Category Archives: life

On Motivation

Posted on 03/01/2012 by

I just read this quote on Reddit from Neil deGrasse Tyson when asked about finding motivation. I love what he said. The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, … Continue reading →

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Lego VW Microbus

Posted on 11/10/2011 by

Thomas and I spent six hours this past weekend building this. It was my big splurge from our last trip to Disney World, back in October. What is it? It’s a classic, 1962 Volkswagen microbus. It was expensive, and had … Continue reading →

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Current Events In the Fifth Grade

Posted on 02/22/2011 by

I don’t know what made me think of this, but this morning while driving to the office, I remembered something from the fifth grade. It was 1980, and every Friday, we were supposed to bring in a news story, either … Continue reading →

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WCBHM10 & Birmingham’s New Railroad Park

Posted on 09/20/2010 by

For the third year in a row, I attended WordCamp Birmingham. And for the third year in a row, it’s delivered on great content. My favorite session was one that I almost passed on; Sara Cannon‘s “Beyond the System Font: … Continue reading →

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Two Videos From Lula Lake

Posted on 09/06/2010 by

As I said earlier today, my buddy Tim and I went hiking on Saturday and ended up spending much time at Lula Lake. You can see pictures from that excursion in the previous entry. (The first of the pictures are … Continue reading →

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Hiking Cloudland Canyon and Lula Lake

Posted on 09/06/2010 by

[ichc-flickr-slide width="500" height="375" username="joeygibson" set_id="72157624892733526" player_r="71649"] My buddy Tim and I went hiking this past Saturday. We went to Cloudland Canyon, which is up in North Georgia, near Chattanooga. We spent about 2.5 hours there, scaling the 600 step staircase, … Continue reading →

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A-Hiking I Did Go

Posted on 06/28/2010 by

Yesterday I played hooky from church, and my buddy Tim and I headed up to the North Georgia mountains for a bit o’ hiking. Tim’s been doing this a lot, but this was my first time, and it was great … Continue reading →

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Pictures From Myrtle Beach

Posted on 05/30/2010 by

Here are some of the pictures I took while in Myrtle Beach last weekend. Some are pretty good. Some, not so much. We had a wonderful time, and are seriously considering going back at the end of this summer. That’s … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Summation of Our Trip to Myrtle Beach

Posted on 05/30/2010 by

We went to Myrtle Beach, SC, last weekend and had a wonderful time. I have lots of pictures that I’ll be posting to Flickr very soon. I just got back from getting my waterproof, single-use camera developed, and there are … Continue reading →

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The Never-Ending Project: Completed!

Posted on 06/29/2009 by

A couple of years ago, I built the device shown in the photo on the right. It’s an extension to our back yard garden hose, which is down 15 stairs, up to the deck. That project didn’t take any time … Continue reading →

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