My sister, Lauren, got herself married on Saturday. The weather was perfect, the ceremony was beautiful, the food was delicious. The ceremony was held at The Piper Palm House, the oldest greenhouse west of the Mississippi, located in Tower Grove Park. The reception was held at Tommy’s parents’ house in Kirkwood. [...]
Last night’s discussion went pretty well. We also decided that we would read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking for the next meeting. You can find this book at libraries, bookstores, or purchase it at Amazon.com for as low as $5. We’ve set the date of the next discussion [...]
Saturday night Adam came over and brought 4 Cecil Whittaker’s pizzas. It was customer appreciation day which meant we could enjoy the pizzas at $5 each. I provided the beer. We were trying to think of something different to do with our evening. So we decided to check out a place [...]
I went to the Grind last night do some reading. I ran into Ryan and Molly. It was good to finally meet her. We talked for a while. After Ryan and Molly left I finished reading Perelandra and started reading That Hideous Strength.
Slept in today until about Noon. Made myself some [...]
Went to happy hour with steve. Since he works rather close to where I live it was quite convenient for him to drive over to my place after work, get a quick tour of our house, and walk up the street to the Olympia for some beers.
Afterwards, Troy and I met up with Ryan [...]
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For many years I’ve thought it would be neat to have a miniature horse as a pet. That is, a domesticated and smaller version of a horse–say, about the size of a cat. To give you an idea of what one might look like, check out this picture. Of course in that [...]
Went to watch people play chess in the Loop last night. I don’t play much anymore as I just get frustrated when I play because I’m so bad compared to the others that go to chess club. I enjoy the game very much and that’s why I still go. It’s a lot [...]
Anonymous writes: I found out there’s a place in the Great Smokey Mountains called Morton Overlook
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Ryan took up writing a journal of our journey. All annotations are by me, Jamin, and are in italic. Click below to Enjoy…
Journal:
Thursday6:30 a.m. On the road…to Schnucks. There are two essentials for surviving in the wilds: ice and cash. We also figure a map may prove handy. [If nothing [...]
This morning I mailed off a check for $465.48. This check was special because it paid off the remaining balance of my last unpaid credit card. I am now completely credit card debt-free! Now to focus on my school loan.
