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daydreaming at work

ck — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:47:27 +0000

daydreaming at work, originally uploaded by heyceekay.

daydreaming at work

Rode the Wee to the Lake

ck — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:50:42 +0000

Did something I’ve always wanted to do over the weekend. Ride a motorcycle to my cabin. This weekend proved to be an opportune time. As a bonus, I was also able to rid the world of a large number of bugs! Has anyone else ever experienced swerving down the road while trying to avoid dragon flies? Quite the experience. Highway 6 and Highway 25 might be my favorite new way to get to the cabin.

Running

ck — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:02:54 +0000

I’ve never ever been a runner, but I love my new shoes. Getting better every day. Unfortunately a side effect of gaining endurance is burning less calories… at least according to my watch…

Sunset over WYC

ck — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:12:29 +0000

Sunset from Fore Sail at WYC

Wireless Bridge

ck — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:30:17 +0000

Well I have finally abolished my outdated wireless using WEP. This piece of paper/torture device has resided in a drawer in my kitchen for over five years. Too many friends have been forced to enter to enter its 40 characters of nonsense to access my network. No more!

Street Dance!

ck — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:18:45 +0000

Charge Away!

ck — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:42:10 +0000

It’s nearing the end of August. I haven’t yet spent a single moment flying one of my RC planes. I think that is very sad considering how much money I invested in the hobby last summer. It’s okay though, I have finally managed to acquire/build a makeshift power supply for my battery charger! The last time I attempted this I was met with nothing but failure. This time though, success! I still have a number of finishing touches to make before I can call it well and done, but at least it’s working. I’m charging one of my nicer packs right now… Don’t think I’ll go bed quite yet though… I’m not that crazy.

Take back the Beep!

ck — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:11:33 +0000

I’ve been annoyed for years at the painfully long messages our wonderful cell carriers force us to listen to just to leave a voicemail. I always just assumed that it was a sinister attempt to ensure more seconds were used for our calls, thus making them $$$.

It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who hated this practice and that there is somebody trying to do something about it!

One cool night at Half Moon

ck — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:09:42 +0000

Last night was probably was of the neatest experiences I’ve had in a long time.

For many of weekends during the summer I can be found hanging around the Cutshall family at their cabin on Half Moon Lake in Wisconsin. It’s one of my favorite places in the world. They’ve treated me like family there, so it’s one of those spots on earth where you just feel like home.

The past few years Bob and Jeanne have hosted the Heart of the City band at the cabin for an afternoon of hanging out on the lake. Yesterday was that day. Jason and I arrived a little after lunch to a cabin packed with strangers. A lot of people up there is nothing unusual, but I’ve never seen so many people that I just didn’t know. Now me being me I didn’t really talk to many of them, but they all seemed to be just really cool. It sounded like they look forward to that day all year round and it was really cool to watch all of the smiles on everyone’s faces.

That night, after most of the food had been eaten and everyone who wanted to was waterlogged from the lake, we all sat around the campfire. Eventually Dan and his son had started playing their guitars and his wife Sandy her flute. They played some really beautiful acoustic music for about 20 minutes and then started singing some songs that I knew. Now maybe singing worship songs around a campfire is nothing new to a lot of people… but this was a good portion of the Heart of the City band! Needless to say it was just a really cool and really moving hour or so where these gifted musicians played and sang glory to God around a fire under a starry sky in one of the places that is like home to me. It was sweet.

Anyway, just a really really cool night on Half Moon.

I knew it!

ck — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:13:08 +0000

The risk of jamming is lower if all people obey the rules than if they all disobey them, according to the analysis, but jamming risk is lowest when about 40 percent of people drive like jerks.

Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams

I am so glad to say that I have been doing my part for years and have been more than happy to alleviate congestion on our busy roadways.

You’re all welcome!