I’ve been dropping some pound this summer. It’s been good to be more active again and also to get back down to a healthy weight. I took a photo of myself in Photobooth yesterday and I saw that I had taken one just before summer soccer. The difference is noticable. [...]
Our summer co-ed team(Random Heroes) was eliminated tonight in the semi-finals by a heartbreaking late goal. That brings an end to the summer soccer season for me. It was a great experience to get myself back into playing soccer and back into shape in general. I feel like I improved [...]
I haven’t blogged in a while… haven’t really felt like taking the time to write something out that is longer than 140 characters. Might as well catch you all up on what has been happening this summer. The highlights of this summer have been the following:
I have been playing in [...]
As someone who struggled a bit to bite the bullet and grow up during my early 20s this post was interesting to me:
It’s a bit harsh at points but it’s an interesting statement on what our society thinks grownup means. It means being responsible [...]
For those of your not on twitter(or Facebook) you will not have seen that we(Farrell IT and PharrOut) launched a new site today: rvatweets!
Yes, it’s pink. Get over it.
The point of the site is to allow community conversation and reporting over twitter [...]
I’ve been completely obsessed with soccer lately. Maybe it’s that Basketball season is coming to an end or that MLS has started or that the Kickers season will start soon. Or maybe it’s just because soccer is such a fantastic sport! To give you a glimpse of how great it [...]
With today’s announcement that the Renegades are going out of business we are left with only one single professional sports team in Richmond at the moment, the Kickers. They are about to start their season and could use our support! I’ll be updating this blog with more info [...]
Update 2: WNRIR is now on the Public Radio Tuner as well! Now we just need WCVE and we’ll be all set!
Update: WNRN is now on the Public Radio Tuner app as seen in the comments and used by me this morning. Go WNRN!
This weekend I found out [...]
The newly renovated Robinson Theater Community Arts Center opened this weekend! Â Last night they kicked it off with a free jazz concert featuring local bands No BS Brass and Fight The Big Bull. Â They had a really good turnout and the concert was a lot of fun.
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I had been growing a beard in for a couple weeks recently and kept it through our trip to Minneapolis to keep my face warm. Â This is what I looked like this morning:
I decided that I prefer to be able to kiss my wife(she hates the prickliness) [...]
Matthew, David, Catherine and I got to go to Minneapolis this weekend for The Common Root 09 conference. Â The Common Root is a network of Anabaptist leaning people/communities who share a passion for pursuing the way of peace/justice/simplicity in our ever changing world. Â We flew out Friday morning [...]
Some friends and I will be heading up to the frigid north of Minneapolis in a couple weeks to take part in The Common Root 09. It’s put on by The Common Root which is a very neat network of Anabaptist and Monastic folks. I’m very much looking [...]
I haven’t really been blogging much, nor do I really feel compelled to write a lot. I’ll probably still post something occasionally when I want to rant about something or really explore something, but for the most part if you want to follow me you should follow my twitter [...]
So, after my failure with Richmond Sports Blog I thought I’d like to do something a bit more focused. Since other people are already covering VCU Basketball well(VCU Ram Nation, RVANews Sports) the other sports team I’m really interested in is the Kickers. Does anyone want to [...]
This post if for those 2-3 non-cable/fios/direct-tv/etc subscribers in Richmond who read blogs. I used our FCC coupon this morning to get a DTV converter box(a GE unit that seems nice so far). If you just have broadcast TV then you’ll need to get one before February 17th when the [...]
I guess I should acknowledge here that my birthday was last week. I turned 32 on Thursday. I had a nice day that included my lovely wife making me a basket of goodies and a very fun potluck.
In bygone days of youth the question would always be “what did [...]
All day long in my news reading there have been basically propaganda pieces(like this) in favor of a bailout of the US automobile industry. Politicians and executives pointing fingers and saying “if you don’t do this it will be on your hands” and other stupid stuff like that. If [...]
Well, this is going to be the first presidential election that I’ve ever voted in. Two years ago I documented who I was voting for right before my first ever time voting. I figured I’d do the same thing this time around. Here we go:
PresidentObama(D) vs McCain(R) vs McKinney(G) [...]
I provided the video coverage for RVANews for the last 2 Mayoral Forums but on by Style Weekly. The videos from the Arts and Culture Forum that happened a couple weeks are all in one place on RVANews.com. I’m working on getting the video clips of tonight’s [...]
I’ve had a couple conversations recently about politics with people more conservative than I am and all of the reasons given about why they supported John McCain had to do with fear of an Obama presidency. The amount of fear(most based on misinformation) should be a cause of concern, but [...]
So, as you know if you’ve been reading this blog… we’ve gone through some crap over the years. One thing that helped me get through some rough times has been my love of beer. There was nothing like a high quality beer to help take the edge off or to [...]
