About one week ago, my brother-in-law Mark and I entered into a bet: he would quit Diet Coke (and other soda containing caffeine) and I would quit drinking coffee. Let’s back up a bit…
I have been a self-avowed coffee lover for many, many, years… going all the way back to when I started in the [...]
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Kicking the Cup
June 23rd, 2009
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The Hub
June 15th, 2009
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Our house is the new place for family gatherings… and I love it.
When my wife and I were looking for houses, one of our pre-requisites was: “Can we have Thanksgiving here?”. My family is large, even by Utah Mormon standards, and so it was important to us that we could have enough room for everyone [...]
The Twisty Turny Road of Life
June 10th, 2009
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Three years ago, if you had told me I would be living in Utah, married (again) with two kids, I probably would have sprayed beer in your face laughing.
If you had then told me, after that, that I would also be regularly attending church, you would have made me drop my joint.
If, after you had [...]
House Shopping
February 19th, 2009
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We’re looking for a new place.
When we moved to Utah from Colorado 18 months ago, we had to sell out house. Because of the economy and the slump, we were able to find someone to buy the house while we financed it, so while we technically still have a house… we really don’t. So, we [...]
Nothing gets you over your old job…
July 1st, 2008
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… like a new one.
When I moved to Utah from Colorado, I went to work for a small start-up company that did web software. There were 5 people working there, including me. After 2 weeks, one of the contract programmers was let go, leaving me and my “manager” on the development side. [...]
