14 Hours

Hey guys,

If you’re looking for one of my infrequent updates at this blog, you’re looking in the wrong place.

It’s going on hiatus!  Go, instead, to Washington2Washington, a new (shared blog) from Cait and I documenting our trip across the USA for the next month.

I can’t promise that we’ll update every day, but we’ll do our best.  There will be days, most of which will be while we’re sleeping in National Parks, that we can’t update.  But I’ve been assured that most of our KOA campsites and our hostels have WiFi that is easily accessible, so the only real obstacle is our combined laziness.  Which, come to think of it, is a formidable opponent indeed.

See you on the other side.

My Life Is Average

Way funnier than FML.

He may have hijacked the graduation speech…

…but it held my attention.

It’s a speech from Keith Rattie, CEO of Questar Corp.  Questar is a natural gas development corporation in Utah.  For whatever reason, he gave a speech to a graduating class about the fallacies of cap-and-trade, global warming, and what can be done to address the issue.  Or, as Rattie points out more than once, if anything should be done at all.

It’s interesting reading, anyway.  These facts have been out there for a while, but this version is a bit easier to digest.  It’s also ten pages, so dig in.

Quick Update. Quipdate.

The job hunt is, as yet, fruitless.  However, I’m feeling good about the rhythm I’m developing as I hone my resume writing skills back to their formerly keen edge.  It’s a recession – that’s at least SOMETHING to feel good about.  Resume rhythms.  Sigh.

In the meantime, I’m vastly envious of G-Seth’s maginificent blogging capacity and the wealth of entertaining stuff he manages to post.  I’m especially cheered by his post on baby naming (in honor of our dear Kari and Josh).  

The Baby Names Blog, by the way, only confirms what I’ve long held to be sound advice: Biblical names will never, ever, fall out of style.  Strong, tough names.  Daniel has been a favorite of mine for a long time and lookee here!  It’s made the top five.  I also like the name Colin, and recently Kelly, so maybe I’m just predisposed to Irish-sounding names.

(But why is Hannah falling?  That’s another one that I really like.)

If you think it’s at all strange that I think about this, I’m going to defend myself by saying that anybody who reads fiction probably has an inclination towards thinking about names in general.  It’s fun.  Flipping through a phonebook becomes interesting before long.

Actually, it’s Mother’s Day for crying out loud.  I don’t need to defend the Baby Names thing today.  Rise up and be proud, Mama’s Boys of the world.

**Update || 4:50 p.m. **

Me: “Mom! why are you vacuuming?!  We have to be at Grandma’s in ten minutes!”

Mom (in her pajamas):  ”I know, I know.  I’ll be ready, not to worry.”

Two minutes later…

Mom:  ”Don’t let me forget, we have to stop at the Chinese food place to get a menu first!”

Happy Mother’s Day.