Philsophy this week: The Experience Machine! Here's the idea: There's a machine that you have the opportunity to plug yourself into. Once plugged in, you forget that you've been plugged into a machine. Before plugging in, you decided how you want your life to wind up. The machine then serves you experiences, culminating yo...

So, I'm finally going to use some SOAP. Now, for all of you who have no idea what SOAP is, this probably sounds like a ridiculous joke--yes, I do shower. In fact, I have showered for some time... so bug off! Seriously, though. SOAP is an amazing application of XML that allows messageing between various programs. Really qui...

So, Sunday night Jessica and I went to Graceland (no, not Paul Simon-style) and saw an awesome show: Irving (so-so), The Pale (rocked), Rocky Votolato (really rocked), and Pedro the Lion (Dave Bazan is cool--one of those new songs was really good. The show, however, dragged a little after a while). At $8 a ticket, it was w...

Of course, my bloodwork was completely normal. No lyphoma, nothing nasty; not even anything not-so-nasty. rolls eyes That's good, I guess. Other news, working on a beta site for Agape Presbyterian church. Reading House Made of Dawn (again) by N. Scott Momaday (see the previous post, as well)....

Things are a little on edge because I'm being tested for lymphoma . It's really unlikely that I have anything serious; my sickness is so infrequent, a blip during periods of complete normalcy. But, just to be sure... Of course, I hope that I don't have it. I guess I'm a little afraid, but if that's God's will for me then s...