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Welcome to my Web site. My name is Chris, and I'll be your host. I live in Austin, Texas, with my partner, Ray, and our child dog, Mocha. You can read more about me, learn 100 random things about me, and if you're wondering what the heck a khowaga is, click here. Feel free to browse, read, and leave comments!

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Happy New Year!

Yes, I’m a day late and a dollar short, but *meh.

I’m not sure whether it’s that we’re getting older, that our usual party hosts are, like everyone else in the free world, feeling the pinch of a hard economy, or that we were just feeling less celebratory than usual, but the New Year’s gathering – [...]

New Year’s Revolutions

Impulsive New Year’s decision: I am going to attempt to do a 365 photo project in 2010.

The basic idea is that you take (and, ideally, post) one photo every day for a year. I already know there will be a couple of days of delayed posting, but I’m gonna give this a shot. Just warning [...]

2009 in Review

January (N-Seoul Tower, Seoul, Korea)
Family visit to Korea.  No casualties.

February (St. David’s Hospital, Austin, Texas)
Welcoming Madison Maguregui into the world.

March (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
Ray and Mocha.

April (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
New floors!  Followed soon by new furniture.

May (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
Baby bird nesting in the hanging flowerpot on the back porch.

June (Home, Round Rock, Texas)
7 months [...]

12 of 12: December 2009

I was a bit stunned to realize that it’s December already!  Winter has moved in somewhat, as evidenced by the blizzard we got a week ago down here in the ATX, but listening to NPR, I was shocked by the realization that it’s only been a year since Bernard Madoff entered the lexicon – indeed, [...]

Lazy Sunday Chicken ‘n Dumplings

It’s a lazy Sunday here in the ATX, and I wanted to try out the recipe for slow cooker chicken and dumplings that my coworker Selina gave me a while back.

Wait, first … I have to finish the pickled jalapenos I started yesterday.  I strained them out, put the jalapenos (trying to pick out the [...]