The six fingered man

Is This Thing On???

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 by mbj1

“How do you jump back in the game when it’s been five years since your last post?” I don’t really have an answer to that question, which is why I wrote and then deleted so many versions of the first few paragraphs of this post. Since in all of the versions I was trying to … Read more

Remembering Gary, one year on…

December 21, 2009June 5, 2012 by Mitch

Remembering Gary Hanning on the one year anniversary of his passing.

So Very True

March 10, 2009June 5, 2012 by Mitch

So I haven’t posted in a while. Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy. I’ll try harder. Edit 9/7/10 : here’s an updated link.

Underwater Blues

June 11, 2008 by Mitch

Between flooding and the B.B. King concert this has been a busy week.

A New Graduate

May 18, 2008 by Mitch

We’ve had a very busy weekend, and although it was fun I’m glad it’s finished. After the fishing trip we came back home and had people show up for Angie’s graduation party. We had about 40 people come for the open house on Saturday afternoon. The weather was great and a good time was had … Read more

Salmon Fishing

May 16, 2008 by Mitch

1381 I went salmon fishing yesterday afternoon and this morning in Winthrop Harbor Illinois. We had a group of six guys that went. It was Gary, his father Gale, his college roommate Mike, my dad, my uncle Carl, and me. Gale is from Rushville IL, Mike is from outside of Springfield, IL. Gary is from … Read more

Springtime for Mosey

April 22, 2008 by Mitch

894 Spring has sprung, and that means the backyard and the conservancy that is adjacent to our yard starts bustling with activity. This is great for us, because watching the wildlife in the conservancy is one of the greatest attractions of living near one. What is good for us is hard for Mo. He’s such a loving … Read more

Hairless (For Now)

February 1, 2008 by Mitch

1339 I’ve been challenged to partake in the phenomenon known as International Mustache Month. So I’ve shaved all facial hair off and now I’m feeling like a hairless cat. We’ll see how this works out. I’ve never grown a full beard, but I’ve had some sort of facial hair since 1997. At first I just … Read more

Holiday Time and a Media Blitz

November 20, 2007 by Mitch

Well, the holidays are upon us already, and I’m not sure I’m ready for them. There’s a radio station in Milwaukee that’s been playing nothing but Christmas songs since November 1st. Seriously? Two months of Christmas songs??!? I grew up going to choir rehearsals and band practices and we would start with the Christmas repertoire … Read more

Happy Birthday Mr. Turtle!

October 16, 2007 by Mitch

I read today that LOGO is turning the big 40. I have fond memories of this particular programming language because when I was in elementary school we worked with LogoWriter on our Apple IIgs. It was one of the earliest and most formative experiences I had with a computer and I can’t begin to tell you how much I learned experimenting in LogoWriter. Driving the turtle around the screen by typing commands in on the “Front Side” just to see what they would do, and going to the”Flip Side” to write more in depth programs presented an intuitive way to introduce some pretty complex fundamentals of computer programming.