We bought a house, check it out [post]

Well, it has been a crazy 8 days. Last Saturday, January 9th, we officially started our house search.  Today, January 17th, we signed a contract to build a house. Our initial plan was to purchase a house that was preowned.  We started the search by searching online a house listings just to see what we…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Another year is coming to a close.  As I reflect on another year gone by on this Christmas day, I am reminded of another good year.  The measure of a good year most of the time eludes me, but I am thankful that I didn’t lose anyone that I knew this year.  Maybe that is…

Blackouts are Crippling Sports

After much thought on this subject over the years, I still don’t understand the need for Blackouts of Television coverage of sporting events. As I was working tonight I thought it would be nice to use the MLB.com At Bat app for the iPhone to watch the Rockies take on the Dodgers at Coors Field…

Vibram: Treadmill Day 1

I finally got my first chance to run on the treadmill with the new Vibram’s tonight.  I went for 25 minutes on the treadmill and ran/walked for 2 miles.  For my first time on the treadmill I am very happy with the results. I usually run with a 3 minutes running/3 minutes walking pace for…

Vibram: Day 1

I got my new Vibram Five Fingers KSO shoes today.  As soon as I got home I put them on.  It was a very interesting feeling when I put them on.  I have had many many pairs of tennis shoes throughout the years, but these are by far the most interesting.  According to the Vibram…

TIL: Adding Admin Menu Pages

When using functions like add_submenu_page etc, make sure that you add them at the admin_menu action. If you try to add them any place other than that you will get “Insufficient Privileges” errors when trying to go to the page. NOTE: If you are in WP 2.8 WordPress allows you to run those functions at…