Sillyness Spelled Wrong Intentionally

8 years ago today, Heather and I stood in front of friends and family consenting to be joined as one for the rest of our lives.

Many things have changed since then: how we look, how we dress and where we live just to name a few. We are now three instead of two since the birth of our son Jakob. There is a lot more grey hair, and in my case a lot more weight. But with all these things that have changed, a couple of important things have stayed the same. Read the rest »

At 6:30 pm Heather consented to be my wife.

The past seven years have been hard, glorious, funny and sorrowful.  And I wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world.  I am a better, nicer more respectful person because of those years, and the world at least thanks you. Read the rest »

Here is a short little video I took this morning.  I really need to get a new camera.  Click it! (it’s an MP4) Read the rest »

I am sure some of you are wondering where I am lately, and what I am up to.  Quite a few irons are in the fire currently, let me show you a couple of them.

On the book front

Hot on the heels of my Blog Design Solutions experience I was offered a book deal of my own by Apress. I am 5 chapters in on a book that covers development with WordPress.  Aren’t you all excited?

UPDATE: Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments. The good news: Jakob came through the surgery fine, and is recovering remarkably well.  The bad news: the procedure was only partially successful.  They are going to have to go back in and perform a similar procedure in another couple of months.

Its 4:50 in the morning and we are preparing to take our son Jakob Michael to the hospital for surgery.  I don’t have time to go into particulars, maybe once he is home and safe; it is enough to know that he is going to be put under completely, and the surgery should take an hour and a half. Read the rest »