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We bought Cannon a loft bed from a local dealer today. It was a clearance sale and the bed was close enough to what we were looking for to work for us. It wasn't anything special, or so I thought. It is an all metal frame which fit together perfectly as seen here. I didn't count the number of pieces, but when I opened the box I was a bit intimidated. The instructions were clear and each piece

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I thought I would compile a list of my own Best of 2011. These are my personally experienced Best ofs. There is nothing objective about my list. All categories and winners are in bold (except for the first one).Best moment of 2011: A couple of weeks ago, I came home from work and Meadow, my three-year-old, met me at the door. "Daddy it is your special day." She told me how much she loved me

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We plan our vacations early, so in January we made reservations for a cabin outside of Omaha. Four nights and five days in a nice air conditioned cabin in a nice quiet campground along the river. You'll notice I did not say it was a nice river. This is because a month before we were to leave for vacation the river flooded the campground and our cabin, canceling our reservation.We were able to

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It used to be that when someone said vacation I thought of Colorado. It was the main part of the first big vacation I can remember. Before Disneyland, or Stone Mountain, or San Antonio there was a deer sticking his head through the window of the van and eating a crazy ball. It might have been an elk. I think I remember it, but so much of the trip has been retold among the family and friends

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What if we were told to throw 10% of what we earned up into the wind? Or if we were asked to take part of our take-home pay, change it into $100 dollar bills and burn it in front of the church? I doubt we would have many takers. But it seems to me that would be more of an act of faith then bringing our tithe to the church. For the most part I believe that our church does a good job with the

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Meadow had a hard night. Two teeth came in and they stormed the gates with a battering ram and siege towers. Both Jill and I were up with her at various points during the night. By 6:40am she had endured all she could alone and needed support. I comforted her as best I could at that time of day, but then I had to get ready for work. By the time I had showered and dressed she felt very

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I have been predicting the downfall of Google for a couple of years now. I thought at some point an independent auditor would prove that no one actually buys anything as a result of clicking on a Google Ad. Then the bubble would burst, investors would pull out. A new company would come up with a new model and all the free google aps would fade away. Last week in St. Louis changed my mind. I

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Over the last few months I've given in to Facebook. I can't really say that this is the reason I haven't blogged since December. I don't actually do a lot of writing or updating on Facebook. For me it is a mostly voyeuristic enterprise. I get to see what everyone else I've ever met is up to.Month after month I find something that surprises me or makes me think in a new way. I'm especially

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Why did Cannon say "She's not a teapot. She's my sister."?Shouldn't it be "Eight Are Enough"?If you are going to say something negative about the customer who just left, make sure they are out of earshot, and please do not expect me to say anything in agreement.This week, the sports' media is crying over a playoff scenario that is only a possibility. My prediction is that Arizona will win

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Phantastes: A Faerie Romance I finished reading this book a couple of months ago and wanted others to read it. Since I doubt I can be overly convincing, I am going to share a few quotes instead.But it is no use trying to account for things in Fairy Land; and one who travels there soon learns to forget the vary idea of doing so, and takes everything as it comes; like a child, who, being in a

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  1.     Sincerely pray the best for him.  When Obama is elected he will be an authority over us (Rom. 13:1-7).  If you consider him an enemy you should pray all the more.  Prayer will help purge the church of vitriol surrounding the campaign, and  allow us to be a light to the majority of Americans who did vote for the new president. 2.     Remind yourself that your money is God’s money anyway

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How did the term golden parachute catch on to describe CEO's leaving bad situations with big severance packages?  A golden parachute is not a good thing.  You will die if you jump out of an airplane with a parachute made of gold.  It is an ironic statement.  Unless these bosses are choking on their paychecks, the phrase is inappropriate. This has been driving me crazy.  Thank you for listening. 

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Have we really reached the point in American politics where someone running for president can commission campaign art to mirror Communist revolutionaries?

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 Jill was out all morning so she grabbed McDonalds for lunch.   She bought Cannon a Happy Meal as is her custom. They asked her if she wanted a Wizard of Oz or Lego Happy Meal.  She of course chose Lego (last week Cannon got the helicopter).  Now anytime Jill gets fast food, she always, always carefully checks the order.  This time was no exception, except she did not check the toy. She brought

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I think I'm more tired then I ever have been in my life.  I'm not sure if it is the second child, the extra tutoring hours, or just because I turned 30 this year.  Whatever it is, I'm going to soon require a softer desk at work. When I taught high school, I occasionally had a student fall asleep.  This could be somewhat embarrassing to the student, depending on what I allowed the other students

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Green beans are better when cooked in bacon grease. Today though we discovered new heights of vegetable joy by using the grease from maple-honey sausage. My family has a long tradition of cooking green beans in brown sugar, but this was better. I'm 30 years old and am just now making this discovery. It makes me want to stay up all night in the kitchen rethinking food I've eaten forever.

