The Miesem Family Website
Okay, so I didn’t want to say anything, because I didn’t want anyone to know, but I broke the photo gallery on the site. Apparently, when you upgrade the plugin, you also deactivate the plugin. Go figure. Anyways, the photo gallery is back up and working.
Don’t tell anyone it broke.
When I was a teenager, I read The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff. It had a tremendous influence on me, as it did on many people, and illustrated that it was possible to not only live your life in harmony with those around you, but to stop struggling against yourself and to just exist.
I still recommend this book to people whenever I get the chance, as I hope it can influence people just as positively as it did me. Most people give me a friendly ear while I rant and rave about it, find it on the internet, and print out excerpts for them to read, but they never pursue it. Regardless, I still try, because I believe in what Benjamin Hoff had to say.
Here’s a picture of my Yahoo inbox. Note the last message is sent from “Virus,” which made me laugh.
Here’s a route that Daniele and I have used a few times for exercise. It’s a really pretty ride, down along the bosque. As long as you travel when it’s not too hot, you’ll have a really nice ride.
You can see our route on the map below. We started in Carlsbad, rode about ten miles south along the coast, then turned around and came back. I’m hoping that we’ll have the opportunity to do more rides like this in the future.
We had such a good time, we’ve decided that we’re going to get away without the kids and do this sort of thing more often.
The more I use 30 Boxes, the more I like it. Sure, it’s a remarkably stable calendar, and that’s worth the price of admission alone, but it’s much more than that. For example, it’s pretty easy to syndicate content from my calendar to any website.
For instance, you can go here to see a complete schedule of my kids’ soccer games, and that’s pretty cool by itself. However, there’s more:
That’s just scratching the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to SMS reminders, I get a message sent to my cellphone an hour before each game. Plus, if you want to know what I’m up to, you can always check out my buddy page and find out. If you decide to give it a try, let me know, and I may even be able to point you to some useful resources.
Over at Big Flaming Pile, there an experiment going on. Brian has opened up a wall in his room to the internet, and allows people to submit things they’d like for him to write. Well, on a whim, I submitted a quote from my favorite pioneer in film, Charlie Chaplin.
Brian just sent me a very nice note to let me know that he had written what I’d suggested on his wall and had even drawn a picture of the little tramp. That’s pretty darn cool.
Today, Harry and I went to the park and played a little soccer. You see, in three weeks, he is going to start playing in a league, and he felt that some practice would be a good idea.
Next came the running. I was lucky enough to get a few photos of our time together before Harry informed me that I needed to put the camera away and run around with him. After all, that’s how you play soccer. We ran like madmen, with Harry taking the ball from me and then me taking it from him before starting the whole cycle all over again.
Next stop, team sports!
