and communities—both near and far. Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating this week! And everyone, please enjoy this lolcat picture, which I made recently while procrastinating. http://cheezburger.com/8383208192 First commenter to correctly…
I May Have Gotten a Bit Drunk along the Way
DeeAnn and I went on an epic quest last weekend to collect McMenamins Passport stamps. She was our designated driver, and I did my best to chronicle our journey on Twitter and Instagram: StampsQuest 2014https://twitter.com/sparCKL/timelines/504524715923230720 In all, we visited 25…
I Knew Jay Lake
And now he’s gone forever. Photo by Waterloo Productions I didn’t know Jay very well, but I did have the privilege of spending some time with him over the past few years—in local “co-working” writing groups, at a few different…
I had a great Memorial Day weekend
As shown in these spoiler-free photos, and one video: http://goo.gl/FtyEY7 DeeAnn and I traveled to the Bay Area to visit friends and participate in a few different puzzle-hunt-ish events, including Team Snout‘s annual business meeting, volunteering for Shinteki Decathlon 9,…