2008 - define: Jared Barden

New Schrute Video

Dec

30

2008

Schrute’s breeders posted a new video of Schrute and his brothers and sisters near Christmas. Enjoy!

You simply can’t make this stuff up. Apparently Caroline Kennedy, in the running for the Senate seat that Hillary Clintion will most likely vacate next year, has not voted in several elections in New York since registering in 1988. One of the election includes the Senate seat she hopes to fill. Seriously, you can’t make ...

Writing a Facebook App 1

Dec

26

2008

A while ago, I wrote a Facebook App called “Simple Friends” that would display a list of your friends, where you could click their name to view their profile. It was simple enough, but I recently wanted to create a somewhat more sophisticated app. I won’t bother going through the whole process, because there are ...

Buying a Pet in the 21st Century

Dec

26

2008

The last month or so, we’ve experience what I like to call, “Buying a Pet in the 21st Century.” Danielle and I have always said that if we were going to buy a dog, we wanted a BIG dog. Our friend Mary has a Great Dane named Chai. We got to see him while she ...

Today is the Tomorrow We Worried About Yesterday 1

Dec

15

2008

After recent trip to the Dumpling House, my favorite Chinese restaurant, I opened a fortune cookie with the following saying… Today is the Tomorrow We Worried About Yesterday I thought this was a simple but profound statement. Over the last few months I’ve dealt with a lot of worry, anxiety, etc. – mostly over things ...

Saint & Sinner

Dec

6

2008

Over the last few weeks I read Ted Dekker’s Sinner and Saint. Both were great reads, as is typical with Dekker books. The books are a continuation from an older book, Showdown. In a nutshell, some monks come across some “magic” books that have the power to turn whatever is written in them into reality. ...

This Blog Isn’t Dead

Nov

7

2008

I just looked at my last post date, and it read, “August 30, 2008.” So, I just wanted all my loyal readers (that would be Dennis, Danielle, and whoever else pokes around here), that this blog isn’t dead. What’s happened since I last wrote? Let’s see… I turned 28. We made our annual trip to ...

Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

Aug

30

2008

The old saying goes, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Nowhere was that more evident this past week than at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Of course I’m talking about the speeches of both Hillary and Bill Clinton during the convention. They both gave good speeches highlighting how ready Obama is to be President, how ...

Best Bloomin’ Onion Ever

Aug

10

2008

Almost anyone who knows me knows that one of my favorite restaurants is the Outback. If I could, I’d eat there a few times a week, but that would be disastrous for my wallet and my waist. During our family vacation to Ocean City, MD this year we made it a point to swing by ...

Get Smart Burns

Aug

9

2008

Check out the following video to see what it’s like when your second movie at the drive in catches on fire. This was shot about 15-20 minutes into Get Smart, which was our second movie of the night, after watching The Dark Night. Get Smart caught on fire around 12:15 or so, and seeing as ...