I have continued my attempt at grasping deeper into this whole “Advent” thing again this year and find it richer and more meaningful as ever. This season it was primarily…
I am posting this not only for personal reference, but because I conjured it as a result of the T-SQL Explode function I described in my last post. Previously, I…
A feature I have used with much joy in PHP is the explode() function, which creates an array populated by a single parameter containing comma-separated values (CSV). I recently had…
It always irks me when a blog post breaks an era of silence with an apology and ill-thought-through promise (“Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile, I will do much better…
Sara and Adam are visiting from England for a couple weeks, so we had the opportunity for a “Donahue Family Reunion.” We all met down at Thornton’s for breakfast, along…
This week is Maine District Assembly for the Church of the Nazarene down in South Portland. It runs Wednesday through Saturday, and is an opportunity for all the pastors, leadership,…
Today we held the funeral service for Julie’s Grandmother up in Strong, ME. I had the opportunity to participate and say a closing prayer, from which I have included an…
Got my website back up-and-running today after a brief hiatus. A couple of recent items: * Spring is here. As evidenced by this really cool picture of Amelia. * I…
1. Do a web search for “[your name] needs” including the quote marks. 2. Write down your favorite results. 3. Tag 10 friends. 1. Joe needs some sleep 2. Joe…
Although I usually refrain from writing about “family” stuff (at least since Julie launched her own independent, competing blog!) it would be appropriate to write a little note about our…