Just an FYI to those who care. I’ll be filling in for the pastor of First Mennonite Church here in Richmond this Sunday. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to talk at a traditional church service, should be a good experience. I’ll put up some sermon notes afterwards.
[...]I’ve been thinking about confidence a lot this weekend. It started with me thinking about how much life has changed in the past 8 years or so. I had soooo much more confidence in myself, others and our society 8 years ago than I do now. My faltering confidence in [...]
Tonight at Back Porch Energy Initiative’s Green Mondays we watched this video from William McDonough’s TED talk. It’s fantastic and worth taking 20 minutes out of your life to watch. I’ll be getting his book Cradle to Cradle soon and I’ll blog about that I’m sure. Enjoy the video:
Or [...]
Here is a quiz for you by Bill Quigley that a friend passed along to me. Bill is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. See how you do:
1. How many deaths are there world-wide each year due to acts of terrorism?
2. How many deaths [...]
There was a shooting up here on the hill tonight. It seems that the shooting took place about a block from our house and then the guy rode his bike over to our block and collapsed. The police showed up [...]
Alicia went with Alisha to try to pick blueberries this morning. Unfortunately when they got there the farm was closed and it looks like every other farm is as well. Must be the drought. I have been bumming out on the couch this morning reading stuff online and watching the [...]
If I go insane in the near future let it be stated for the record that what pushed me over the edge was the constant banging and sawing next door that seems to happen 24 hours a day. I think it’s broken by brain.
[...]Tonight at around 9:30 my grandmother(who we grew up calling Nanny) passed away. She collapsed while playing cards with her girlfriends yesterday and never recovered. The word that is coming to my mind when I think about her life is committed. She was as committed to her church, her husband, [...]
Today marks 6 years of marriage for us! Go us! Alicia is in charge of this years anniversary plans and she is keeping them a secret from me. I’ll let you all know what she came up. During these past 6 years Alicia has never ceased to amaze me with [...]
Here is Aimee’s performance in the finals yesterday at Richmond Idol. She didn’t win but she did great!
[...]Life feels slow right now. I feel like there isn’t a lot going on, or nothing exciting. Which is kind of crap as we’ve done some stuff. We went to Asheville, NC for a weekend and got to explore it some and got to hang out with Nate and Anne [...]
I’ve been a little slow to update this blog on happenings. Last weekend we went up to Maryland for a little roadtrip with Nate, Anne, Alisha and Casey. We ate at Phillips, went to a concert(The Hold Steady), had Brunch at The City Cafe and played in my parents pool. [...]
Our good friends Scott and Jan had their baby last night! Lucy Janelle Wiese was born last night at 6:05 pm weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. We went to see them tonight and she is adorable. Mom was a champ [...]
My good friend Nate has been on me for a little while to get out on the court with him. So yesterday we went down to the court here on the hill and played some ball. I didn’t embarrass myself too bad so I guess it was a successful first [...]
I wrote two posts for over at hope like mad(my friend Brent’s blog) in the past 2 days. A bunch of us are blogging through the book Jesus For President and my posts are part of that series. They are here and here if you want [...]
I found these photos of our backyard not long after we moved in. Quite a difference from the ones below:
And then we cleared some stuff and they cleared the lots next door:
So this amazing lady that I get to share my life with had insane fantasies wonderful dreams of what our backyard should look like. She made them happen this weekend. Below are pictures of what she was able to accomplish(with some help from me, but we all know it wasn’t [...]
Our good friend(and short term roommate) Ryan left Richmond yesterday. He’s on his way to Ireland to prepare to get married and then move to Cambridge, England with his lovely future wife Aoife. It was a lot of fun having him as a roommate for a little while and we’ll [...]
Back Porch Energy Initiative and GlobeHopper are hosting a conversation tonight on Smart Growth in Richmond. We will be watching clips from The End of Suburbia and discussing related issues afterwards. It starts at 6:30pm at GlobeHopper if you want to be a part of it. Hope to [...]
I went fishing yesterday up on the Rappahannock with my good friends Ryan and Nate. It was a good time of hanging out. We fished, threw around the frisbee and football, canoed, drank beer and fished some more. Fishing awards are as follows:
I’ve been wanting to make the switch over to green energy for our house for a while but just hadn’t done it. Well, I was inspired by hanging out with the Back Porch Energy crew last night and just made the switch for us to use Wind power [...]
My “little” brother Mike got married on Sunday! It was a very cool and fun wedding that was held at Baldwin’s Station. I was honored to be the best man. We love Sarah and love having her be a part of the family!
[...]I got to meet a few people involved with the Back Porch Energy Initiative at Buzzy’s today. Seem like very cool people and I’m a big fan of what they are doing. A group of them just moved to Church Hill a couple weeks ago. They are hosting a [...]
