Weekend Wrap-Up - Another Boring Weekend
This weekend, in the preferred bulleted form:Andrew grilled steaks for two of his friends. He made the marinade, he marinated it for 24 hours, he grilled it himself, he did great. The other boy made mac-n-cheese, with a full stick of butter (gross). They did it all themselves. What they did not do is clean. Not at all. Not in the slightest. I'm mad at all of them. All teenage boys everywhere.We

I Just Can't Do It All...
Google reader is stressing me out. I have a gazilion blogs to catch up on!Apparently my reader stops counting at 1000 and just adds a plus sign.I wonder if eventually it will say 2000+.Anyone know if Google Reader just gives up at 1000?Anyone know how to add in an extra 7 hours of each day so I can get caught up?I usually first try to go visit the blogs of the people who comment. And when I get a

Book Review: The Unlikely Disciple -Kevin Roose
Wow - this book has been an absolute joy to read!Kevin Roose was a student at Brown and somehow came to have this grand idea of a writing assignment of being a student at Liberty University, the very Evangelical college founded by Jerry Falwell. I love stories like this. I think this type of thing is what really sparked my interest in sociology in college, just studying people is so interesting

My Son Is Leaving Me!!
And I am trying to help him?? It's weird, right? He's my one and only child.But in 18 short months, he'll be done with high school and I am going to pack him up and ship him off somewhere. Some college somewhere.I've been looking at websites that help your student get matched up for colleges, based on their interests, their majors, their grades/activities, etc.Then you can select colleges you are

Hello....Hello......Where'd You All Go???
Why is it so easy to lose touch with people? Are we really so busy that we can't just write a quick letter, or even easier these days-send off a short email?No, we are not.I lose touch with everyone. If you start to drift away at the same time that I happen to be drifting away...we're lost, that's it, we're through.. and then we'll need to let five years go by before we reconnect on facebook. I'm