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I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was getting a new computer from Office Depot. Well I am now typing on my new laptop from Best Buy. When we ordered the laptop through OD, it said the product was in stock and it would be delivered July 22nd, between 9:00am and 5:00pm. All through the weekend the site different update messages. "In stock." "Processing." "In warehouse." Then Monday July

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Our second child was born two weeks ago today. We had her at the same hospital as we had our first. She was born July 3rd and Cannon was born July 5th, two years earlier. In both cases Jill had to have a C-section. We were prepared for a very similar experience.But as most things in life, the experience was not simple repetition. During the first c-section, I stood and watched the whole

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I will be blogging a bit about the birth of my daughter soon. For now I hope you will be content with a few pictures.

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I regularly listen to political debate.  I subscribe to both the Fox News Sunday and McLaughlin Group podcasts.  Quick tangent-- it always turns my stomach when I realize that Pat Buchanan is speaking for my side.  However, I don't think I am informed or persuasive enough to really talk politics and especially to write about it in my blog where it could be scrutinized.  I would rather discuss

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This picture probably requires further explanation.

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Thomas train has taken over the house.  Cannon wakes up in the morning and often the first words out of his mouth are, "Watch, Thomas Train."  We have a television in our house but no cable, dish or antenna.  it should be a great mystery as to where the boy gets his addiction to TV.  But it isn't.  He gets it from his dad.  I think if I lived in a time before radio, I would sit around in the

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Four tornadoes, wind gusts up to 140 miles an hour and enough rain in 15 minutes to make Stockton and Truman merge into one big lake. I have been spending time answering phone calls tonight, and if I believed everything people have heard from so and so, I would be grabbing my faimly and heading for the Rocky Mountains. Taking outage calls at a utility is a lot like playing that telephone game

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Anyone who used to live in El Dorado or has been here enough to know what the spring usually looks like needs to click this link.  An amazing amount of water came down in a short amount of time and teamed up with some unfinished drainage work to wreak havoc on our little burg.  Jill had to circle the town to get to our house as a nearby creek overflowed.  Of course our basement was not unaffected

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I was very excited as I was checking my e-mail to learn of a new service g-mail is offering.  If you don't have a g-mail account, I think this is reason enough to get one.For more information click here.  

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Jill had lady's Bible study Tuesday night, so I had the boy all to myself.  Jill knew she was going to do this, so to make my evening a little more exciting she did not put Cannon down for a nap.  At one point he decided he needed something.  He wasn't sure what it was, but he wasn't going to stop fit-throwing until he got it. After ransacking the cabinets, he settled on peanut butter.  Our

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How long does it take you to see the egg? Tomorrow I will have a regular Thursday blog post.

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I think this picture needs a caption.

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The local civic center sells bottled Coke products. I will often dip into the trash cans and pull the caps off of used bottles for the mycokerewards points. I was able to buy 15 songs in the month of February. Jill thinks this is disgusting and is embarrassed by me.

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I think it is obligatory to write about turning 30. Someone asked me tonight if I feel older. In reality I feel a lot older then I did when I turned 28. But that has a lot to do with the kiddo and the other one on the way. I have nothing wise or profound to say about turning 30. I am not where I thought I would be, or doing what I thought I would be doing. But as Father Brown said, "One can

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On This Day in History:1594: Henry IV is crowned king of France in Chartres.1807: The poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is born.1922: The United States Supreme Court declares the Nineteenth Amendment constitutional, thereby guaranteeing women's voting rights.1932: The actress, Elizabeth Taylor, is born.1933: The Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, is set on fire.1974: The first issue of

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I have a bad habit of not getting my haircut. It is a lot like mowing the lawn to me. As soon as you get it cut it just starts growing back again. Also, I don't like spending the money. The solution around our house is for Jill to cut my hair. This would be great except that Jill takes about seven times as long as a professional barber. Because of the time commitment involved, she doesn't

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I am doing my on-line tutoring thing right now. I asked a student what -8 divided by 2 is. It took him/her 2 full minutes to respond. I am really worried how I am going to explain graphing a quadratic equation to this person.

