Worked on paying bills today. Ouch.

Started cleaning the house. Then the vacuum gave up the ghost. That sucks.

J and I stopped and fixed a neighbor’s concrete bench. We put the top part back on. We’ve had some delinquents break into our neighbor’s house. I reckon they broke the bench, too. Just read a moment ago that they came back to the house to finish the job.

Ate Chinese food with Jesse. Excellent.

We liked this.

Checked out Hobby Lobby. I picked up some clay and plaster of paris to try making molds and casts of natural objects, like tree bark or foot prints.

Went to Barnes and Noble to look at books. I enjoyed a chai latte while I was there. I liked the sound of this tea.

I noticed some writing on the back of Jesse’s new jacket.

Then to the Lego movie.

We both liked it. I thought it was very creative and the 3D was super cool.

I brought some popcorn back from the movies for Kathy.

J drove today. Nice break for me.

Came home to watch Elementary and episodes of the Middle with K.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful sunset.

This morning I updated the www.VerbalSurgery.com/podcasts page.

I’d recorded over thirty new episodes that weren’t on the main website page. It’s a matter of making links from the server to the website. It’s not hard, but doing anything that many times takes time.

Also posted some creative writing on the web.

One of my fun things. I enjoy writing proverbs. I think of them as “Ben Franklin on steroids.” Jesse told me recently that I’ve written over 6,000. About 85,000 followers on twitter. Amazing the scale sometimes.

I was excited to see the Bald Eagle chick!

Two days old.

I got new binoculars and have enjoyed looking at the wildlife out my window. I love them. They’re Nikon Monarches.

I have tried shooting through them with my camera. Here’s my first attempt.

Enjoyed lunch with the whole family. Missed Milo!


Ashley and I did a recon of our partners in the Lawrenceville area. Some really great folks at Grace, 12 Stone and Sunrise!

I took Ashley back to our house to get her car then we rocketed off to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.

Always fun and interesting. I really love my kids there.

Enjoyed watching the newest episode of Duck Dynasty with K this evening. Always funny.

Admin duties now.

Enjoyed recording a new podcast this morning!

Have you ever noticed how simple words like “please” and “thank you” can have really powerful effects?

Check out “Magic Words!” Click on the title and groove!

I had lunch with Jesse. Always fun. We also got some work done on his car. Minor adjustments that can make a difference . . . like where the water hits on the windshield when you’re trying to clean it.

Worked with the kids. SUPER busy. Like standing room only busy. We got through it.

Not always easy. Some kids have a hard time learning the concepts.

Enjoyed watching Perception with Kathy this evening.

Admin duties now.

I can’t believe it’s supposed to get down in the low 20s tonight. Ay caramba.

Beautiful sunset.

Kathy and I went to the bank this morning. We were having trouble figuring out her bank statement.

Got everything figured out and everything’s ok!

Went by the Post Office to pick up stamps for the newsletter.

I always try to get something fun for the kids to stick.

Went by Walmart to pick up some supplies and to Kroger to pick up Kathy’s medicine.

Printed up the labels for the newsletter.

Cleaned out my hummingbird feeders and set them outside.

Flew my drone a little while.

Cleaned the fish tank.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework.

They like to help with the labels.

Kathy and I enjoyed watching Castle and episodes of the Middle this evening.

Produced Jesse’s newsletter. J wrote the article and provided the addresses of some pictures. I laid out the first two pages. Ashley edited and produced an article that Kathy wrote. GREAT to see the whole team in action.

Admin duties now.

Are you smarter than a first grader?

I had fun working with the Zome tools Sunday night.

I’m working on a fragment of DNA.

Each colored connection is either Adenine, Guanine, Thiamin or Cytosine. A always bonds with T and G always bonds with C. Interesting.

Recorded a new podcast!

Everyone has their own particular version of DNA. You are “YOUnique!” A great episode to remind you how AWESOME you are!

Went for a 5.03 mile run this morning. Felt great!

I’ve been studying the Amateur Naturalist book. One of the things he mentions is looking for nests. I had fun running my loop, scanning the tree lines for unusual clusters of branches. Almost always in the same kinds of trees.

Always something beautiful to see!

I think I may be a red head.

Came home to get cleaned up. Jesse joined me at the house. He had worked out and already showered by the time I got home. I’m trying to run ultra smoothly, which equates to slowly.

We enjoyed lunch. I’m teaching him Spanish. It’s fun to watch people learn.

I’m focused on learning Bangla now. Totally freaks out some of the kids. Weird for them to see white people speaking their language.

Helped the kids with their homework. Didn’t look like too much work today.

J and I went grocery shopping.

Dropped him off and headed home. Kathy was just about to go to sleep when I got home around 9:00 pm.

Admin duties now.

I thought these were beautiful.

Do you know what these lines represent?

Kathy and I went to Clarkston International Bible Church this morning.

I dressed up to surprise K.

On our way into church, I always enjoy speaking Swahili with my friends from Zaire. I had a prayer time with them.

It was fun hearing Pastor Phil lead the music. He’s got a great voice.

Ate lunch with Jesse at the food court at Northlake Mall.

