I just returned from a celebration of the 100 year anniversary of my fraternity, Delta Upsilon on the University of Washington campus (1910 to 2010). Our national fraternity was founded in 1834 at Williams College in Massachusetts. It is North America's oldest and largest non-secret Greek letter society. The fraternity motto is: Justice, Our Foundation. … [Read more...] about One Hundred (100) Years of Brotherhood
Archives for September 2010
Comparisons
6mths 1wk, Around 18lbs, Hair Strawberry Bleach Blond and eyes ice blue. So I’ve been reading my sister’s blogs and seeing how I’ve been matching up in my first few months in life. Not bad so fair. We rolled over about the same time and sitting has been right up there too. If I can just crawl by 8mths I’ll be on track. Boy do I want to crawl! At least Mom wants me to … [Read more...] about Comparisons
People Power
Spent the better half of the day trying to bring an old 240 volt outlet back to life, after an electrician had completely taken an albeit old, but perfectly good, wiring job apart, I am figuring in the name of safety. This of course has made my job quite difficult. But in the throws of desperation and frustration, I met the kindest and most authentic man by the name … [Read more...] about People Power
A little Perspective
Sometimes I have a perspective problem. I start staring down a tunnel and begin to loose track of the big picture. It is nice to be snapped out of this, sometimes it takes an outside force. People give me a bad time for liking Joel Osteen, but on my ride today in my car I listened to his weekend sermon called "Having the right perspective". I almost turned it off in the … [Read more...] about A little Perspective
Chicken Little and President Obama
I sent the following letter to the editors of our local papers including the Sacramento Bee. The terrible stories circulating about President Obama made me think of the story of Chicken Little, a story we all learned in elementary school. Chicken Little was in the woods and an acorn fell on her head. She was so scared that her trembling caused her feathers to fall out. She … [Read more...] about Chicken Little and President Obama