Author Archives: Joel

Here fishy fishy fishy…..

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Joel

Doug and Kathy came over for dinner and brought the fish tank and all the paraphernalia.  We are now the proud owners of 8 freshwater guppies and other assorted fish, plus a fish tank and stand, etc.  It’s sitting in … Continue reading →

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The land before good children’s movies

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Joel

Ugh, we watched The Land Before Time, an 1988 animated movie from Don Bluth, the same fellow who produced The Secret of Nimh.  I’m glad I’m not allergic to corn, because this movie was corny and just terrible.  Thank goodness … Continue reading →

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A lazy July 4th 2008

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Joel

Ah, nothing better than a 3-day weekend.  Well, that’s not true.  I do appreciate the rare 4-day weekend (e.g. Thanksgiving.) Yesterday, due to unforeseen circumstances, I ended up working from home.  There was an early dismissal, but it didn’t matter … Continue reading →

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Joel’s Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Joel

Ever heard of Emotional Intelligence (EI)? We had an interesting all-day session on Wednesday at the office about EI. Turns out that my social style is “The Expressive Style.” I found the session useful, but similar to a class I … Continue reading →

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Horny Cats

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Joel

As much as I like cats, for the past few weeks, this very vocal, possibly horny, tomcat walks around our neighborhood and yowls for a long while. I dunno, maybe he’s lonely, or Timmy is stuck in a well, or … Continue reading →

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Posting video, Vimeo style!

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Joel

I started both the About Me and Videos page. I’m trying out Vimeo at the moment, and we’ll see how it works out. The challenge is still to find free time to get the videos converted, but at least I’ve … Continue reading →

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Site updates, watching TV, and living with fish

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Joel

Ah, the weekend has finally arrived. I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I converted the April and May 2008 galleries. You know, I haven’t really heard from anyone about the redesign. If I stay up working on this site, … Continue reading →

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Josh goes to preschool, and George Carlin died

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Joel

Ready for the big news? Josh has moved up to Preschool. More big news, and I’ll credit my wife. Josh is nearly potty-trained. It’s been nearly 2 weeks, but he’s wearing “big boy underwear”, and he hasn’t required a diaper … Continue reading →

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Joel is finally redesigning his website

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Joel

Has it really been nearly 6 years since I started joelipe.com? Really? Six years? No wonder I’m so tired. I have some good, better, and best news. Good news: I’ve started working on the last 20+ days of photos since … Continue reading →

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A little bit of everything

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Joel

What a busy few weeks it has been. I recently upgraded to Firefox 3, and it’s pretty good so far. I installed a cool extension called PicLens which lets you view photos and movies in a free-flowing wall of media, … Continue reading →

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