Anne & Will

2011: A Year in Review

Anne — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:30:12 -0700

Happy end of 2011! Or more accurately, happy week between Christmas and New Years when I actually have a bit of free time for a blog post.

Since we haven't been good about keeping this corner of the internet updated with our activities I thought I'd pull together a bit of a summary to catch everyone up.

Amen.

Will — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:13:18 -0600

"You'll hear a lot of folks, by the way, say that government is broken. Well, government and politics are two different things. Government is our troops who are fighting on our behalf in Afghanistan and Iraq. That's government. Government are also those FEMA folks when there's a flood or a drought or some emergency who come out and are helping people out. That's government. Government is Social Security. Government are teachers in the classroom. Government are our firefighters and our police officers, and the folks who keep our water clean and our air clean to breathe, and our agricultural workers. And when you go to a national park, and those folks in the hats -- that's government.

"So don't be confused -- as frustrated as you are about politics, don't buy into this notion that somehow government is what's holding us back...[D]on't buy into this whole notion that somehow government doesn't do us any good; government is what protects us. The government is what built the Interstate Highway System. Government is what sent a man to the Moon. It's what invested in the research and development that created innovations all across this country."

--Barack Obama

via Steve Benen

In Sickness and in Health

Will — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:02:25 -0700

As most of you who know us well enough to be here already know, Anne has Crohn's Disease. She was diagnosed with it in 2004 (?) while we were still dating.

I remember making an emergency trip from California (where I was living at the time) to Colorado because she was in terrible pain and was admitted to the hospital and was told she had a disease and was understandably freaked about it. Being there for her felt like the right thing to do, and it turns out it was.

A Bright Spot

Anne — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:06:47 -0700

The sun peaked out a bit this afternoon after a few dreary days of weather and even drearier days spent in the hospital.

Magic!

Anne — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:38:37 -0700

I wish we had a magical, self organizing by color bookshelf.

Wild World of Windows

Anne — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:43:44 -0700

Our house had a pop quiz today. It was the type of test that no cramming session could help.

Streaming Goodness

Will — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:04:18 -0700

We recently wrapped up watching both seasons of Party Down, which was hilarious (and sadly short-lived). Now we're getting into Weeds. How did we miss these shows the first time around? What else are we missing?

I'm starting to be convinced that Netflix streaming is the ultimate and perfect way to watch TV shows. In uninterrupted batches, they're addictive.

Big News!

Anne — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:12:29 -0700

Guess what I'm doing today?

Thoughts on Buffering a Stream

Will — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:34:35 -0700

My brother got me an Apple TV for Christmas - wonderful gift. I'd had it on my Amazon Wishlist for awhile, as one of those things I wanted but hadn't really been able to justify buying for myself. So I was delighted to find it wrapped up under the tree.

Overall, I'm a big fan of the device. But there is one issue that, because we use it so much and thus experience the problem so often, is really frustrating. That problem is the Netflix app.

Wanderlust

Will — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:07:37 -0700

We've really been getting our money's worth out of Netflix recently. Between DVDs and streaming we've been watching a lot more movies lately than we used to. As entertaining as all of that has been, we're talking hours spent on the couch: the new American pastime that's nothing to be proud of.