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I received an early birthday present from my family Saturday. They bought me a new Shwinn hybrid 21-speed bicycle as pictured here. I cannot remember how old I was when I got my last bike. I was no more than 9, and I bought it used from some kid in Lowry City. It has functioned for many years, roads and trails. I am very excited about this bike. It is the same model my father has, so I know

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This post was supposed to be written about three weeks ago. That is when the theatre in good old El Dorado Springs reopened. Mom and Dad went to the first showing, and Jill and I went to the late night show handing Cannon off in between the two. The theatre owners remodeled the 19th century building to look as it did when it was last a theatre. Here is a glimpse, although it looks much better in

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In case anyone happens to be checking for a new post, which happens to be 3 weeks late, I wanted to ask you to check back after tonight (Friday).

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I meant to post this with last week's blog. Jill's test came back and she is immune to the 5th disease virus. There should be no negative reprucussions to the baby. Cannon is also back in high spirits. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

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Jim finally wrote a new blog post. He mentioned new year's resolutions and it got me thinking about my problems in this area. I do not do well with new year's resolutions, but at various times in my life I have done well with setting goals. So this year I have my new year's goals. I am not going to write about them here because you would find them too funny and far fetched. I am willing to

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Parenting is hard, but it is possible. This week Cannon was diagnosed with fifth disease. It has a much more scientific (and in my opinion better name – Total aside that I don’t know how to punctuate: Jill called me from her mobile phone to tell me that Cannon had been diagnosed with fifth disease. I thought she said SIDS disease, and asked her to repeat it. She did, and I still thought she

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I’ve decided to take some money that came my way this Christmas and buy five songs. I really do not have that many songs in mind, but five seemed like a fairly reasonable amount to play with. I thought I would solicit some help from five or six of you who read this blog. So I ask you: If you could only listen to five songs the rest of your life, what would they be? Please leave your

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I hope all your Christmas dreams came true.

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I have made a Christmas discovery. Besides being a Satanic plot to commercialize Christmas, the Santa Claus Bringing Presents Christmas Eve Myth (which is the proper academic term) may have been started to serve a useful purpose regarding little children. Have you ever tried to have a bunch of brightly wrapped boxes in a room in which a one-year old spends most of his time? We waited to set

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This would have been very beautiful if... Well okay it was beautiful anyway, but it stinks for the people who lost their electricity (and those of us working to get it back on).Does taking pictures of lines qualify as working to get the lights back on?The two horizontal ice cycles in this picture are power lines. These might have still been energized.Here is what happens when a power line makes

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Not much to post except that this week I have spent as much time at work as I have at home. All because of a little old winter storm. There are pictures here and here. I hope to post some more that I have taken once I get some time away from the office. By the way the picture from the sun with the lineman reaching over the "hot" line with a chainsaw. The line is not hot. That would be

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Deer season was the last couple of weeks in Missouri. For the first time since I was I left college, I was in the woods during rifle season. For two of the days I got up and in the woods before sunrise. This has now been proven to be a remarkably silly thing to do. I have only one time seen any deer before 8:30, and then they were standing on the path to my stand well before sunrise.I did

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In the interest of increasing the readership of my blog, we are having another child. This one, like his/her brother, is scheduled for July. So by say Nov. 2011, she/he should be able to read At Gnat (I'm not exactly writing on a graduate level here). At that point he/she should have 10-15 blogs to catch up on. This raises the interesting question: Would I want my children reading my blog?

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My son is incredibly cute (so much so that I sometimes ask myself if he is mine, until I see him do something like watch TV or try to catch a ball). There is nothing quite like Halloween to bring out the cuteness in an already cute kid. Jill and I volunteered to help with the harvest hoedown our church put on this year. It is fun event where there are different booths setup around the gym for

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Last Saturday (10/27/07) I went on a bike ride. Not your normal ¾ mile cruise around town with the family. I went with Chris Sumpter, Ken Lanning, and my father on a 44.7 mile Katy Trail ride. We had been “planning” this trip for several weeks. It started when Ken, Dad, and I took our families on a five mile ride one evening in early October. We thought it would be great to get some guys

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I received my Zune this week. For those of you who missed my previous post, I won Microsoft Zune playing games at club.live.com. Anyway, I did not get a choice on color, but the white looks great. Jill thought I needed a case so she ordered me one. It should get here next week. I needed it tonight when I dropped it from a height of about five feet onto our hardwood floors. It bounced about

