So it’s the 16th… Fond memories.

I learned that there are times you need to drop the hammer and chisel and take a break before someone gets hurt.
I learned that the only way to separate locking-tongue, engineered hardwood floors is to split one of them in half like a sandwich.
I learned that chisels can bounce and damage a completely good peice [...]

August 14th, 2005. A day that will forever be printed in the hearts of the wannabes, and burned into the eyes of the geeks. For today was the day that I, a geek from birth, was allowed to see the open door to coolness, and taste the tropical breeze that poured forth from it’s refreshing [...]

Our adventure started from Pueblo, Colorado, where it was pretty much just Anna’s adventure. She drove her small two door up to Colorado Springs and picked up another adventurer… me. From there it was up to LaGrange, Wyoming to visit Kenny and mama Wanda, and add Christine to the group. At this point we started [...]

And what a summer it was…
So I was on the phone with my friend Joy who is getting married soon to the guy she started dating this summer, and she commented that “For two people who thought they were gonna be single for the rest of their lives, we’re doin pretty good! What a Summer, [...]

He carefully eyed his opponent as he skillfully drew the Bakuma from its sheath. Ordinarily, this would be an intense battle, and one he may never win, but with the Bakuma at his side, victory was iminent. His unworthy foe fell without so much as a whisper of protest.
His eyes shot to the next voctim. [...]

I sighed with releif as it felt like a load was lifted from my chest and I could finally relax. I drove our little Mazda across the Colorado border, and started to feel better.
The trip up to this point had not been a bad one, but it was still not the most exciting thing in [...]

The InFrequently Asked Questions are back with a disturbing addition:
Why does Jabba the Hutt lick people? From Zack
An interesting and painfully sickening question, Zack. First I must ask you this… Where the heck did you come up with this question? Seriously, some people just frighten me.
Ok, that said, on to the question…
First of all, we [...]

Have you ever been writing a really long post or E-mail when something happens and you lose the whole thing? Well yeah, that just happened to me. It sucks. I’ll try to recreate it a little for ya.
I’m staying in Kansas with some friends that used to live out by us. “Little Zacky” who we [...]

I’m at camp, but not my camp.
I’m in the woods on a lake, but the roads are paved, and the lake is strange.
I’m with loved ones, but not the loved one.
So this camp had a lot to live up to. It had to match previous family camps and Ao-Wa-Kiya. It’s definitely not a bad place, [...]