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“Office Space” taught us not to get “lane envy” and to be patient with our lane of traffic. But, it sure seems like I am in the wrong lane. Have you ever noticed how many of the same people/cars you see every day on your commute to work?

My commute each morning is typically only 10-15 minutes. The distance is about 8 miles. More than 6 of those are spent is bumper to bumper traffic. I can only imagine how much time and money is wasted each day with folks just sitting in traffic. If I was headed into Austin, I would easily…

That’s how many days it has been since our daughter was born. And, for the last 602 days, I my wife or I have rocked her to sleep each night, even if it was just for a few minutes – until tonight. Instead of curling up in my arms and sucking her thumb as she…

My Piggy Bank Originally uploaded by 347. What was left after I left the gas station today.

We have taken a few movies of Katie in the past couple of weeks and thought we’d share them. Some are quite long, but highly entertaining. You will need a username and password before you can see them. The username is Katie’s last name. The password is her birthday in MMDDYY format. (if you’re a…

Dipping Oreos Originally uploaded by 347. Katie has mastered the art of dipping Oreos.

One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the “Buffalo Theory” to his buddy Norm: “Well ya see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This…

A little boy goes to his father and asks “Daddy, will you tell me how was I born?” The father debates answering, but finally says: “Well, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. I set up a date…

Just for the record, for business use, Vonage Sucks. After being a customer for almost 18 months, I am so relieved to be off their system for good. It took every bit of 4 months to transfer my five lines from Vonage to SBC, but it is finally done. When I had just a single…

My wife and I watched the movie “Shall We Dance” the other day. It wasn’t anything to write home about, but she was particularly fond of the following quote. I thought I’d share it here: Beverly Clark (Susan Sarandon): “We need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet… I mean,…