Great Weekend

We had a great weekend in Eastern Tenn. with the young adult group from our church. We did some white water rafting on the Ocoee River, hung out in Chattanooga (I would have liked to spent more time there), and cooked dinner for the staff at Confrontation Point. All in all a good trip and a much needed break.

Software & Tennessee

Haven’t been posting for quite a while because we’re right in the middle of a release cycle for our online training tool. This past week wrapped up most of the code for the first beta. This weekend I’m headed to east Tennessee for a weekend of relaxation with our church young adult group. (posted from Clarkville, TN)

St. Louis Marathon Photo from flickr

DSCN9755.JPG Originally uploaded by kerner. So I’ve been meaning to get flickr working on my blog and I had a moment of distraction this morning so I decided to just get it done. So far this is an incredibly easy interface. More tools should work this way. Oh, and the photo is the start of the St. Louis Marathon that …

House Buying

Sarah and I have for all practical purposes purchased a house. We’ve done the inspection and submitted our requests to the seller of the house. Assuming we can agree on everything we’ll close near the end of May. It’s kind of funny the things a house inspector finds when going through a house — some so minor that you wouldn’t …

My busy busy life

There actually is a good reason that I’ve not posted much lately. Mainly being that I’ve been incredibly busy the past three weeks. I spent almost two full weeks in Columbia for work and have been out of town for the last couple of weekends — in St. Louis for Sarah to run a half-marathon and in Columbia for church …

Cake Rolling — Carrot Cake

In a return to baking I made a carrot cake yesterday — the recipe came from the Good Eats show “A Taproot Orange” and can be found at food network. This recipe made by far one of the best carrot cakes I’ve ever had. It’s incredibly high in carrot content using 12 ounces of grated carrot. I discovered that a …

Pub Time

Everybody should have a local pub that they frequent. I’m sitting at Patton Alley Pub (in Springfield, MO) enjoying great beer, chips, and company (with Steve Kirks). All of the food here is quite good, made better so by half price domestic draws and appetizers during happy hour (3-6pm).

Once again I realize I’ve not been posting

It’s been over a month since my last posting. I’d say that the posting will increase, but I can’t say that conclusively. I’ve had blog topics in my head for a bit and just not written them, here’s a summary of the past month all in one post. I haven’t been cooking much lately. Sarah takes care of most of …

Jerry Orbach, 1935 – 2004

As many of you may know I’m a huge musical theater fan. Last night Jerry Orbach died of prostate cancer at age 69. Most people recognize him as Lennie Briscoe from TV’s “Law and Order” franchise. Orbach however was first an actor in musicals. He was originated the roles of Billy Flynn in “Chicago,” El Gallo in “The Fantasticks,” and …

Small Electrics Part 3: The Slow Cooker

This may sound odd coming from somebody who likes good food, but I love the Crock Pot. The slow cooker is a great tool when it’s cold outside. We actually use ours year round, but generally the foods made in a slow cooker are more suited to winter weather. For quite a while this fall we made something every week …