I spent this past Saturday and Sunday helping my friend and co-worker Roger install a hardwood floor at his new house. Roger and his wife just bought the house and wanted to install some new flooring before they moved in. It’s not actually hardwood, but something called “engineered” hardwood. It’s a composite product like Pergo, […]

Leigh Ann got the title almost right. I’m not going to write much about my latest misadventure in riding because I don’t want to sound like a broken record. Here are the facts:
We were riding outside on Saturday, and doing some jumping again. I had already made my way around the course once, jumping the […]

I’ve been taking riding lessons since mid-August, and I’ve been meaning to write about it for some time now. I guess now’s as good a time as any, because last night it began to get fun.
I ride Porsche, a big bay mare with a white blaze up her face and two white socks on her […]

I took my lunch early this morning to drive back to Pearland and cast my ballot. By leaving early, I was able to avoid the lines; I walked right up to the table and got my access code, a four-digit number printed on a piece of paper. It was my first time to use the […]

Leigh Ann called me up yesterday and said “We’re going bowling tomorrow after work; you want to go with us?” I used to bowl all the time in high school, but I hadn’t bowled in twenty years. I took her up on it anyway. I couldn’t remember which foot to step off with, or how […]

Tonight was Bryn’s riding lesson, which she has in a group with three other girls, including Shelby and Cassandra Salmons. The girls were taking turns jumping over an 18-inch jump when one of them did something amazing. Cassandra had just taken her horse over the jump, when she lost her balance and was on her […]

Went out with Wendy today and picked up a new pair of shoes. What you can’t see from this photo is that these are high-top hiking boots. However, they are not for hiking. Ten points to the first person who can guess what specific activity I bought these for. (My immediate family and Jackie’s excluded […]

Today’s Hunstville Times has more about why Terry’s Pizza closed shop:
Faced with a lost lease, the death of their father and increasing family demands, the children of Lou Pejza, Terry’s owner, decided last week to shutter the restaurants.
“We determined it was best for the family, especially our mom,” said Carol McBroom, one of Pejza’s five […]

Leigh Ann just emailed me with the news.
As of 9:00 THIS MORNING, they are CLOSED. C-L-O-S-E-D. No last chance for pizza. No last goodbye. No last pitcher of beer. NOTHING.
This is just too awful to describe. Terry’s has Legend status in my family. It was not only the first […]

Last week we took the girls to see the Lion King musical that’s playing for a few weeks at the Hobby Center here in Houston. We bought the tickets nearly a year ago, and I had forgotten about the date, despite Wendy’s attempts to warn me it was coming up soon.
The show was simply spectacular. […]

Photos from the first BarCamp Houston. More photos at Flickr.
(These are not my photos, by the way… other people took them and posted them to Flickr.)

The Buddha Lounge, a nice little conference center where BarCamp Houston was held.

Erica, one of the BarCamp Houston organizers.
Whurley, one of the interesting people I met at BarCamp Houston. Whurley […]

I’m spending this morning and early afternoon at an “unconference” called BarCamp Houston. I brought my laptop because the camp has a 54mbps wifi connection. I’m not going to try to provide a continuous running commentary, but I’ll be posting a few things during the day.
We’re holding the first session right now on “How to […]