Friday Thoughts...

Again, I've waited until Friday to say anything at all on my blog, but I've been active on Twitter all week (drwilliamsisin and workthecloud).  Here are some news and notes from the week...

• Madison made some delicious cupcakes this week.  Yum!
• The big news is Matt's big show is this week.  Opening night was last night and it was a blast!  We enjoyed the show a lot and Matt was terrific.  Mimi is coming to town tomorrow to see it.  We're all looking forward to seeing her...it's been nearly a year.
• Tonight we're hosting the youth group for Matt's show and then a party at our house after.  Should be a kick.
• I wrapped up the first half of the semester this week.  I had my students over for lunch on Wednesday and we had a wonderful time enjoying some burritos and getting to know one another a bit better.
• I'm on "spring break" next week with no classes again for ten days. :-)
• I finally was able to catch up with JA this week.  We got together one night after everyone was in bed and watch thy Olympics and caught up on about a year's worth of news. 
  
• ACU announced their new President...and he's my age!  Holy moly!
  
• Big news this week is that Google released "Buzz" and promptly received a class-action lawsuit from a Harvard Law student for privacy invasion.

• We are LOVING the Olympics!  Vonn, White, Mancuso, Teeter...what a fun group of athletes.  The highlight so far has been that almost every sport we've seen Madison has said "I could do that!"  She really believes it too. :-).  So yesterday on our way up from the gym we tried some "speed skating training" that we had seen on the Olympics.  It wore her out in about 5 minutes!  She responded..."Well, I said I could be a speed skater, not that I could do those silly exercises!". :-)
  

Long time coming...

Wow...it's been over a month since I've blogged.  Thanks to my favorite cousin for pointing out that I've fallen off the cliff.  A few thoughts...

• I've pretty much migrated to Twitter and FB...mostly Twitter.  You can find my work-related tweets at http://www.twitter.com/DrWilliamsIsIn.  I sometimes post a few personal thoughts at http://www.twitter.com/m5williams.
• I've been thinking a lot lately...and reading.  I'm enjoying "The Speed of Trust", and "The Yiddish Policemen's Union", and am just staring "The Immortal Life of Henrietty Locks".  
• I'm rooting for the Saints just because Irsay moved the Colts from Baltimore in the middle of the night and I've never forgiven him.  I think my first NFL stadium was old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.  
• I really like Spanish Garnacha wine.  I just discovered it recently and can't think of another wine I like as well.
• Today Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy (aka the Swing Vote) spoke at Pepperdine today.  In typical fashion, I was too busy grading papers to attend. How short-sighted is that!?!@?!?!!?
• I'm thinking of buying a Nexus and selling my iPhone.  Any thoughts?  Don't get me wrong... I love my iPhone, but I'm not much of an Apple guy.
• In the last few weeks I've cleared out about $300 worth of crap from my office through eBay.  Mostly old books from my PhD program.  But also a couple of mobile phones.  The oddest item of questionable value?  An old book from my Missiology studies that still had the "ACU BOOKSTORE" sticker on it.  I just sold it for 3.5x the "new" price.
• I miss my friend JA.  I haven't seen him for more than 5-minutes since he took his new job and I moved across the street.
• I can't WAIT for a motorcycle ride with my brother in May.  Rte. 66 from Flagstaff to Chicago.  Holy moly it's going to be fun!
• I'm one of those that are moving my money from Big Banks.  I know it won't make a big macro-economic difference since there aren't many of us, and the big banks will just pass it on to the customers anyway.  But in principle, I just can't stand to support them any longer.  I've changed my accounts from BoA to University Credit Union .  I'll keep you posted.
• Children 2 & 3 were both very sick last week.  The bad news was they barely got out of bed.  The good news is that they both started reading Harry Potter and are totally addicted.  Daughter read 1 book a day for the whole week.  Amazing.
• We re-joined Netflix recently.  The best part is that it streams to our new Xbox 360.  We rarely watch DVDs now.
• I've recently discovered a new favorite... Lindt Dark Chocolate with at Touch of Sea Salt.  Absolutely amazing.  I could eat one bar a day.
• I'm trying to read about 50-80% of my reading on my Sony Reader.  I love the form factor, but I need better light than I do with a paper book.