Category Archives: Random Musings

Muslim extremists murder a dozen people at a French magazine office. A father throws his five year old off a bridge. Boko Haram kills over 2000 people and burns an entire town to the ground. A jet crashes, taking all passengers … Continue reading →

The company I work for requires that we change our passwords every 60 days. There are some 40 different systems, servers, etc., which require a password to gain access. It takes me close to half an hour every time I … Continue reading →

It’s become something of a tradition around our house that I read the latest Brandon Mull book out loud to my kids. Even my oldest, nearly-fourteen-year-old hasn’t decided she’s too old for them yet. Which is fine with me. We … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted for a while. I took vacation through the holidays, and that included, to a large degree, blogging. To be honest, I didn’t miss it. Somewhere in the last month or so I’ve decided I’ve run out of … Continue reading →

I became aware of Alex Boyé from his cover of Coldplay’s “Paradise” with The Piano Guys, and paid attention to a few of his other videos that came out after that. Mostly what I’ve seen is kinda quirky, a little … Continue reading →

This is still one of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. And this is one of my all-time favorite arrangements thereof:

A group of hackers supported by a foreign power have stolen vast amounts of data from your servers and are distributing it at will in a continual stream of embarassment. Then the group threatens massive terrorist attacks against theaters that … Continue reading →

I found this interesting Ted talk by Orson Scott Card. I can relate. I’ve watched as several of my children’s teachers have tried to beat creativity and enjoyment out of my children with their supposedly “creative” assignments. Considering all the … Continue reading →

As we approach the end of the year everyone and their dog are writing “best of the year” lists. I kid you not, I just caught my own dog penciling her own list of “Best Things I Sniffed This Year”. … Continue reading →

I have at least one child who likes to play games (by which I mean tabletop, card,etc.). The trouble is his siblings don’t always want to play as much or as often as he does. I’m launching a bit of … Continue reading →