A few days ago, my friend Kevin Gianni blogged about how he hates New Year’s Resolutions. I wouldn’t say I hate them, but January 1st is a date. And a New Year’s resolution that is marked only by a date…

For those who don’t know, we are big fans of professional indoor lacrosse. We have seats that are three rows up behind the Mammoth bench, and really have a great time at the games. And, here it is again, the…

Warm and Toasted

The first mass-distributed Christmas lighted house display of this kind was the work of Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio, electrical engineer who spent about three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama channels that controlled the 16,000 Christmas lights in his annual holiday lighting spectacular (from Christmas 2004). His 2005 display included over 25,000 lights that he spent nearly two months and $10,000 to hook up. So that the Williams’ neighbors aren’t disturbed by constant noise, viewers driving by the house are informed by signs to tune in to a signal broadcast over a low-power FM radio station to hear the musical accompaniment.

We wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Thanksgivoween. For those of you reading from the United States, have you noticed how the holiday season here in the last three months of the year has sort of blended into one?…

My sister had this on her blog. So I took the quizzes, and here are my results: You Are Olive Green You are the most real of all the green shades. You’re always true to yourself. For you, authenticity and…

Paul Graham wrote this in July 2007, and my brother sent it to me today. I found it to be incredibly true, and straightforward, about something a lot of people are experiencing, so I have shared it with all of…

I steal a lot of ideas from my sister Michelle. I saw this idea on her blog and thought I’d try it. Do a google search where you type in (your name) needs. So, the results for Carrie needs are……

The last five books I’ve read (completed in the last five weeks even) You can check out www.carriesclassics.com to read my reviews of them (and post your own if you’ve read them too)!

Answer 6 questions and find out which book you are.