yapidka’s Friends and Family

Stories

2008-07-16T17:36:28Z

My new stories site is live and online. Some of you may not be able to access it yet (technical note: DNS might not have finished propagating completely). But this is the new URL: http://www.kevinjwangler.com I made the new site because I final...

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Loss.

2008-07-14T00:49:35Z

There's a terrible, terrible feeling you get when you realise you've lost something almost certainly forever. I've heard it described as a feeling in the pit of your stomach. And that's true, that's there. But it's an all-over kind of bad feeling...

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NaNoWriMo

2008-07-13T21:56:55Z

Just signed up for NaNoWriMo 2008.

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Of forklifts and cars

2008-07-07T16:00:03Z

On Sunday, a really awesome deal on a wet/dry vac (AKA ShopVac, only it's Craftsman brand) popped up online. It was at Sears and you could buy it online and then pick it up in the store to save on shipping. It's normally $90, and in-store it was o...

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Books

2008-06-30T14:46:48Z

Books read so far this summer: 4 Books on-hold at the library to be picked up tomorrow: 4 Plus an additional book at the library for which I'm #8 on the waiting list.

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Argh!

2008-06-30T01:55:27Z

I absolutely hate the term/phrase 'untimely death'.

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Twitter?

2008-06-25T15:16:40Z

Does no one here use Twitter?! I just searched for everyone I could think of and found only one person. (You weren't last, nor least, don't worry.) I've been on there for awhile now but I admit I rarely update despite its extreme simplicity. I th...

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Get me on the court and I'm trouble

2008-06-05T14:50:27Z

While I was watering the lawn last night (or, rather, watching the sprinkler water it for me), I was messing around in the driveway, shooting hoops. I didn't even have regular shoes on, just my pair of sandals. But man, I was hitting everything. A...

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Happy Birthday, Shesgot!

2008-04-28T11:50:29Z

Happy Birthday, Shesgot!!! Hope you have a great one!!

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Don'tcha think?

2008-04-18T11:42:14Z

I was born and raised in California. I lived there the first almost-24 years of my life. Living in Kentucky for the past almost-five-years, people have many times assumed that I must be some kind of earthquake expert (okay, we were trained well i...

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