For those checking this blog on a regular basis I want to apologize for the infrequent posting. I really haven’t been able to come up with anything worthwhile to write. I’m hoping that after this week I’ll be able to return to writing more regularly again.
This [...]
I can’t believe Memphis blew that game last night! Argh! Supreme choking. I had been rooting for Memphis throughout the tournament and it broke my heart. And when it went to overtime they cost me $20 in our pool. Congrats to Greg on winning, i’ll settle for 2nd place.
[...]I really enjoyed watching the games tonight! I’ve been rooting for Memphis all along so it’s exciting to watch them do well. I feel like Derrick Rose is setting himself up to be one of the all time greats! I’m very excited to watch the game on Monday night!
And, as [...]
As a number of people have mentioned, Google has put up their street view of Richmond. While my lovely wife was exploring it she checked out Buzzy’s and saw some beautiful people out front. Check them out:
That’s us and our good friends [...]
Man, I love March Madness! You forget just how much energy and excitement there is in these games! I’ve loved watching these first two days of games!
I have been realizing how little each NBA game means to the players/teams compared to these games. In my continual quest to think of [...]
You know situation. We are getting ready to head out of town for a short trip and I am short on clean clothes. I just had to do one load of laundry. It happens in those situations that you wash all of your favorite/best clothes together. Alicia asked me to [...]
Just for future reference, when you give me a giftcard you are punishing me. I hate(HATE!) shopping. If I never had to shop again I would be a happy man. But today we shopped some. I got an Old Navy gift card for Christmas from Alicia’s family because they all [...]
I’ve noticed that over the past year I’ve been putting on some weight. The thing is, when you don’t have a scale in the house you don’t know just how much. While over at a friend’s apartment recently I got on a scale for the first time in a while [...]
This map of the US(ht: Richard Florida) explains a bit why I felt like I entered a different country when moving to Virginia. We moved into Baptist country apparently.
[...]Well, I promised a follow-up with some highlights of the teachings. Of course I’m a slacker and I’ve not done that, but here is the audio from the Ecclesia Gathering. Enjoy.
[...]My poor wife has been puking all day. And by all day I mean since 6am this morning and it’s still going on almost 11 hours later. Hopefully it will finish up soon and she’ll be able to recover some before the week starts.
Update: The puking stopped last night [...]
I’ll be heading up to DC(well, Maryland side) for the Ecclesia National Gathering tomorrow morning with Brent and Eric. I’m looking forward to connecting/re-connecting with some awesome people and dreaming some. Also we get to hear from/hang out with Alan Hirsch and David Fitch. Don’t [...]
It’s kind of cool to me that Time Magazine would do an interview with N.T. Wright about our understanding of heaven(ht: Brent). I’ve been a proponent of this type of thinking(with slight modification) for a number of years now.
I feel like it’s a much more hopeful view of [...]
We have been pretty cultured lately. Last night we got to go see Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter at Theatre IV. It was quite a good show and more fun(and funny!) than I was expecting! Our friend David was Rumpelstiltskin and we also knew a few other people who had parts [...]
Alicia and I got to go see opening night of Little Women at Swift Creek Mill Theatre tonight. Little Women just happens to be Alicia’s favorite story ever. Our friend Aly is playing Jo, who just happens to be Alicia’s favorite character ever. Those two things meant [...]
You’ve probably seen something on the news about the violence in Kenya since the election. If not then you should really follow a better news source(I suggest The Real News and/or CNN). This type of story is always more real when you have a personal connection to it. [...]
At my last count there were 23 people here for potluck last night! That is a record crowd! And the food was fantastic! Nothing is better than a house full of friends and lots of good stuff to eat and drink. Thanks everyone for coming out, we had a blast!
[...]Life has been keeping on keeping on. Nothing has motivated me to blog recently. We got to hang out with friends a lot this past weekend. We went to Aimee’s show on Friday and hung out with the Underwood’s afterwards. Then on Saturday we went to Alisha and Casey’s housewarming [...]
I’ve been quiet on here about politics. The reason is that I’ve gotten angry about national politics on here in the past and want to avoid that. My political opinions are a bit strange generally. I recently took one of those online surveys of issues that match you with your [...]
My nose has been running non-stop for a couple days now. The medicine I was taking wasn’t doing much… and my right nostril was pretty much not breathing at all. Until last night when I got desperate and used some Vicks as I went to bed. It cleared my sinuses [...]
How brilliant am I you ask? I am brilliant enough that in the middle of winter, while I have a cold, to leave my winter coat up in Maryland while visiting my family. I’m that brilliant! Gosh, I think I would forget my head if it wasn’t attached.
