A few months ago, Kalen ordered some UV flashlights off Amazon. He needed them for work to check some kind of coating on specialty circuit boards they were making, but he has often found that it is more efficient to order things for work from personal accounts and have the company reimburse him. So of... Continue Reading →
A year ago today was my last day of formal employment and I thought I'd take a few minutes to reflect on the year it's been. As always seems the case, the past year seems both surprisingly short and exhaustingly long. On the one hand, I can't believe it's been a whole year since I... Continue Reading →
I've been busy getting ready for our big trip coming up, which is finally beginning to feel real, but that means I haven't been writing much here. I've done a little writing on other things, and I watched a webinar about writing science fiction, but I've been a little bit stumped on blog material. I... Continue Reading →
When I was in second grade, I began to notice that sometimes my eyes took a few minutes to adjust from writing or drawing at my desk to reading what the teacher had written on the chalkboard. I wasn't particularly concerned; I'd look at the board and after a couple minutes the words came into... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again: grass is greening up, trees are blossoming, the days are starting to get a little longer, it's starting to get just a little warmer outside, and Lady Liberties and Uncle Sams are sprouting at every major intersection. It's tax time! In the United States, anyway; I don't know how... Continue Reading →
I haven't been writing as much lately as I would like, and while some of that is down to writer's block, mostly I just can't seem to find the time. When I first put this blog together almost a year ago, I kind of thought it would serve as a journal where I could write... Continue Reading →
It's finally done: the oven saga is finished. Some of you may recall a few months ago I posted an update about nothing much in particular that turned into a rant about my oven. To sum up, I had purchased several new appliances in 2021 from Lowe's in addition to the Protection Plan that they... Continue Reading →
Since Kalen had to work most of the time we were in the Bay Area, we didn't get to do a full vacation's worth of fun stuff, but we still found time for some really cool diversions. A lot of it wasn't technically in San Jose, but when you've traveled this far anyway, driving a... Continue Reading →
We try to follow one big rule when we travel and that is: don't end up in jail a long way from home. The next big rule is only eat at places you can't get at home. This doesn't always strictly apply in the airport because sometimes time just isn't on our side (although the... Continue Reading →
Kalen had to travel for work again, and our parents were available to puppy-sit, so I got to go along to California this time and make sure he didn't break his face like he did a few months ago. Additionally, the timing ended up that he needed to be in California for the week featuring... Continue Reading →
