Yep, it’s Friday the 13th again…for whatever that’s worth.

Just for your entertainment, I found a page that gives a little history on this day. Enjoy.

Leslie and I have been down a few days with a wicked stomach flu. We both seem to be on the mend though.

Coming soon to the message board, a blurb on our trip home for Thanksgiving. Or not.

For your entertainment or embarrassment, an image submitted by Dan Vandiver in Japan showing yet another reason the world laughs at us sometimes:

Well, I have managed to convert most of the old site pages over and have some of the rudimentary new pages online too. More content work to come of course. Have heard little or no comments about the redesign though most people probably haven’t seen it yet.

Leslie & I are heading out to Illinois to spend the week with my family so expect no updates until we get back. Hope you all have an enjoyable and relaxing holiday.

A couple links to pass along from friends and the like:

The Belief-o-matic, a way to see what religion your beliefs may concide with. Kind off an odd way to check your head.

Slate brings an alternate view of Harry Potter.

An one of those articles I keep going back to which is one man’s view of how we could be planning to combat terrorism. Can’t say I agree with all of it, but it does give some food for thought.

Looking forward to making it home for Thanksgiving in a few weeks.

Tom should be making it home in a couple weeks too.

Jason and Ruth are expecting. I figure I can announce this as most people who would know them probably already know. And for those who didn’t…consider yourself informed.

May have a new site design coming up too. (Hehe, already did that.)

Not a whole lot to update other than a couple of notes:

Having fun playing fantasy football against the Millers and their friends on Yahoo.

Learning quite a bit in my Network + class; as well as learning that I already know a lot of this – so that’s nice.

Tom has gotten out of Basic (congrats bro) and is now stationed at Fort Lee, VA for the next couple of months. If you have his address, find the time to write him (we owe him a couple of letters). Sorry about missing your call on Sunday morning.

Saturday, Leslie and I took a mental break and ran up to Lawrence, KS to pick up some wonderful Jimmy John’s sandwiches. If you haven’t had one, try to find a franchise in your local area and try it. Had a nice day walking around and just getting away from Stillwater for a bit. Could’ve made more of a trip of it, but we really had to get back and do homework and housework. Maybe next time we’ll really get a chance to relax.

Well, I have been waiting for the military to get their act together on their site (I mean, at least it’s just me who doesn’t update this one), but here is where Tom is at for the next couple of weeks and more specifically, what he is up to.

Also, since I really haven’t gotten a lot of input into what anyone thinks of the demo site design, I’ll probably be adapting the site over soon. However, I want to thank Nana for some content requests and Glen for explaining what he wants out of a message board tutorial. I’ll get to work on that stuff soon.

As far as things on the horizon we are really looking forward to:

New Fall TV season. Check out the following recommended shows: The Shield (granted, its re-runs until January) and Scrubs

Movies: Clear off your calendar and prepare to be scared to death. From Japan, filtered through Hollywood (hopefully not too badly), comes The Ring.

One more thing…. There is now a tutorial on how to register for the Message Board, available here. Let me know if this does the trick.

Wow, I have been totally lax with the updates. I promise to get that going soon. However, I need a little help from you guys. I am looking at a couple content ideas. If you would, give me some ideas about favorite restaurants/attractions/etc. as I am looking at personalized travelogues about certain cities.

Also, if you would like some special dates put on a calendar, please send those dates along so we can share those with everyone. Thanks.

Actually I did go to work, but it is snowing here, which is somewhat of an irregular experience.

For now though, a couple things that made me laugh:

Zits online comic strip for February 6

A mock-up movie poster from our friends at Mad Magazine.

For those who care, I am redesigning Otherland and may have that back up in all its glory next month. Stay tuned.

Also archived any news older than the first of the year (which I understand doesn’t leave a whole lot).