[...]Take 20 minutes of your time and head over and watch the presentation about The Story of Stuff. It’s a very simple presentation about the problems with our disposable lifestyles.
[...]Well, Christmas is just about here. I’ve been a big blog slacker lately. I should be able to get that going again. For Christmas we will be traveling to Narrows for the weekend through Christmas. From there we will be coming home for a few days and then going up [...]
I apologize for not letting the blog go into a little lull. I’ve been pretty busy with work this past week or so and haven’t thought about the blog much. It looks like it will be busy for at least the next couple days as well. Expect more updates after [...]
With the hollywood writers striking and most TV shows about to cut their seasons short(or end prematurely, sorry Scrubs) you are probably needing some more entertainment options. Luckily for us groups of creative people want to fill that gap. Technology has gotten to the point where you can create quality [...]
I just got back from enjoying one last lunch at Jumpin’ J’s. As of around 2pm today they are closed for good. They went through a rough attempt to transition to being a fine dining restaurant in the evenings and never recovered. It’s a shame as we’ve had some [...]
We are finishing up our Thanksgiving trip to Narrows this afternoon. We came down Thursday in time to have a 3pm meal with the family. We’ve spent some time with Alicia’s mom and grandmother and also time with Fawn, Roger and the kids at their new apartment. They moved in [...]
Today is my 31st birthday. Man, 31 sounds quite a bit older than 30. I hope that isn’t a trend from this point forward. Alicia threw me a nice party on Saturday which was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who came out for it! I don’t really have [...]
Brent and i went on our daytrip to Harrisonburg today. We got to meet a lot of people who are a part of Virginia Mennonite Missions, the Virginia Mennonite Conference, Eastern Mennonite Seminary and a couple of church plants(The Table(Hi Gerald!) and The Early Church/[...]
I feel that I, like many 20-30’s christians, have been on a quest to find a church tradition where I fit in. A few people I respect have found their home in the Catholic Church. Others have gone back to the traditions they were brought up in. I think I [...]
I picked up Deep Economy in the bookstore in Williamsburg this past weekend. It’s a book that has interested me each time I’ve seen it but I’ve held off buying it until now. It jumped to the top of my reading list and has been really interesting so far. [...]
As my dad just announced on his blog(complete with pictures so click through) my brother Mike proposed to his girlfriend Sarah this weekend! We love Sarah and are very excited about this! She fits in perfectly with the family. 
Yay!
I’ve been working on getting the Richmond Sports Blog up and running for a little while now. If you are interested in local Richmond sports I suggest that you check it out. It’s just getting started and will continue to improve, but no need to keep it secret [...]
Friday night we went out to eat at Sumo San with Greg and Cindy and then went over to The Tobacco Company to listen to some live music and was joined by a couple other friends. Good times.
Saturday we walked in a benefit walk to raise money to fight [...]
I’m at Union Theological Seminary with Brent listening to Stanley Hauerwas do a lunch talk and question and answer time. He’s also speaking tonight at 7pm at Trinity UMC if you would like to hear him.
Choice quotes(not word for word and totally out of context):
“Most people go [...]
We got to go to the house blessing for Gabriel House Catholic Worker today. It is a catholic worker house of hospitality that our friends Matthew and Sarah have started with their friend Emily. They bought a run down house up a bit from us on the East End [...]
I just ordered my first pair of Simple Shoes. I’ve been a fan of them for a while but hate admitting that I need new shoes so I wear the old ones until Alicia has been complaining about them for a long time. If you haven’t heard of them [...]
Potluck last night was a lot of fun! Thanks everyone for coming. We are going to have them every Thursday night, so if you missed this week come on over next week. See you then!
We have decided on a time for the potluck Alicia mentioned in her blog. We are going to do it Thursday nights at 6:30 at our place. If you want to come and don’t know where we live sent me at email at danielfarrell76@gmail.com and I’ll send you [...]
This is the greatest hard drive recovery story ever. 
Enjoy.
The administrative head at one of my clients had their hard drive crash last week. This person is the hub of everything they do, so it was important to recover everything. Luckily for me I had their [...]
I realize I haven’t blogged in a while. I’ve been kind of crazy busy with stuff. Hang in there faithful readers, I’ll get back on track.
Alicia and I went up to DC Friday night for a going away party for our friend Aoife. She will be heading back to Ireland [...]
I had quite a day yesterday. I got up and went and volunteered at Embrace Richmond in the morning. I’m going to do a profile of them at some point so I won’t explain too much about it. But a group of us guys from The Well built shelves [...]
This has been quite a week so far. Hard to believe it’s only halfway done. Monday was the anniversary of my brother Jack’s death. Hard to believe it’s been 4 years. Tuesday was of course 9/11. Plus there is the family crap that Alicia mentioned briefly. Sounds like [...]
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