Mike on July 31st, 2009

Yesterday was my birthday and thank you again to everyone who wished me well on Facebook. Before the internet, I’m not sure we could ever get that many people in one place to wish me a happy birthday.
I spent #42 at mom and dad’s. I didn’t want to make mom cook, so I [...]

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Mike on July 19th, 2008

File this under the things I wish I had when I was a teenager.
Rock Band.
As many of you might recall, I bought Susan a Nintendo Wii for her birthday.  This has been a big deal for the family.  The kids have enjoyed playing bowling and Mario Kart, but we did not expect the impact that [...]

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Mike on April 3rd, 2008

I signed up for Facebook a long time ago (when I noticed a lot of the students at McCombs were using it).  I had no idea that something so seemingly simple would balloon (nay, explode) into the 800 pound gorilla it is now.
For those that don’t know, Facebook is a social networking site that originally [...]

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Mike on January 27th, 2008

Yesterday afternoon (after mom’s surprise birthday party), Kayla and I drove down to Austin to participate in Jennifer Ziegler’s Book Release Party. As I mentioned a few days ago, her second book “How NOT to be Popular” has just hit the bookstores. Tonight was her party for the release.
I have to admit, [...]

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Mike on January 8th, 2008

As previously reported on Guentzel.org, Jennifer Ziegler has been busily scribbling away on her latest work for some time.
She announced on her blog today, the book has just been released:
How NOT to Be Popular (Delacorte, 2008)
Jenny describes it like this:
Sometimes bad is good and good is bad-or so we think. How Not to [...]

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Mike on November 13th, 2007

About 13 years ago, I met my friend Lance. We both were hired as programmers at the University of Texas and (after my split with Kayla’s mom), we became roommates and good buds.
He was the best man at my wedding and one of my favorite human beings.
After all these years (and some toe-dipping in [...]

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