The past days have been filled with hospitals, doctors, nurses, fear, concern, worry and some relief.
Now starts the long, slow recovery for my favorite guy.
Get well, papa bear.  I love you more than you will ever know.

I’m taking a quick break for a family emergency. Back at it in the coming days.

Last week was a busy one. When I wasn’t sitting at the King County courthouse nibbling a granola bar and trying to get the WiFi to connect my Sony PSP to the Internet, I was out on the town in a whirlwind of activity that I haven’t seen in years. Not since that night I turned 21 and threw up on my sister’s face in a bar. I figured that it was safe to leave the house, lo these 11 years later, so my sister and I …

I’m a day late, but I couldn’t go without mentioning that yesterday was National Librarian Day. Seeing as how my lovely wife has her degree in Information Science, I feel incredibly disappointed in myself for spending yesterday sleeping rather than preparing celebratory library-themed games and snacks.
In honor of that day, and of librarians across the land, let me share some library facts with you (via Wikipedia):
The first two libraries, in ancient Sumer and in Egypt, were repositories for archives, mostly comprised of inventories and commercial transactions.
Private libraries first appeared …