GREAT to see Jesse.
The food I wanted (a kind of fusion Bengali) was out of business. Got some Chinese. It kind of made my stomach rumble later. Hmmmm.

I thought this sign was odd.

I have a little trouble fitting my new iPhone 7 into my pocket.

I went outside and Batman pulled into the parking lot.

We took a short walk around the mall.

I always want to go faster, faster. Then I usually stop and take a picture. Crazy pace for other people to stay up/wait for.

Came home to clean the house.

Vacuumed.


Then worked on stain removal.

Then swiffer mop.

I even shook the rugs outside.

Enjoyed working on the Zome models. I’m trying to copy a small section of DNA. It’s like a puzzle.

Kathy and I watched the Kardashians. She rode her bike all the way from Clarkston home in about an hour and a half. Pretty impressive. She said she stopped once.

Went for a 2.69 mile run this morning. Felt great.

Always something interesting to see! Looks like a lot of heavy machinery by the lake.

Spent time outside watching the birds.

Very peaceful and interesting. I have birds land within a few feet of me. It’s like being in a giant bird cage.

Flew my AR Drone 2.0 around the yard.

A lot of times it’s too windy to fly the drone. Then I bring out my mini kite. It’s fun too!

Enjoyed working with the Zome tool today. It’s a type of high end lego that’s built to display molecules and atomic structure in crystals. This is all the possible angles from one single hub.

I have fun making different designs.

This is a triacotehedron–it has 30 sides. The Romans believed it was a divine shape.

Watched the Middle with K and episodes of Elementary.

Admin duties now.

Been studying Bengali. Here’s the website I use. It’s called “Learn101”

There’s actually a shadow of this contrail on lower level clouds.

Had almost an 1″ of rain around dawn.

Recorded a new podcast this morning!

The server for my podcasts changed their home page. Had to use a slight different system to upload the new recording.

Woot! Been feeling down lately? Time for a boost! Check out “Tune UP!” It’s time you did.

Spent time this morning cleaning my room and organizing. I found these pictures of me that the kids made for me.

Also found this picture of my band when I was in Baylor called Bright Star.

Been enjoying reading The Amateur Naturalist.

Fun book.

Learning parts of the bird.

Dropped off a package to UPS.

I liked this car there.

Ate lunch at Subway, then met up with Jesse at our house. J and I then went to the new Goodwill to check on clothes.

I got a couple of shirts, and one for a friend of mine. As we drove up, Ashley pulled in behind us. She was headed to go ride horses.

Ashley’s awesome.

I liked the pattern on this shirt. It was way too big for me.

All these shoes represented people who had walked in them to me.

After Goodwill, J and I went to Walmart. Got some supplies for the mission and some bird food.

I also bought these miniature roses for Kathy. It was a nice surprise and because they were on sale, she was double happy.

This afternoon I went to a local pond and collected some water.

I enjoyed looking through the microscope at paramecium.

Admin duties now.

Odd shaped Con Trails.

I liked this tag.

My car was covered in these little dots. I think it’s condensation and pollen dust. Weird that it’s so regularly spaced.

Jesse found this picture of him and his grandaddy.

Worked on some tax documents this morning. Took them over for our treasurer to read over.

Talked on the phone with our tax man.

I hot glued some fabrics together for my wife’s aunt.

Had a fun day with BOTH my kids.

Always good. We ate Indian food at Ashiana and talked about the teams coming.

Part of our ministry is finding good host churches for the groups to stay. We went by and talked to folks at One Heart Church, the YMCA, Peachtree Corners, and Crossroads Church.

Good day! Always enjoy talking to folks.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework.


Mohosana and the other Bengali kids are helping me learn more Bengali. That’s always fun.

Saw a low flying helo around FBC Doraville on my way to the mission.

Enjoyed watching episodes of the Middle with Kathy.

Took out the trash. We have WAY more recycle than trash.

Admin duties now.

My computer was running rrrrrrrreeeealllllyyyyy slowly earlier this evening. Seems better now. Amen.

Hmmmm.

Dead bird outside the mission. Beautiful and gross at the same time.

Recorded a new podcast this morning!

Woot! Need more time in your life? Then take a listen to “Tempo!”

It’s time you did!

Household duties next. Paid bills. This was for my roof repair.

Swept and cleaned off my back porch area.

I had a fun day with Jesse today!

We met up for lunch. Went to a Peruvian restaurant: Manchu Pichu.

We liked it. Basically tasted like chicken fried rice.

We got Jesse’s iPhone repaired by Atlanta iPhone. I thought they did a great job.

Went to Barnes and Nobles to look at books. Always fun. We hardly ever buy anything, but we like the culture.

Over to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.





Adit was actually riding the bicycle! He calls it riding a “two-wheeler.” Groovy.

Spent time cleaning the mission. There was an odd smell in the mission. I took out all the garbage.

And sweeping all the gravel that they put on the mission entrance during the ice.

Ironically, all that sand made the concrete slippery when the weather was nice.

Vacuumed and swiffer moped.

Then home. K and I enjoyed watching episodes of The Middle.

Admin duties now.

ZERO emission car.

I liked the sound of this.

This is one of the games the kids like to play. It’s called Munchkin.