Two little girls stalking through my house, full of strength and purpose. They will protect and care for all of the adorable fluffy things i...

Think about someone floating in a river... everything is nice, and it's a beautiful day.  A bit farther down the river, though, the curr...

Aside from what it can provide in terms of fuel efficiency, I don't really care about things like engine size, torque, or horsepower... ...

Every once in a while, in Taekwondo class, we get to learn combat Hapkido techniques, which I love. It's a lot of fun. While Taekwondo...

Lily Allen's new album has a track called " F*ck You " that really resonates for some reason.  I'd like to dedicate it to ...

So, we were actually making pretty good time this morning and I was loading my son in to the car to go to school. I noticed it at the same t...

Maybe not the happiest look on his face, but this was a great time. We took a canoe ride with about 12 other people around the big island i...

Today, we're going in search of princesses!!

E and I stood in queue to meet the mouse himself. A little nervous, but Mickey was soft and very nice.

While R was receiving his Jedi training, Darth Maul tried to defeat him... silly Sith Lord.

Stopped and grabbed a quick pan of a few of the wind turbines near Ellsworth, KS with our new Kodak Zi6. It still doesn't give a good s...

I'm impressed by how well the kids are tolerating all of these hours in the car (we're probably having a much harder time with it th...

We had planned to hit the road yesterday, but ran into a number of problems... I got hit by a nasty stomach bug, which put us behind on pack...

They say that kids emulate their parents... I just don't see it. :)

My family is awesome and I love them dearly. Tonight is all about family.  Here, my son is just jamming with his uncle and cousin while th...

I don't know who Keith Olbermann is, but take a moment to watch his commentary. He makes a passionate statement on the passage of Propo...

So it turns out that Edward Norton has been making a documentary about Barack Obama for the past 2 years. This will definitely be a documen...

Putting all of the rhetoric aside... all of the divisiveness and the fear. Today is the day to vote and make this extraordinarily long and...

John just shared this... well done and entirely unexpected.  Speaks for itself, so I'll shut up:

I need to get over it - it's just the way things are, but it really bothers me to see this.  The back of this garbage truck is full of ...

Cool rainy morning here in Nebraska. I love this season (would love it even more if we could skip the allergies... but oh well). :)

I saw gas at $3.09 per gallon on the way in to work. It seems like the closer we get to the election, the more the gas prices are dropping. ...

I was getting the kids toothbrushes ready tonight and I saw 2 nearly identical toothbrushes for my son. One was light blue and the other was...

I can honestly say that I would not be where I am today if I had not played rugby for UNL. My first three semesters at UNL were spent on ac...

Getting to enjoy our long-standing tradition of having father/daughter lunches on Monday. Today we're at Bagels & Joe  . This is t...

R and I tested for our next belts in Taekwondo today.  I was really nervous... no worse than getting up to speak in front of a couple hundre...

The GOP has already taken up the banner of "feminism" now that it's to their political benefit... now they seem to have (final...

Very nice of Hulu to provide Dr. Horrible in a streamy format so that I can embed it right here. Personally, I bought it on iTunes & ...

So here we are... literally hundreds of cars queued up, in weather hot and humid enough that you have to be running the A/C... burning tons...

Back in college, I had kind of a hobby in computers (along with biking, rugby, and some other... stuff). As I learned about things like emai...

Well, that was interesting... At our house, we have those smoke alarms that listen to each other, so that if one goes off, they all go off...

Heard this on XM yesterday while driving around town.  Just had to share. :) Will have to see if the link to the song on Rhapsody works.

This front just went over us... was the coolest thing. Literally, it dropped at least 5 degrees as it passed over. On the trailing edge of...

Quick test post from the Blog It service from Six Apart. I'm not sure about the value of having something that lets you write one entry...

So, for landscaping, the black ground cloth alone really isn't good enough. Holds the weeds back for a year or two, but really can'...

Take a look at the photo above... specifically the gold-ish minivan right up next to the building. Apparently, this glorious specimen of hum...

My first ride of the season was perfect. The weather this evening was perfect, and we got to go together on a nice, easy, short ride out to...

Strangely enough, I actually enjoy recitals. I'm sitting in one now (probably a bit rude of me to be writing). There is always great, ...

On lunch break from class today I stopped by a new restaurant called Morocco's . They've only been open for a few weeks. I've ne...

The lease for my 04 Vue is finally up. Ever since I caught a ride back to my car with my friends who have an Element, I've been very im...

Mom had to go out of town and R is at school, so it's just the two of us playing "Guess Who?" on a rainy Tuesday morning. Lif...

I've finally kept a promise I made to myself, and started Tae Kwon Do classes with my son. It's really great because I get to be i...

It's beyond difficult to see green dye in the dark, but we just have to accept that the river has been dyed green on faith. Either way,...

The daylight-savings time change has hit me hard this year. Not sure why, but I've been desperate to stay in bed in the mornings, and h...

When Colorado held their caucus, my friend John mentioned on Facebook that he wound up being a delegate for Obama in his state. I never expe...

We're waiting longer than I'd expected. I had read the site to say that it was an 11:00 event but it's past 11:30 now and people...

I'm sitting in the Lied Center, waiting to hear Michelle Obama discuss her husband's candidacy. What's interesting right now is...

I was shocked and saddened today to learn of the death of Kent Hendrickson. I really don't know how to react at this point, but I will ...

Whomever the next president is, they have an enormous (probably Sisyphean) challenge ahead of them - cleaning up the mess that the current a...

I'm impressed. Nebraska has a late primary... so late that most people pretty much have the opinion that it doesn't matter what we v...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is something we've been keeping an eye on for a while now. Even to the point where we cancelled our bottled water ser...

Have I ever mentioned how I don't get along with the whole holiday lights-thing? I'm writing this from my roof (lovely view of my ...

Years ago, when I first built the landscaping in front of my house, I went out to Home Depot (or one of those places) and bought some sage t...

The whole family has been beset all week by nasty colds. My poor son was diagnosed earlier this week with pneumonia, a sinus infection, and...

We're heading to the make-believe New Year's party at the Children's Museum (which has become kind of a tradition for us). Kids...

With the amount of resources that China, India, and many other nations are investing in education - specifically science, math, and engineer...

While we were driving around this morning, my daughter asked me to switch the radio to Christmas music. After a little while, I heard her s...

How/when did she suddenly become a big girl?? We were just talking about super-heroes, and she told me that one of her super powers would le...

Kids are making batter from the Amish "Friendship Bread." Smells awesome... very good yeasty smell that really makes me want a pin...

All set for the holiday season. Much love to everyone!

I did something tonight that I've been wanting to for a long time now. I let the kids make their own dinners. I put aluminum foil in a ...

Here's the view of the pitch from our seats this year. No sky, no scoreboards... pretty much sitting in a cave. :) Have to ask for an ...

Despite what the climatologists and meteorologists are saying, my body seems to be trying to prepare for a long harsh winter... possibly vi...

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has a " safari park ," where you can drive through herds of elk, deer, bison, etc. For the last co...

Enjoying a lovely yellow curry at Jai Thai - around 1st and Blanchard in Seattle. Wish I could share more than just what it looks like. To...

Had a great time getting muddy and worn out at the Roca pumpkin patch. It was the nicest day we've had in weeks and there were lots of ...

My son just woke me up, but he is still asleep. Apparently L put him in bed with me and went to another room (usually happens when I'm ...

I was very sad this afternoon to read of the passing of my friend and former professor, Dr. Oyekan Owomoyela . Oyekan was an amazing man an...

R completed his testing for his orange belt a couple of weeks ago, and as of today it's official. He just found out for sure that he ea...

Ok, so he's only done it what, like twice now? Both the stem cell research veto, and this one have both really sucked. This time he ve...

This afternoon it was beyond beautiful outside. Truly one of those days that makes you feel like even Nebraska has its share of paradise. ...

I was in a Borders today, back in Omaha, and I happened to see a copy of The Reader . It's a weekly entertainment rag for Omaha. There...

R is absolutely loving his classes. Finally got his uniform today. He will test for his orange belt in a couple of weeks. Cool. :)

This is very cool... congratulations to the happy couple! Ames Same-Sex Couple Gets Married - News Story - KETV Omaha : "A Des Moines m...

To celebrate the end of the first week of the term, a day of glorious weather, my teeth feeling better, and burn some vacation hours, I'...

So I hate going to the dentist... always have, but it's gotten worse over the years. Probably why I've had so many problems that pr...

This morning I had my wisdom teeth surgically removed. While I had enough room in my mouth for them, they were difficult to clean. Even my ...

Dance recital Originally uploaded by abureuben E had a dance recital today, was a lot of fun. I actually let R wander around with the...