Category: Personal
You may have noticed a lack of new posts on this blog over the last few weeks. There are a few reasons for this, most of which involve being busy doing other things. I've been working a lot of...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:22 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Here's a quote for you. It's one of the ones that should make you wonder whether you should laugh or cry: And, doubtless, my going on this whaling voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Our Coach Pitch baseball team just played the first game of the season. We had a very good game; the other team had a slightly better game. Everyone had fun, though, which is the key. A few quick thoughts...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:48 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
A couple of weeks ago, I started making some changes to the blog. I had hoped to get all of them done that weekend, but the weather interfered with that plan. (It was nice; I went swimming.) This weekend,...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 5:07 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: An Incomplete Autobiography
The only problem was that I wasn't very good at baseball. That wasn't much of a handicap the first couple of years, but as games got more competitive I found myself spending less time playing, and more time sitting. And sitting takes a lot of the fun out of the game. Little league went from being something I loved to something I didn't care about. But then I wound up on Mr. Preda's team.
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 6:28 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Blog
I'm making a few changes to the left-hand sidebar for the blog this weekend. One of them is already in place - if you look to the left, you'll see a presidential election poll. It's linked to Newsvine's ElectionVine...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 5:36 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Family
When it comes to teaching first and second graders about things, nothing beats the classroom pet. The little kids learn so many important things. They learn about animals. They learn about responsibility, and about the importance of taking care...
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Posted by Mike Dunford at 5:04 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks