I looked around at our pitiful excuse of a Christmasy home and realized that something I’ve taken for granted was missing. It’s absence actually hurt when I recognized it. Silliness. But still, it hurts. We have no Christmas cards. I know it is silly, but living in Israel we rarely got an advertisement in the […]

According to a report featured on CNN, 10 percent of all bird will be extinct by the end of this century. The information comes from a report compiled by a team at Stanford University in California. They report that climate and environmental change shows that at least 1,200 species of birds will be gone by […]

After much tearing apart the trailer to figure out which of the many cable lines we have running through the trailer are the ones for the cable television input, only to find out that the problem wasn’t in the trailer but outside on the connection at the post, we finally got the television on and […]

In 2002, Microsoft set deadlines for support on its software. They have a chart showing the dates of the product life for customer support on their site on their deadline chart if you are interested. It seems that Windows XP Pro retires their mainstream support on December 31, 2006, and their extended support on December […]

Yes, citizens of the United States (Americans) are stupid. On average. This is according to an annual study called the The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study which examines the average intellect and education of students from around the world. Singapore ranks #1. The United States is much lower. The reasons given for the […]

New research has just been released announcing the fact that not only are Americans fatter than most of the other populations in the world, immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least 15 years are fatter than those left behind in their home countries. On average, most men were 11 pounds heavier […]

The list of chores and things to do and fix on the trailer seem overwhelming. But we got up early and started plugging away at them. Brent will probably be working Saturdays any moment now, and I was thankful to have him for two days to help get the heavy stuff done. Over the week, […]

I spent the day on the phone trying to get hooked up to the world again. Beginning early in the morning, I called the telephone company, cable television, and electricity company to get hooked up. They’ll be here next week. But I learned a few things along the way. First of all, you have to […]

After lunch today, I ran Brent back to work and raced to the grocery store to get some much needed food and supplies. After a few days of non-stop unpacking, cleaning, filing, sorting, cleaning, unpacking, filing, sorting…and uncovering a path to walk through in the trailer, and suffering incredible heat and humidity 5% @#%#*% humidity), […]

We were a little slow this morning to get moving, worn out after days of panic and traveling. We cleaned up a little and then headed out to explore this new town and check out a campground closer to Brent’s work. I’ve been to Mobile before, but not for more than a couple of days […]

After the trailer was set up, the water damage discovered and dismissed as overwhelming our stressed-out level, and some dinner consumed, Brent and I both sat at the small dining table in our trailer, laptops open. He drifted off into music and poking at his computer then moved to his guitar, playing in the bedroom […]

[Warning – Contains Colorful and Useful Language] Brent originally estimated three days then revised it to four days, but we actually made it in two and a half days. Of course, we certainly didn’t stop and smell any roses along the way. We are here in Mobile, Alabama, and already I’m in hell. Stopping for […]

Just spelling em-eye-es-es-eye-es-es-eye-pee-pee-eye reminds me of school and learning to spell. We took a break at an outlet mall along highway 55 to stretch our legs and check out some books and kitchen supplies (didn’t get anything, though) and found that we had entered another world. The people dress different, their hair is very strange […]