My wife sent me this link, and I think it's really well said. Bold emphasis is mine.

The primary goal of self-defense is to avoid becoming the victim of violence...

...This is the core principle of self-defense: Do whatever you can to avoid a physical confrontation, but the moment avoidance fails, attack explosively for the purposes of escape—not to mete out justice, or to teach a bully a lesson, or to apprehend a criminal. Your goal is to get away with minimum trauma (to you), while harming your attacker in any way that seems necessary to ensure your escape.

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-truth-about-violence/

Sarah: just a thought

Joel: a thought?
a single thought?

Sarah: I sprayed the floor and mattress with deodorizor

Joel: one that can change the world.
a thought, who could think?
could be so powerful

Sarah: maybe I could bring the futon frame into the bedroom and get it off the floor that way

Joel: contained in one bunch of electrical impulses…
a simple, singular thought.

– Joel Penner, 2011

Whoopy, Ikea is having a sale [link] for $50, we can finally buy a bedframe!

UPDATE: Um, bedframe was wrong size. 

Busy busy busy...

• Work has been nuts.
• People on holidays.
• People decide stuff needs to be due.
• Stuff breaks.
• Some people didn't sync all their work! 
• In order to be able to play with all possible cool toys, I went with a Windows server on a host I'll never pick again.
  Should have gone with Your Computer Tech.
• Installed caching on the server today, some pages should load nice and fast.
• If my site goes down, please email me! joel at inafield dot. com
• Also looking at cloud services… Amazon EC2 and MS Azure 
• Three new websites will be launching soon.
• Congrats goes to a friend who will be featured in the Oscar's gift bags to the important people in Hollywood. (Hint: This is why I'm looking at cloud services.)

So we're planning a crazy roadtrip that's gonna' be awesome and memory building. And best of all, see some friends and shoot a wedding!

We're going to drive down here...

The Map

...in this and sleep in the trunk/backseats (seats fold down)...

The Car

...hoping to see this...

Bryce Canyon

...and this...

Great Salt Lake

...and this...

White Sands, NM

...before the grand finale at this...

David & Abigail's Happily Ever After