National Sibling Day. But he's a buttmunch.
The "political is personal" and vice-versa with my younger brother during this election season. It has sort of hit a boiling point via social media recently and I need some strategies for how to manage...
View ArticleADD/ADHD for the kid in the workshop
My 9-year-old son with an ADHD diagnosis has recently embraced his love of tools and tinkering. Yay! However every project he embarks upon brings such disorder in its wake, his workshop (our garage) is...
View ArticleSaving for a big trip - mattress or savings account or what?
There are early rumblings that my cousins might start planning our next family reunion (an every four years thing) in Italy for summer 2018. How can I best start saving now to make this a possibility...
View ArticleGoFundMe is working - how to manage? Tax implications, etc.
A musician friend received a serious cancer diagnosis last week and his network is quickly mobilizing with a bunch of benefit concerts and a GoFundMe for medical expenses that has been doing well. Now...
View ArticleDealing with Drupal - short term question and long term question
As part of my post doc work, I'm helping to finish up a Drupal site that has been built by a few different grad students and post docs. They're gone, there's no documentation, and I need to finish up...
View ArticleWhere to stop in Arkansas or Oklahoma in December
I will be driving from Austin, Texas to Columbia, Missouri to visit family next month. My two children, 10 and 12, will be with me and I'd like to break up the 12-ish hour trip with an interesting stop...
View ArticleA one-panel comic of the "research process" from a year or so ago...
...was making the rounds on academic-ish social media. I think it was set up as a cutaway view of a house. The attic was messy heaps of stuff showing initial studies, messy data, etc. At the bottom...
View ArticleSimple Facebook content harvesting
A friend passed away last night after a brutal struggle with cancer (which can just f*ck right off, by the way). He was a longtime Austin musician and my Facebook feed is flooded today with memories...
View ArticleColorado Family Reunion: Overlook Hotel or nah?
Against my better judgment, I have volunteered to help organize my family's every-four-years reunion. We are looking for places to host approximately 40 folks probably in late July around Estes...
View ArticleName this religious pamphlet
Help! An artist friend is working on a mural in Pomona, CA depicting a number of civil rights leaders. He is painting a version of this photo (he has the rights) of Dr. King, John Lewis, and Dr. Jessie...
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