I was thinking last week about how ridiculous the voting process has become and the lack of qualified presidential candidates and decided to write my political manifesto on how I would improve the selection process to choose candidates in the first place… more »

Heather posted this on her blog, so I thought I would share with you all the types of music that my iPod produces for this exercise: 1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the… more »

I was cleaning out a junk drawer tonight and came upon a scrap of paper I'd saved since Thursday, May 8, 2003. It doesn't seem so long ago until you think about how it was actually four years ago, but that's not the point of the story. This scrap of pa… more »

So, yesterday was day one of "Raker Restoration"...otherwise known as cleaning the house from top to bottom. I chose to start in our bathroom and work my way out. Josh chose to start in the computer room. I decided at the beginning that it was crucial… more »