I spent this past Saturday laying laminate flooring in my son’s room.  This is a picture of the finished project.  A few years ago, I put down laminate wood flooring in the living areas in my home, so it wasn’t my first time working at this task.  But this morning I woke up faintly sore, [...] Read the full article

Labor Day arrived in full swing this weekend, with temperatures dropping into the high 70′s and low 80′s.  It made the weekend one for being outside, and spend it outside we did. One of the local orchards was having their AppleFest.  My parents came down for a visit, and we spent Saturday afternoon hanging out [...] Read the full article

My recent project growing a raised bed vegetable garden started me thinking about the role of artificial fertilizers in feeding the burgeoning global population.  This, in turn, led back to a question my wife and I debated a few weeks ago on the subject of vegan ethics.  Is it more “ethical” to be vegan, from [...] Read the full article

It’s been 2 months now since we decided to try our hands at building a raised bed vegetable garden.  Now that we’ve had a chance to give the plants a little time to grow, I thought it about time to post an update on our progress. How To Square Foot Garden – Updated I’ve tried [...] Read the full article

An estimated 16% of American have a tattoo, with about one-third of people between the age of 25-29 bearing some kind of body art.  But one has to wonder if they truly knew all the risks of getting a tattoo before going under the needle.  Some recent reports would suggest tattoo remorse is nearly as [...] Read the full article

I’ve always enjoyed sports.  Playing them first, watching them second.  However, over the last 5-7 years, my interest in the spectator-side of sports has started to wane.  I find myself wondering how sports managed to go wrong.  Not with me, but just in general. I’m a parent.  I watch how parents push their child athletes [...] Read the full article