Confucius say "You're grounded, Selena."

Selena is not allowed out of the house for one month, so says Confucius.

Okay, maybe it’s not a decree specifically from the ancient Chinese philosopher specifically but somewhere between his time and the beginning of the Lo Dynasty (two weeks ago) the Chinese rules for … [ more ]

Skiers on the ski trip (Jeff at center)

My brother Jeff went skiing this year on our annual pilgrimage to the Poconos. It may not sound blog-worthy, but this is the first time he’s strapped on a pair of skis since 1992 when on a high school class ski trip … [ more ]

World War Z

For our book club, Selena and I are both reading World War Z – The Oral History of the Zombie War.  I am only half way through the book, but I have already mentally shredded my Zombie Contingency Plan. I realize now how naïve and foolish I … [ more ]

My brother, Jeff, just came back from a business trip to Michigan. While there he made sure to visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Library. It’s not that Jeff is a big Ford fan, it’s because a while back while vacationing, he happened to visit one Presidential Library and then … [ more ]

I was anxious about traffic ruining the Poison concert for me. I had heard horror stories about leaving Nissan Pavilion.  I figured if we were going to be stuck for hours in the parking lot, we would be entertained, so I packed:

A portable DVD player with three DVDs (all comedies)
The … [ more ]

This past Sunday I was running around downtown DC with about 10,000 other people trying to solve riddles and piece together clues to win a $2000 prize. It was the second annual Post Hunt.

The whole Hunt was done on foot in a section of DC that was mapped out … [ more ]

We do really like our proximity to Rockville Town Center

Over the past few months Selena and I have been going to open houses and trying to formulate an idea of what we would want in our next home. We will be leaving condo living behind and moving … [ more ]

I’ve laid out all of my meals for tomorrow:

I will be trying to Twitter all through the next two days during baby’s first colonoscopy. And Greg will have to keep me in check and make sure I’m not twittering irresponsibly, like this person.

Well, this could very much be just too … [ more ]

After pondering this for the entire day, I’ve come to a conclusion: Girls are much more susceptible to becoming geeks than guys are to becoming “sensitive.”

There’s a simple reason. Girls have something to be gained from it. We secretly kinda like it, right? Because admit it, guys, it’s impressive when … [ more ]

A while back, I asked if: all men are geeks. Today I’m questioning if the women who love them or are constantly around them are slowly starting to turn into geeks themselves. I suddenly have new information in my mind that was never there. I know where Endor is. I’m envious … [ more ]