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Lisa has started a blog in which she writes about rubber stamping, paper crafts, cycling, native plants, prairies, and nature. Check it out!

Lisa’s Candy Store card entry won Best of Show in Hero Arts 2005 Hearts and Love Contest!

Her entry was a Valentine’s Day card with an old time candy store theme. She’s very excited about the $200 Hero Arts catalog shopping spree she receives as a prize!

On the contest entry web page Hero Arts even included some background information Lisa wrote in the submission letter:

"I made the candy store card with the old neighborhood corner store in mind. Once in a while I would stop there on my walk home from school and buy penny candy. I can remember savoring that candy all the way home! The candy used to taste better somehow coming from that store, even though you could buy it other places, too. Must have been the love that the store keeper gave us kids when she would count out the pieces and put them in the little paper bags!"

A couple more of Lisa’s paper craft creations have won contests or been published:

Lisa won 3rd place in the Hero Arts 2004 Holiday Messages contest with her liveStrong scrapbook page and card duo entry.

The Rubber Stamper magazine also published three of Lisa’s cards in the February issue.

Welcome to 2005! I can’t believe another year has passed: I feel so old!

Lisa and I rode in the Ride for the Roses today to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation‘s cancer education and research programs.

We were orignally going to ride the 25 mile course, but at the last turnoff we decided to try the 40 mile route! We made it, but Lisa’s trip meter said the route was actually 46.7 miles (and it agreed with several other peoples’ bike computers at the 40 mile mark)!

We rode the ride on our mountain bikes with normal platform pedals but with road slicks, so it was harder than it could have been (a road bike with clipless pedals would have been much better). Lisa wants to buy a Trek Madone 5.2 road bike now as a reward for doing 40 mile route!

Lisa put up pictures and more information on her Ride for the Roses 2004 photo page.

Lisa won 1st place in 3D Art in the Hero Arts 2004 Love and Hearts contest! See more pictures in the Valentines section of her Creations page.

As usual, she is very excited about the free Hero Arts stamps coming her way!

Watched the news lately? I tried but could not stand to watch for long. All of the big network, affiliate, and news channel programs seemed so overly dramatic, unbalanced, and/or shallow, or they pander to the emotions of their perceived audience rather than giving an in-depth balanced examination of the issues. Many blantantly give the viewer a conclusion rather than the information to make their own decision.

However, there is at least one exception: the News Hour on PBS. Jim Lehrer and team give a overall, balanced look at issues and stories, providing the viewer with the information to make their own opinions. I highly recommend the News Hour to those looking for a better news program.

I’ve received many questions from friends asking what I’m doing next after Origin moves to the EA Redwood City campus. I’m planning on working remotely for EA from home, which I hope works out for both parties. I’m looking forward to having more time to code when compared to the recent past.

What is a Wumple? I’m not quite sure, but it could be:

• This computer.
• A young Wumpus (hunting not allowed, especially by colonists).
• A poor attempt at a rumple.