Archives for January, 2008

Newsgator is worth a try


The news that Newsgator was giving away its software suite for individuals — including FeedDemon, NetNewsWire, Newsgator Go, and others — gave me the incentive to give their offerings a try.  I have been a loyal fan of Google Reader (or Bloglines — hey, I’m fickle) for several years and didn’t see any substantial benefit [...]

Sweet sixteen


It’s hard to believe but today is Keegan’s sixteenth birthday!  Wow.  I’m feeling old.  I’m sure I will feel suddenly much older and have even more gray hairs when he gets his driver’s license

Walking the walk


In Peter Scott’s blog I read yesterday morning that the latest issue of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship is now available. I had heard of this publication before but hadn’t really looked at it. (It is “a quarterly publication of the Science & Technology Section, Association of College & Research Libraries.”) [...]

The Internet can be a wonderful resource


This weekend I got into a bread-baking craze.  My whole family loves bread and nothing — really, it’s true — beats good, homemade bread.  I’ve always enjoyed making it but the time spent doing that has been infrequent for several years.  We have an old bread machine that we’ve used for a long time and [...]

A good cry


My brother and sister-in-law, Tim and Linda, played this for us when we had breakfast at their house yesterday.  It just blew me away and I had a good cry.  God uses the most unlikely people, and the most unlikely circumstances, to make a huge statement about His love.  I love my great God.

What’s been happening


I haven’t posted anything in a great while and that’s a good thing.  I just haven’t felt like writing anything.  Now that it’s January 1, 2008, I felt I should write the first post of the new year.
So, what’s been happening in my life?  Well, I’ve been enjoying the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.  I [...]