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Author Archives: Jason Cotting
Planning out my computer network
Nerd alert! B) I’m going to be making some changes to the computers here at home. As a Batman fan, I have decided to go with a Batman them for the names on the network. I haven’t decided how to name my old laptop yet, but here is what I’m thinking about so far.
Cotting Creek
This is what has been keeping me busy this fall. I began my construction of a water feature in the backyard. I won’t be able to finish it until next year when the weather warms up again, but I got this much of it done before the cold winter weather set in. I’ll write more …
Alphabet and Number Blocks
Mia has begun to talk more and identify objects in books and in the world. I figured if she can say the word for a picture of a cow, she should be able to see a picture of a letter and make the sound for it. She has some books and things that have letters …
Christmas Stocking Hanger
This is Mia’s second Christmas, and we bought her a stocking this year. We have two fireplaces in our home. The one upstairs, where our Christmas tree is, does not have a mantel to hang our Christmas stockings on. Wendy found a photo on Pinterest of an idea someone had made for hanging their stockings. …
End of anvilgear
After years of faithful service, my domain name anvilgear.com is going away today. I first registered the name about 10 years ago when I had a wild dream of starting a backpacking equipment company. It never got past the dream phase, and I have since registered the more appropriate cotting.us domain name.
Midterm Voting 2014
Begin cynic rant. What I’m going to say is going to make some people angry. Today, Americans get to participate in the illusion of choice. Choice that voting for one person over the other is going to allow their belief of what they want their government to look like be represented by a politician.
Building the playhouse
During the summer of 2014, I set out to fulfill a dream I have had for a while of building a playhouse/treehouse. This is an entry about my experience as well as some photos of progress along the way. I am happy with the result, but more importantly I hope my kids enjoy it.
Gentiles
While Wendy and I were visiting in St. George Utah earlier, we stopped at a museum that is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. If you don’t live in Utah, you don’t understand the cultural significance that the church, as they like to call themselves, has on living here. The missionaries that were running the tour were of course proselytizing during the tour. We got to talking about how we go to a Baptist church, Risen Life Church. It came up that there were no LDS families on our street. That is where we learned a new term. We live on what the LDS church calls Gentile Street. According to this missionary, there’s one in every ward. Wards are small neighborhoods around the ward/church building they gather at. Anyway, we thought it was a funny term.
Apparently, I’m liberal
My friends who are aware of my political leanings will find this funny. I made a comment today on a conservative Facebook page, The Weekly Standard, about an article referring to Ebola. I guess when you make any comments that are against the Republican talking points, you are to be labeled as the enemy. I was called an “Obama stooge”. I can’t imagine any point in my life when someone would have mistaken me for that role. It’s crazy. When I’m around conservative people, it seems like I’m too liberal. When I’m around liberal people, it seems like I’m too conservative. I guess this is what I get for not cheering on one of the two teams. Some people….