September 26, 2007: The Muellers Fly Away and So Does the Dawn Spacecraft

Wired Science’s article on a Prius-like spacecraft called Dawn made me feel cool. Dawn is a craft that is very Green (which is saying something, since most spacecraft use tons of environment UNfriendly fuel. So anyway, I think it’s pretty neat that we start our voyage to a new country on the same day the [...]

Going Absent

I’ve started writing a post several times this week, but haven’t gotten very far because I’ve kept falling asleep or I’ll jump up and almost drop my laptop because I realize something I almost forgot to take care of. So what I’m trying to say is that you might not hear from me until we [...]

Three Things I Never Thought I’d Say

Three years ago, if you would have told me that I would proudly say the three statements in this post, I would have laughed in your face and called the loony bin for you. “I can run for a long time.” Yeah, three years ago, I was happy to make it 10 minutes, much less [...]

This hurts!

A&P postcardOriginally uploaded by dove95 Yes, I like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and all that stuff that makes most people cringe. But I don’t judge people when they use improper grammar or can’t spell a word right–hey, I’m not perfect either and I make mistakes all the time. But sometimes I come across an error that [...]

Our Trip From Springfield, MO to Gießen, DE

I’ve been playing and replaying this in my mind over and over. At least once a day, Rob and I discuss how we are going to make it from south Springfield to central Giessen with almost 400 pounds of luggage. We’re hoping that his mom is going to be able to pick us up in [...]

Am I a True Runner?

After reading my running partner’s blog post where she reflected on how our lives must be different if we call ourselves runners (“In between [our regular runs], is where I think the problem lies. I call myself a runner, but I don’t act like it when I’m not running.”), I asked myself, “Am I a [...]

Online Garage Sale: Make an Offer!

How It Works Take a look at all the items we have for sale and make a list of the items you are interested in. Then decide what you think is a fair price. Email me or call me with your list and your offer. We’ll haggle it out until we both feel we’re getting [...]

Just Announced: Linden 2.0!

That’s right! You’ve heard of Web 2.0, you might have even heard of Church 2.0. Now, coming to a German city near you is Linden 2.0! I had a chat with David the other day about starting over; he’s getting the opportunity this January when he joins the Army to be a Crypto-linguistic (SOOO cool!). [...]

Dept. of Redundancies Dept.

BBC | 9/11 Demolition Theory Challenged In this article, the fifth paragraph from the end claims that “The controlled detonation idea, espoused on several internet websites, asserts that the manner of collapse is consistent with synchronised rows of explosives going off inside the World Trade Center.” Several internet websites, huh? As opposed to websites on [...]

Teaching Schedule and 16 Days

My teaching schedule for this semester is finalized! I’ll be teaching two basic writing classes, two writing 2 classes, and two literature classes. It is safe to say that I am most nervous about the literature classes, because I have not taught a straight lit class before. I think that it is supposed to focus [...]