Year: 2018

  • Our Fancy-Pants Pine Tree Hunt

    Our Fancy-Pants Pine Tree Hunt

    I realized only a few days ago that it has been NINE YEARS since we last cut our own tree for Christmas. That record was finally broken today when my sister, her boyfriend, and I went up Rist Canyon and visited the Christmas Tree Ranch.

  • Christmas Again

    So I guess I could say Merry Christmas. Then again, I WANT to say, “Hey it’s that time of year where I break out my Christmas theme for a blog!” I haven’t done this in a long while, and given that I’ve moved over to WordPress, I wonder if it’s possible. Stay tuned for theme-like […]

  • Henderson

    So it turns out I spent the weekend in Henderson, NV with my girlfriend. She is a coach for CCSD, and today (Monday), I am also chilling/hanging out with her at work. Turns out this is relatively boring. However, it’s okay. I found things to do. Such as sit here, filling up her browser history […]

  • Eric Whitacre – Deep Field and Virtual Choir 5

    It’s here! It’s finally here!! My third ever participation in the virtual choir experience and Eric Whitacre’s fifth official one (not including the World of Color Honor Choir and the Virtual Children’s Choir). https://deepfieldfilm.com https://ericwhitacre.com

  • Shingo Nakamura

    How did I miss this kid!? I recall seeing this in my suggested list multiple times, and I’m happy I finally decided to check it out!

  • Foundation, Part II (The Encyclopedists)

    “As you see, gentlemen, something like ninety percent of the treaty boiled right out of the analysis as being meaningless…”

  • Super Duper Status Update

    It works! I was a bit annoyed that the wordpress atom feed was only XML based. However, I do consider myself pretty good at googling things, and so I found this PHP library called “SimpleXML” which solved a LOT of stuff for me. I used to display the first five Blogger titles on the homepage in […]

  • Blogger Migration

    So you may be wondering: what’s up with all these blog redesigns, Daniel? Well, I got sick of Blogger. A whole lot. And about a month ago, I decided to do something about it.

  • Seriously!?

    I’ve only had my domain switched from my Blogger to the new WordPress site for a mere two hours and already I have to moderate a spam comment. Didn’t take them long.

  • My Mom’s Pickle Recipes

    My Mom’s Pickle Recipes

    Last week my mom shared with me Ree Drummond’s “Quick Pickling 101” recipe. Yesterday I asked her to also share her own 1-day pickle recipes that she’s had forever. Here is my “translation” of her 30yo handwritten notes: