Monthly Archives: September 2013

Orlando had to wait to get the tire, but they were back to work by about noon yesterday. The road looks a lot better than it did last Friday — now we’ll just have to see if we get the … Continue reading →

Orlando did a lot on the road Saturday, and they were hoping to finish up yesterday. But the blowout happened at 8 am so obviously they couldn’t continue. Orlando is hoping to get a new tire today and finish this … Continue reading →

Find what you love to do, and find a way to share it with others. — Cheerful Monk In one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoons they’re in the backyard, completely awed by the sight of all the stars. … Continue reading →

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee did pass a resolution (see full text here) authorizing Obama to take military action against Syria. It’s still not clear what the full Senate and House will do — most members are still undecided. Tom … Continue reading →

Do names matter? Yes, sometimes they matter a lot. In Costa Rica an organization that was rescuing stray dogs had trouble getting them adopted because most people thought pure breeds were more valuable than mutts. So the rescuers tried a … Continue reading →

When using a child theme (see http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development and http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes), you can override certain functions (those wrapped in a function_exists() call) by defining them first in your child theme’s functions.php file. The child theme’s functions.php file is included before the parent … Continue reading →

Andy, Orlando and his helper spent two long days — from 6 am to 6 pm — this weekend working on the road. Part of the road needed a much bigger piece of equipment than they had been using, so … Continue reading →

So Obama has decided he doesn’t like being out on a limb by himself — he’ll wait until Congress is back in session to do anything in Syria. Presumably he will at least get some political support? In the meantime … Continue reading →