Hi there. Brief update: Laureen has accepted a job next year with Garland ISD teaching in their alternative high school. This marks the end of her tenure at Hood Middle School in Dallas. The move came about suddenly, but it seems to be a fit that answers prayers. Less of a drive, more discipline and …
Category Archives: Family
Coming and going home
This last weekend was an interesting one. Saturday, I went over to Ft. Worth to spend the night at my parents’ house because Sunday we were driving to Oklahoma for my step-grandfather’s 80th birthday party.For those of you living in the Dallas area who travel north on 35: AAAAAAAGHH! There is pretty massive southbound construction …
Lack of recent updates
Greetings, I’ve been somewhat reticent in updating the site. This is primarily because I am a lazy human being who feels very stressed out by…everything. What we did for Mother’s Day You know, this holiday snuck up on me this year. We went to go see my mom, and Laureen got in a good call …
Life after dog
There’s a big sense of calm around the house, but also a big sense of loss, still. I hear stories almost nightly about missing the jingling of his collar, or how he looked startled when the drugs hit his vein, or about how some things just remind us of him. (admission: I’m tearing up a …
Obituary for Rambo Jones
Rambo “Bo-Bo” Augustus Dotson Jones Jan. 1, 1996 – April 21, 2003 Rambo Jones was put to sleep yesterday at 5:15 p.m. at Springhill Veterinary Clinic by injection. Rambo lived a full 7-plus years of life, becoming a member of the Jones household when he was four months old on April 15, 1996. He was …
A dog with bite
Laureen and I have a chow-chow, approx. 7 years old, named Bo-Bo. His name was changed from Rambo in a deliberate move to de-aggress him (okay, it might not be a word, but I’m trying to capture the “je ne c’est what?” of the thing here). Prior to Wednesday night, I’d been bitten twice by …
An accident experience
A few of my friends and relatives have been in some accidents lately as either a party in the accident or a person severely affected by the accident. I’ve got a story of my mother-in-law, Anita, and her property. Anita lives in Marion, TX, at a place where a farm-to-market road that is heavily trafficked …
Why my life is complete
Sunday : went to see Alegria. Wow. Tuesday : built my own Linux kernel. Not quite Wow; more like whoa. Wednesday : attempt to conquer the universe through acrobatic Linux builds. Note: Barbie computers have 31 Meg of ram. Insert joke here about blondes and memory. If anyone knows the next time Bravo TV will …