Today I am 44 years old.

My very own Google doodle! Click to embiggen!

I’ve mentioned before that as a kid I used to think there would be a point in time at which I would truly feel like an adult and that I knew what I was doing in this thing called life. That day has yet to come and today is not that day. That said, I do . . . → Read More: Today I am 44 years old.

My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.

Wedding picture.

Ten years ago today I married the most wonderful woman I have ever known:

The start of the journey.

It wasn’t a huge wedding, just immediate family and a Justice of the Peace, and there wasn’t a huge reception, but it was still one of the greatest days of my life. It hasn’t always . . . → Read More: My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.

Momma’s celebrating her 76th birthday!

Pic of my mother.

The woman most directly responsible for my very existence turns 76 years-old today. It’s hard to think of what to say that doesn’t sound trite and cliched. For all the writing I do I find that words often fail me when I’m trying to express the gratitude and sense of good fortune to have had . . . → Read More: Momma’s celebrating her 76th birthday!

Happy New Year 2011!

Happy New Year 2011

So we’ve made it through another decade. Back in 2000 I started the year being retained at the General Motors Design Center in Warren after participating in their Y2K migration the year and a half before. I was living in Canton, MI and my daughter had moved in along with my fiancée. Then in 2001 . . . → Read More: Happy New Year 2011!

Here’s hoping you have a very Merry Christmas!

Pic of Melvin in a Santa hat.

From all of us here at SEB to you and yours here’s a wish for love, health, and happiness today and throughout the coming year.

Some seasonal music: Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun.”

I’ve posted this in the past, but it’s such a good Christmas song I can’t resist posting it again. I think it sums up Christmas for me pretty well. It always makes me a little misty eyed:

White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchin I really like Christmas It’s sentimental, I . . . → Read More: Some seasonal music: Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun.”

A belated Happy Halloween 2010!

A pic of the kitten called Cuddles.

It took forever to get him to look in the webcam. Click to embiggen!

Meant to post this yesterday, but got so caught up in other things that I never got around to it. I was really excited as I expected a lot of kids to show up at the door because the apartment . . . → Read More: A belated Happy Halloween 2010!

“This is Halloween” neighborhood light show.

Over years past I’ve posted video clips of houses decked out in Christmas lights set to music which has become an increasingly popular trend. I should’ve figured someone would apply it to Halloween as well.

This is from last year which means this has been happening for awhile and I’m only just now noticing it:

. . . → Read More: “This is Halloween” neighborhood light show.

New Christian movie about Christmas shows how evil us atheists really are.

So have you heard about the new Christmas movie coming out soon called Christmas with a Capital C? You’ll never guess what it’s about. Here’s a hint: It’s one of Bill O’Reilly’s favorite things to harp on starting right about this time of year. That’s right! It’s about the:

WAR ON CHRISTMAS!

When you first see . . . → Read More: New Christian movie about Christmas shows how evil us atheists really are.

Happy 75th Birthday to my Mother.

Technically Momma turns 75 tomorrow, but we’re celebrating a day early because it’s the one day everyone has off and can gather at her place. I can never put into words just how lucky I was to have her for a mother. Especially compared to some of my friend’s mothers or just some of the . . . → Read More: Happy 75th Birthday to my Mother.