It's about Tim

Mama 2, I will miss you. We’re all richer, better people because of the example you set. I am honored to be part of the beautiful family you created while you were with us.
Thelma McBride Holloway
CHAPEL HILL — Thelma McBride Holloway of Chapel Hill passed away after a long illness on February 26, 2010. She [...]

Several years ago, when the World Trade Center towers still stood, before Ashley and I were married, we visited her friend Constantine in New York and stayed in his roommate’s room, left vacant due to overseas travel.
It was a weekend trip, a brief getaway from school for me and when snow began to fall the [...]

I’ve not posted in a while and, apparently, infrequent, inconsistent posting is a sin in this new world of constant news feeds, tweets, status updates, etc. I have to remind myself that comments, thread responses, and status updates on Facebook are not going to make me a better writer. So, here I am after wrestling [...]

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Fatcyclist.com is one of my absolute, all-time favorite reads on the web. Although cycling focused, Elden Nelson’s blog is about so much more. Long-time readers have had the opportunity to witness Elden’s blog evolve from a fun weight loss accountability blog for Fatty’s friends into a true testimony of what the [...]

Slashdot Science Story | Scientists Create Artificial Meat.
I don’t think I like the idea of this at all. I think most of us are already too far removed from the source of our food. I like knowing my burger came from a cow and my bacon from a pig. This just sounds too much like [...]

Just some shots from a rainy Saturday with my brother Jonathan and his neighbor, Fred. We were out at Fred’s farm.

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I can’t be the only one that finds trading guns for “Target” gift cards humorous.
“You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead … wait, you mean you’re going to give me a gift card? OK, take i t.”

Too much information?
Jeremy brought to my attention today how much information was available on me through Facebook. I was being jokingly dismissive until another coworker reminded me that my credit card number was compromised the other day (fortunately my bank was savvy enough to suspect fraud, when “I” bought tickets to Bahrain, and block the [...]

Just got back into my Word Press control panel tonight and found a WP upgrade and 7 Plugin upgrades waiting for me. I just upgraded everything automatically (except cforms), so forgive me if anything is broken. I need to show Ashley’s site some love even though she rarely has time to post. Her site has [...]