Author: Brian

Driving to work today I saw a license plate holder that said the following: I see it, I want it, I throw a fit, and I get it While obviously intended to be funny, the sentiment struck me as a glorification of selfishness and childishness and that one would not consider putting such a sentiment… Continue reading Contrasts

I just got the reading/course material for classes this fall. I have two classes: Elements of Software Management and Metrics for Software Managers. The books for the Metrics class are: Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results The books for… Continue reading A Little Light Reading

Sam has been asking me since before last Winter if he could have a lemonade stand. I took the day off today because we were originally planning to go and pick blackberries; however, the blackberry farm said the berries wouldn’t be ready until next week. A hot summer day with nothing else to do? That… Continue reading Lemonade Stand

The nicknames are gone. They just sounded dumb and they were too hard to maintain. It was also impossible to prevent commenters from using our real names. I am making one concession to anonymity though: I have removed all instances of our last name from the blog.

It’s been a few years since we’ve been to the 4th of July parade in Provo. If you’ve been to one of these parades you’ve been to them all so there isn’t really any need to keep going each year. Of course, we’ve been enough times in the past that we’re considered the “experts” on… Continue reading BYUFan’s Guide to Reserving a Good Parade Spot

Nancy and I have been thinking about the best ways to teach our children how to work. This past week we instituted a new chore program. Each day the kids have daily chores that they need to complete. If they complete their chores they get points. Once they’ve earned up enough points they get a… Continue reading Saturday Chores

You may have noticed that most posts have been updated to replace our names with nicknames. This was a small measure to provide a bit of anonymity. No, I’m not terribly worried about people knowing who we are – if you know us then you know us. I just thought the nicknames would act as… Continue reading We’re Going Underground

On Wednesday we had an appointment with our Congressman (Rep. Jason Chaffetz) to tour the U.S. Capitol. We had tried to get a tour of the White House through Rep. Chaffetz but the staff member told us that since Chaffetz was a freshman rep and also a Republican, the Obama Administration wasn’t making any White… Continue reading 2009 Vacation – Washington D.C.

After the frustration and headache of trying to get to Virginia and getting our luggage, we didn’t do much on Monday. We decided to stick at the hotel and swim at the pool and basically just get into a vacation mindset. By Monday afternoon we were bored so we decided to go to Jamestown. I… Continue reading 2009 Vacation – Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg