I was out of town most of last week filming a project. Over the last three years or so I maintained a simple website offering to transfer VHS tapes to…
I was out of town most of last week filming a project. Over the last three years or so I maintained a simple website offering to transfer VHS tapes to…
In the latest edition of Contexts, a sociology magazine that presents sociological research for a wider audience, I found the following photo taken in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina…
We found out last Friday that Brent and Suzy, Debi’s sister and brother-in-law, are having a baby boy. His name is going to be Ethan Brent Robbins. They had the…
Debi’s brother-in-law, Brent, is a pilot for SkyWest Airlines. He called me up Monday to tell me about an incident he had on one of his flights. He had just…
Our friends in Winston-Salem, NC recently had a baby (about 6 weeks ago). Debi desperately wanted to see the baby and it had been a while since we had gotten…
I didn’t get an email warning me that it was going to air, but I had set my Tivo to record the Channel 9 News just in case. Turns out…
We are slowly realizing all of the perks that come with living in a working-class neighborhood. While I don’t think the whole Universal Promotions/Travel Universal thing was tied to our…
(Note: I wrote this post originally as a response to a pamphlet I was handed while visiting the spa on a cruise ship [I was there on a tour of…
(Note: I originally posted this on my blog in October 2004. Over 27 people commented on it, including Laurence Britt. It is one of the more popular blog posts I’ve…
Summit Date December 21st, 2003; around 9:30 am Party Ryan & Debi Cragun Trip Report We had driven over 700 miles the day before, visited Alabama’s highpoint, and spent the…