Posts Tagged With "reasons"

Four Reasons My Photo-A-Day Project is (Probably) Better Without Themes

photography »

[10 Nov 02011 | 312 views | 6 minutes of your time ]

This is a cross-post with my photo-per-day blog: Pixlated.
I’ve pretty much decided I don’t like photo themes. On the very last day of my second attempt at a “themed week” for my photo-per-day project, I’m feeling decidedly stifled by my chosen …

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To Experience: Words On What

history & archives, writing »

[21 Jun 02011 | 305 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

As far as bucket-list-life-experiences go, the whole vague idea of ‘Recognition for Accomplishments in the Field of Wordsmithery’ has been on that bucket-list for a very long time. So, it seems that I really should think about it more. Or, so I tell myself.

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Ignoring: Dad Blogging

fatherhood, skepdad, writing »

[18 Jun 02011 | 260 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

Thing is, something I do quiet enjoy thinking and writing about is parenting topics. It’s a big, important part of my life these days. But I also have to fully admit that I’ve lately been ignoring something related to that job, and the ‘other duties as required’ classification that goes along with. See, for the longest time — well, since a few months prior to this whole fatherhood gig — I have actually, diligently, been busy keeping a fairly extensive collection of writings on fatherhood. Some have been here. Some have been other places.

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Lost: Bits and Pieces

abstract & thinking, pop-culture »

[2 Jun 02011 | 405 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts.
June 2nd // Something You Have Lost
Something tells me that part …

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Long Weekend Randomness

adventure, friends, home & garden, scatter »

[22 May 02011 | 292 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

wherein…
…we garden…
…filling the spaces, pots, and planters with an assortment of foliage, plants, seeds, and other recently purchased bits of life, flora, soil, et cetera, in a vaguely directional attempt to beautify this little chunk of land we call our back yard, …

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Last Post Makes First Post

abstract & thinking, meta & methods »

[6 May 02011 | 251 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

The truth of it is that I’m probably overcompensating right now…
I mean, I haven’t really blogged in over a year. And I do mean blogged. Really blogged. That act of just opening up a blank bit of screen and …

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Halloween Leftovers

food & drink, meta & methods, opinions & venting, scatter, weather, writing »

[2 Nov 02006 | 232 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

We had eleven kids. Eleven. So now I have this dangerous bowl of chocolate bars just sitting there patiently in the cupboard waiting for some moment of weakened willpower. I blame the weather. Not for my weak willpower, …

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Caffeine Free?

food & drink, technology »

[6 Oct 02006 | 180 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

Here’s the deal: In celebration of this weekend’s anticipated HOT turkey, I’ve decided to go COLD turkey on the coffee for a while. Don’t ask why. It’s just one of those things that somehow I’ve decided would be good for …

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An even dozen… so far.

scientist & skeptic »

[16 Aug 02006 | 255 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

All you astronomy buffs out there probably already know this, but the word this morning is the world waking up to the earth shaking news that there are THREE new planets in our solar system. Before you run out to burry …

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