JoeBlogJoe and Sarah’s Thoughts .. oh my!

I guess this gives me an excuse to move to a full up iPhone.

Not sure how long this will stay available but Fox is presenting the core of a Dave Ramsey Live Event. This runs about 50 minutes (i think the real events go 3-4 hours). Sarah and I have adopted the basic philosophy and it has served us well since going debt free (sans the house .. [...]

So it begins ……  (a new year that is) (photo by foxypar4 @ flickr)

Trying out a couple of things. First, this post should auto-twitter when i post Second, this photo is being pulled from my Picasa web album via a plugin: Third, this is a table (via a plugin): 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fourth, a map via plugin: Fifth,  an embedded video (again plugin).   This is [...]

I’m really digging this quote right now: A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government. – Thomas Jefferson hat tip to the Living [...]

Just testing this thing out !

First off, i totally agree with this statement: Here’s how you can use the A La Carte Method for yourself. Cancel all the discretionary subscriptions you can: your magazines, annual Rhapsody plan, cable — even your gym. (It would be totally ridiculous to cancel your Internet, though. I’d cry like a little girl if I [...]

   Wow!  This would have a been a great routine to do ‘back in the day’!

Am i the only one that has philosophical problems with this statement (from this AP story): “What we’re talking about is a one-half percent income tax surcharge on incomes above $1 million,” said Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of the Blue Dog group. “So someone who earns $2 million a year would pay $5,000. [...]

Okay .. so I’m a bit of a paper hoarder.   Sarah has worked on beating this tendency out of me.   Its been having an effect. We’ve been working at it a long while.  With the help of the Fujitsu Scansnap S300 I’ve made a ton of progress.  This scanner allows me to scan anything that [...]

Pretty cool stuff.   Sarah and I both were awakened this morning by a 5.4 earthquake at around 5:40am local time (4:40 real time .. because DST is dumb .. thanks Abdul).   It lasted 10–15 seconds and definitely rattled the place.  It appears the epicenter was around 135 miles to the southwest of us. Here’s the [...]

This caused quite the discussion in our office last week since it was quite the increase. Three Hendricks County gas stations agreed to refund customers after Attorney General Steve Carter’s inquiries about excessive pricing last week. A Speedway and two Marathon gas stations on U.S. 36 set prices at $4.09 a gallon for regular unleaded [...]

Very carefully as it turn out. Read here

Sarah and I were quite the cooks this weekend.    On Saturday, I constructed a Lasagna that i think turned out pretty darn well.   It should be plenty of food to eat for lunch through the week. Here are some shots:                       Sarah is a better cook [...]

Way back in Aug 2005 i posted a map of the places in the world that i’ve visited. Here is a refresher: Most of these were pass thru-visits on the way to other places. I do need to see more of the country, particularly out west.

Some Turkey Day photos!   ThanksGiving – Tuttle – 2006

She’s always lived up to the name. Queen of the house. Not very fast, she’d get there someday. I remember that she would sleep with her paws crossed (2nd from the bottom picture). Kinda cute .. for a cat that is Sarah rescued her from the pound. We had her since before we were married [...]

I should be more evil than this: You Are 40% Evil A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well.In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil. How Evil Are You?

This gives me some good meal planning ideas….  McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Klingon Recipes..

Drool …… Think Secret – True video iPod to sport 3.5-inch display, touch-screen click wheel

Sounds like a good Sunday breakfast http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/bacon/

A few shots from Christmas 2005 Lucas Christmas Tree Ornaments Overloaded! Charlies Angels More pictures after the link

Awesome C-17s in formation

This sounds awesome! SOUP! I had some Potato and Leek soup down at Epcot that was pretty darn good (and it was supposed to be authentic Irish to boot).

Its about time: Eating in the Car article Yet another reason to buy a Fusion