Happy new year! This is just a brief update on how we’re doing. We still do not have a working computer, but have gotten word that our new iMac has shipped, and the replacement AC adaptor for the iBook is…
Well, we had an excellent Christmas day spent with friends. Elizabeth came over for a terrific breakfast, present opening and preparing of cheese shells for dinner. We all then went to the Cavins for dinner, and it was a great…
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Well, it’s Christmas day, and we’re having a good time. Here in the UK, you hear “Happy Christmas” much more often than “Merry Christmas” So, that’s our greeting to you today.
Happy Christmas from Durham, UK
The last few days Darrell, Reagan…
Well, it’s proven more difficult than we thought to keep this site updated. Hopefully this is just part of the busy-ness of getting settled in, etc., as we do plan to keep you all updated on a very regular basis.…
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Happy (American) Thanksgiving to everyone back home. It’s weird to be living somewhere where this isn’t a holiday. There are no Thanksgiving decorations anywhere, and we’re stuck working or going to school. The good thing (for me, at least) is…
Don’t you just hate all the stupid quiz websites out there? You know the ones I’m talking about: “give us your name and we’ll tell you what superhero you are!” Well, I hate them too… that is, I hate them…
The election’s today. Do your duty and vote.
Don’t give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight. Fight for a new direction for our country. Fight for what’s right for America.
Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and…
Last week, I posted an article on using tag clouds to visualize the main messages given by Barack Obama and John McCain. The original post focused only on speeches given by the candidates between Monday, October 20 and Sunday, October 26. If…
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In these last two weeks before the US elections, I thought it would be interesting to analyze the respective messages being given by Barack Obama and John Mccain. Through an analysis of their actual words, taken from speech transcripts over…
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In case you haven’t noticed, there have been a few changes to the RohlFamily.com website in the past few days. These are partially due to my original intention to implement a few features, but mostly due to my need to…