Made it home from Colorado in one piece. Shoveled some snow that got left in our driveway only do discover an inch of solid ice underneath it. Upgraded my site successfully (knock on wood) Opened 10 days worth of junk mail Breathed a huge sigh of “Man it feels good to be home”….

The Place: Crowfoot Valley Coffee Company: The (un)official coffee shop of Castle Rock, Colorado. The official coffee shop of the Blanc family. They roast their own beans and have won a few national awards for the results. The Barrista: Jason … The founder, owner and barrista extrodionaire of CVC. The Drink: 12 oz. Double Americano [...]

WordPress 2.1 was just announced. The biggest release to WP since 2.0. Get the skinny here. After attempting to upgrade I realized I also need to upgrade my SQL database. Sorry for the downtime…

Anna and I were supposed to drive home to KC today, but thanks to 7+ inches of snow here in Colorado we will not be back until tomorrow. With our whole day off now you (and I) can look forward to another coffee shop review: Randy’s and my favorite, Crowfoot Valley Coffee

David Sliker has given myself and FTSA our first ever (unofficial) review. He says; “And these [International House of Prayer] blogs represent the expression of pent-up ideas that have been waiting to be tried and tested while we are still in relatively friendly waters. These are ideas in the making. Many have noted a change [...]

A favorite feature on FTSA has been the Weekend Surveys. Although they have been MIA the past few weekends, it’s not due to laziness. I am ready to bring them back and I want them to be more involved… The Weekend Survey is now your time to bring input, humor and discussion to Saturdays and [...]

This may be old news but I just found these WordPress badges and the vector based WP logo. I put one on my colophon page.

Speak now or forever hold your peace… If you’re new here what brought you? If you’re a faithful reader why do you keep coming back to FTSA? Is it the Christian Content? Is it the Blogging and Technology Articles? Is it the Raging Insights about life? Is it my humor? Are you my friend? Are [...]

The Place: Java Mountain Roastery in downtown Idaho Springs, Colorado. They roast their own beans and have free wi-fi…(um, isn’t that what everyone does nowadays?) The Barrista: Debbie… She was a receptionist for 17.5 years until she had a daughter so she became a bean counter. She’s now the assistant manager and likes to give [...]