Progressive Odyssey

I just got a letter from WSU stating that I have been admitted to their PhD program for the fall 2010. This is not really a surprise consi...

The last home improvement project for the season (if you consider October part of the spring/summer season) was replacing the floor in the f...

Fulfilling a promise to my wife when we redid our kitchen floor, we finally got around to doing the kitchen backsplash. Mainly due to size,...

Last Thursday my bicycle was stolen on-campus at Wichita State University. I'm normally very diligent about locking it up but forgot to...

I just got a call from a person unknown to me who has a phone number very close to mine. He sounded like an older gentleman and was having ...

Katie and I didn't have a chance to catch this evenings speach live so we read it together before going to be last night. This is the o...

This past Labor Day weekend I helped do a favor for my uncle living in Oregon by driving the car his son has in Kansas City half-way to Oreg...

One of our rear turn signals burnt out yesterday and so before heading out on a road trip this weekend, I went to AutoZone to get a replacem...

As I suspected, with school now back in full swing I am once again fully busy. I've turned in my first two homework assignments and hav...

More photos are now up on my Flickr stream from a camping trip in Colorado with Katie's parents and a trip I made to Wichita's B...

(Part 1 here .) One of the podcasts I listen to ( Planet Money ) has lately been exploring the health insurance reform from an economics ang...

I had my first class of the semester this morning at 8am. The experience was completely unlike a year ago when I started my graduate work. ...

Since today is my last day of my summer break before classes start again and I've finally got all the computer stuff here at working the...

I don't know much about the specifics of the current discussions and debate regarding health insurance reform. Since Congress has not f...

Today I finally realized one goal I had for this summer: the sale of my scooter. In late March I replaced my scooter with a more traditiona...

Though I have not been working for the past 60 days at the request of my employer, August 7th was my last day of employment at Cessna Aircra...

Yesterday was a great day to get stuff in the mail. First up: rear baskets for my bicycle. When bicycling to school, I've been pre...

I'm guessing you've heard that over-the-air TV is digital now. They made the switch back in February until they decided to really m...

Remember the other day when I wrote about my network drive not working and that LaCie was sending me a new part to see if we could make an ...

With all our non-working time off, Katie and I have been doing some home improvement stuff. Last night Katie changed the upholstery on dini...