Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

Another loss

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

On May 21, our pastor, Forrest Pollock, and his son were killed in a crash of the pastor's personal plane (Forrest was an avid pilot) on their way to a conference.  The church mourned.  It was two weeks before the official dedication of the new sanctuary. This morning, we ...

Feels like I’m home again

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

DSCF4468.JPG, originally uploaded by swbuehler. Main Street, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World.

My story, updated

Monday, August 11th, 2008

In the activity of the weekend, I forgot to take my anti-anxiety medications, resulting in missing work both today and tomorrow until the resulting dizziness and headaches calm down. I did manage to make it to Celebrate Recovery tonight, since I was the scheduled testimony and there was no backup ...

Six months.

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

It sort of amazes me how much life has changed in six months. If things had held out, last weekend would have been a tenth wedding anniversary celebration. However, things didn’t work out that way. August 1st came and went like any other day. So will August 15th ...

His last lecture

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Technorati Tags: Carnegie Mellon,Randy Pausch,Virtual Worlds,Virtual Reality,VR,Last Lectures Carnegie Mellon University professor and virtual worlds pioneer Randy Pausch died from complications of pancreatic cancer this past Friday at the age of 47. About a month after he was told he had “three to six months of good health left,” ...

Home again, home again.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Technorati Tags: Podcamp Boston 3,PCB3,Podcamp Boston I finally made it back to Orlando a day late from Podcamp Boston, and got dumped on by a thunderstorm on my two-hour ride home to Plant City on the Interstate, without time to pull over and get my rain gear on.  However, ...

The "adventure" continues

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Technorati Tags: Podcamp Boston 3,U.S. Airways,airport delays,Philadelphia My trip to Boston just got way more interesting, and much more expensive. I just got settled into a $284 hotel room at the Airport Marriott—in Philadelphia. The flight out of Boston ended up arriving here two hours late because of ...

Decompressing from Podcamp Boston

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Technorati Tags: Podcamp Boston 3 My decompression from Podcamp Boston has started as I wait here in Logan Airport a couple of hours before the first leg of my flight home to Florida, sitting within view of the gate for my flght, letting my phone and my laptop charge ...

Boston, Day 1

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Leave apartment in Plant City at 3:00 AM for Orlando International Airport. Arrive at Orlando Airport; find out that scooter doesn't have enough weight in metal to open the gate to the parking area, go through SunPass lane instead and charge parking to SunPass. Wait in ...

Let Hillary crack your nuts!

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Let Hillary crack your nuts!, originally uploaded by swbuehler.