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Last week I was able to post a blog even though I was at the Association of Missouri Cooperatives Member Services/Communications Conference. It was at the Lake of the Ozarks and one afternoon I got out of sessions early enough for Jill, Cannon and I to drive down to Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It was a mini-vacation for us as we haven’t really been able to travel as a family. I look forward to the

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It is almost fall. In fact, I was looking back at pictures, and this time last year most of the leaves had already changed color. Multi-colored leaves are something I like about fall. Fall used to be my least favorite season, but since I cannot get out to the Colorado mountains to ski anymore (and see Brandon), winter has won that honor. Here are some things I do not like about Fall.It's too cold

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Cannon is 15 months old. I have had nieces and a nephew, but he is the first kid I have been around enough to really influence. I know that this has been written about in thousands of books before, but it is still such a scary experience to see this kid do the things I do. For instance everything that has a handle and can be picked up is a light saber complete with sound effects. Thankfully

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I have been pondering the idea of discipline lately. I remember in high school trying all sorts of things to become disciplined. I would never miss evening devotions, and I would make all sorts of lists and charts of things to do each day, or once a week or month. Eventually these all went by the wayside. Today I am disciplined in nothing. I really mean nothing. I don’t think you could

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Here's a little tip. If it is available, go buy your name as a domain (which ryhmes, incidentally). Otherwise you might have something like this out there: http://www.aaronash.com I am horrified that some previous acquaintance of mine, will look me up and think this is my web page. I think I would be happier if it was porno, at least them people who know me would not think it was mine.I know

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I was cleaning out my PDA last night and I cam accross the following memo file:Blog Aboutnon-theology that can support common values.What movies are worse than others? (I think I meant bad for the soul)Wind energy. What effect does it have on the environment?Community, is it the answer to selfishness? What would have happened if only Eve would have eaten the apple?Gary AllenToo much of my faith

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Did Jesus have an affinity for the temple? I ask this question after seeing Jim Purtle doing an excellent job portraying Jesus in our church's Easter drama. There is a scene where Jesus clears the temple. From our angle it appears that Jesus stands staring up at the temple after he has rebuked the money changers. (Noticeably absent from the scene was a whip, though; I like to imagine they

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Okay,It's April and it's snowing again. I was looking for people who had updated their blog, and noticed that my last two blogs were about snow. I thought I would keep the streak alive. If any of it sticks, I'll have pictures later.

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So it started snowing last night about the time I got off from work. I went to the store (twice) and then hoped I wouldn't get called out because of outages. Our lines must be in great shape because we only had one outage the entire night, and I didn't have to go in.Then, this morning I woke to see this:We got at least ten inches overnight. I was very thankful Brandon helped me clean out the

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Can you tell which one is me?More pictures of good ol' Eldo to follow.

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This is a very late post, but I wanted to do it anyway. Unless you are interested in local politics or you are using this as some sort of reference on me, you needn't read further. Most readers of this blog will not be surprised by my political leanings, and I don't have a great reason for revealing my ballot other than this elections strangeness. In every other election I have participated in

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Jill and I have discussed many parenting issues since she became pregnant with Cannon. We haven’t decided everything (for instance what kind of school he will go to), but there has been a lot of discussions. One of the decisions we have made, though, is that we will not hold our son down and tickle him. Jill is fairly ticklish. I would say more than average, but I’m not sure I’ve tickled

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The other day, Dad asked me what I thought the Biblical model for government is. This flowed rather naturally from another very grown-up conversation we were having. Somewhere in the middle of giving my opinion, I realized that Dad was listening. What's more? He was considering what I said. Looking back, this wasn't the first time this has happened, but it is the first time that I had the

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Here is the link to my older blogs. I switched because the page loaded too slow, and didn't let visitors post comments.

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We saw some cops on Segways at the Missouri State Fair.  I generally have the highest respect for law enforcement officers.  They are doing a job that I would not want to do.  But come on, is it too much to ask them to walk around the fair grounds for a day.   Now there is this story from Boston.  They have altered the standard Segway to toughen it up, but it is still not cool.

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My three month old son, Cannon, did something interesting last night. He was sleeping in his bed. I went into his room to check on him. He was sound asleep. So I tip-toed quietly out of the room and just as I got outside I heard him sneeze. I immediately went into his room and found him (and this is the interesting part) asleep. Now, when I have seen Cannon sneeze in the past it is an earth

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The news stories are horrible. There is no excuse for the shooting in penn. And it is sickening that there are people out there that would prey on high school girls in the classroom. That being said, I think it is time young men stood up and said, "no more!" In all these situations going back to Columbine there have been a group of people who could have stopped these men before they molested a

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