Painfully Hopeful

I’m tired of this

I’ve been borrowing my neighbor’s Apple Watch for the past several days, and I’d planed to make Monday’s post my “thoughts thus far” with the experience. Then a monster decided he didn’t like some people and decided to kill 50 people, and wound 53 more, at a gay night club. I don’t mention my foiled…

The bicycle test

Today I decided to attach the action camera’s bicycle mount and see what the footage could look like “out in the wild.” At first, I was disappointed with the mount. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t tighten the screw enough to make the camera stable. This turned out to be user error 1. The…

Action!

The first week of June an action camera came up on Woot! which peaked my interest. I’ve been considering picking up a used GoPro at some point to use for baptisms and other footage which could be hazardous to my phone or DSLR. So, when this deal came to my attention, I decided it would…

After the storm

On Wednesday I was up in my ABCNJ office when a massive storm tore through the area. I was soon getting reports of a possible tornado in my town, and was quickly in contact with my family. After a few texts I learned two things. First. The schools were both ok, though the lights flickered…

The Donkey and the Elephant

Throughout this primary season I’ve heard many cries of the system being “hijacked” and “undemocratic” and “not following the will of the people” from my friends who are more left of center on the political spectrum. In some respects, I can understand. I agree the DNC wanted to hold a coronation, rather than have a…

Unpacking Beginnings

We’ve arrived back in dreamland. This passage was originally slated to be the opening section of chapter eight, but the time jump in “The end of a road” demanded to play first chair. This isn’t a long passage, the dreams typically haven’t been, but there’s still some interesting tidbits found inside. Let’s unpack. Different evertorches…