May 18, 2012

It’s Comforting How Oddly Predictable Humans Can Be on the Small Things

Gold Rimmed Coffee Cup and Saucer with Montblanc Fountain Pen

A few days ago, Aaron got a message from one of our friends, Jimmy, at about 4 in the morning.  We were both still up working on a project that's going to have some fairly large financial ramifications for us in about a year or two, so we happened to read it in near real-time.  Anyway, Jimmy said he wished he could come down to our dorm room, curl up on the lower bunk, as Aaron played video games and I read at my desk, drinking coffee out of a gold-rimmed cup and saucer, reading a book with a … [Read more...]

My Mom at the Billy Joel and Elton John Concert

My mom at the Elton John and Billy Joel Concert

My mom wasn't allowed to go see Elton John as a kid.  She came from a very fundamentalist household and seeing a "homosexual" wasn't something God's people did, or so they were told.  So, she would wait up at night and watch him on television instead of going to bed.  Once she was old enough, she had all of his albums and when he walks out on stage (she's seem him twice - once in 2005 and then again last night), she is able to get some serious volume to her screams of joy.  To this day, she … [Read more...]

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