Learning The Codes

I started CodeAcademy a little while back. I started on the Programming track and made some progress, but kind of got bored and wasn’t exactly picking it up. However, they recently added an HTML and CSS track, and I jumped all over that. I’d already had some pretty decent HTML+CSS experience, but never quite fully [...]

We’ll Miss You, Howie

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My fiance’s family dog, Howie, was put to sleep late last night. Though I knew him for roughly six years, I never got to see him during his prime as a champion agility dog. He was the classic yellow lab family dog that was full of love, great with kids and anyone else that was [...]

We’re Engaged!

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Yep. Took me almost six and a half years to finally make it happen, though I knew from the first time I saw her this would happen. Just like the proposal, I won’t ruin this with a bunch of talk. Here’s a few photos from our special weekend. The rest are on Facebook.

Being a “Man”

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I’m an avid participant in FWD:, a gathering of Chicago-based guys that believe men are more than what the media portrays them as (that’s a very loose and completely incomplete description of what the group is all about, but it’s one aspect). I firmly believe that most men aren’t the completely moronic, insensitive and close [...]

First Snow of the Winter

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It’s January 12th and it finally snowed here in Chicago! Technically, it’s snowed a few times before, but it barely stuck, so I don’t count it. But today, we got real snow. 4-6 inches! I wouldn’t normally welcome snowfall, but I’ve got a snowmobile trip next weekend and we really needed some snow in the [...]