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Kristen and I finally bit the bullet and Sunday we went to the Richmond Carpet store and looked at laminate flooring for the living room, hallway and office. We found a color/grain that we really liked and scheduled a time the following day for the installers to come and measure the rooms so we could get a quote on what the cost would be. We’re supposed to hear back from them today to find out what it’s going to cost. Hopefully it won’t be too expensive because it would be a wonderful improvement to our house.

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In other news I’ve all but decided that I’m going to have a guitar liquidation so I can build a more solid collection over time. I’m planning to sell (or trade-in rather) my Gibson Explorer (if you knew the story as to how I acquired it in the first place, you’d know what a big deal this is for me) as well as my Squire strat and combine what I get from those with my Christmas money to try and buy an American Fender Strat. I’ve been pouring over online reviews to try and find out which model I should get but I believe that I’ll mostly leave that decision up to my hands when I get into the music store. I can’t wait! I haven’t been guitar shopping since about the time I got my drivers license so this will be fun!

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I’ve been gearing up for an extended vacation for the holidays and I’m really looking forward to having the time to get some things done. It’s those things that get put off over and over again that I’m looking forward to cramming into a day or two of pure productivity. I’m also hoping to step up my photography time a little bit and get back on track with my Flickr account. I’ve only added a few pictures over the last couple of months and that needs to change.

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Another significant bit of news is that my brother-in-law Jamie has finally started a blog! You can read his well-written, personal blog at Recent Stuff from Jamie’s Life. He has just recently graduated from college, gotten engaged and started looking for a job.

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This is just a rant so feel free to ignore…
\nI’ve been doing some holiday purchasing on eBay over the last couple of months and I’ve been very unhappy with the quality of service the postal service has been providing. Sure, they get the packages to me in a timely manner, so they’re fulfilling that purpose just fine but there are some other customer services that they sure could improve, not the least of which is their online package tracking service. Here are a couple of problems with the service as it is:

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  1. It’s only updated once every 24 hours. This means that there’s a good chance that the package will show up on my door before I’m even aware that it’s going to arrive that day.
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  2. The system provides no information about the current location of the package. It appears as though the only purpose of the system is to let you know when the package arrived, and there’s actually no “trackingâ€? service of any kind.
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  3. I’ve had several instances where I get the standard “package information has been received but this doesn’t mean that the package has been shippedâ€? message even after the package has been delivered, suggesting that in some instances your package doesn’t even enter into the tracking software.
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Why doesn’t the post office have an infrastructure similar to UPS, FedEx or DHL which allows them to track packages as they enter/leave a processing facility? Would it be that hard?

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This was a huge year for me both professionally and personally, in fact I can’t believe how much has changed.

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We sold our home and moved into an RV!

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The year started with incredible joy as we were finally able to have a viable pregnancy after adopting several embryos. Unfortunately not long after we suffered the loss of that pregnancy. With the new-found perspective of that loss we decided to stop putting off our dreams and decided we would sell our home and go full-time on the road in a fifth wheel trailer.

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Selling our home was easy in the hot housing market, but actually getting our trailer on the road would take some time as we faced delays in getting a trailer hitch for our 2021 Cedar Creek 377BH. Finally in July we hit the road for our maiden voyage to Indiana. I’ve posted several blog posts about our RV travels throughout the year if you’d like to read more about the experiences we had!

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Crys’ Bout with Sciatica

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One of the biggest hiccups in our travel plans for the year was the long episode of sciatica that Crys endured most of the last half of the year. When we hit the road in July Crys was already having some back/leg pain but we assumed it would pass over time. It didn’t. While we were in Wisconsin Crys woke up one morning and wasn’t able to move enough to get off the bed. We ended up calling an ambulance to take her to the emergency room where they were able to tell us that her leg problems were likely sciatica and her only real treatment was physical therapy or surgery and pain meds. She improved slowly but it became clear we were going to need to go back to Texas so she could get the help she needed.

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Throughout the remainder of the year she had physical therapy and while she’s not back to normal her mobility is greatly improved! She’s doing so well that we went back on the road December 26th and I can already tell that she’s doing much better.

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Lilabean

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Liliana has really come into her personality. She regularly makes me laugh with her quick wit and sense of humor. She’s also been doing so well at making friends and approaching other kids without timidity. I love her, but of course that goes without saying 😉

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Focusing on React

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If you know me you know that I love my work. Most of the time if I’m choosing my projects wisely it doesn’t feel like work at all. This year I decided to focus on improving my React skills as much as possible and I’m very happy with how things have gone. I managed to learn NextJS as well and now I’m even more excited about the possibilities. I’ve done almost no Vue this year which is fine by me.

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One of my goals for the year was to rebuild this site in React + Headless WordPress which I completed earlier this year and even managed to upgrade it to NextJS before the end of the year.

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Goals for 2022

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I started this site 20 years ago. It has been my companion through most of my adult life. To celebrate its longevity I’ve completely redeveloped it from scratch with a new design, some updated content a whole new blog experience and a brand new photos section that I’m quite proud of.

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The first edition of evanagee.com
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It has been with me throughout many different seasons and changes and while it has looked different over the years this new look is my favorite.

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The idea of a personal website has changed a lot since 2001 when I created the first iteration. For me this site has always been about me sharing pieces of myself with whoever is interested. Admittedly some of the blog posts can be pretentious or boring, which is why I left it alone for many years. But recently, as I started looking through some of the older content in the blog, my heart towards this site and its purpose shifted. This is for me. If someone happens along and finds something interesting, awesome, but that’s not my main goal.

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Circa 2002
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I’m a web developer who’s obsessed with web development. My scrapbook reflects my tools of choice. So do I NEED a headless WordPress site built in React? No. But did I have an absolute blast building it? You bet I did! During this course of rebuilding I dove into previously unknown technologies like Vite and react-query, got very familiar with the WordPress REST API and finally achieved a design that I’m 100% happy with (with a little help from a free starter template).

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But now I finally have all of my blog and photos in once place in a cohesive experience and the ways I can intermingle that content are going to be very interesting.

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I also did something I’ve been putting off for a long time, I painstakingly went through all of my old blog posts updating images, video embeds and the like so they work properly in this post-Flash world. It has definitely given new life to this place!

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2003
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One of the things that I loved most about browsing through the various versions of this site from the last 20 years is how much content is still here. I feel like it is the best place for me to look for memories that I have long since forgotten, and that’s what’s pushing me ahead and has gotten me excited about growing it over time.

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2005
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2006 – still one of my favorites
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I have a few plans for the site, more web-dev specific blog posts, ways for users to interact with content more and I want to gather up all of the various videos I’ve created over the years and make them easily accessible. I’d also like to get some of my music online. As I’m also getting old AF I also find myself wanting to preserve and catalog the various projects that I’ve worked on over the years. I would love to be able to see at least screenshots of projects through the years, that’s a lot of work though…

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Once upon a time I also had this Items of Interest section that was a way to organize things that didn’t quite fit into the blog, almost like featured stories, I’d like to find a way to bring that back as well. In general as I looked through old versions of the site I found that they better captured the intent than more recent versions. “Photo of the day” is one of my favorites that I’ve sort of resurrected via the large background image.

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So, if you’re still reading, thank you! This app means a lot to me and I hope it shows. Happy browsing!

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It feels as if my blog posts lately have been sporadic at best. I suppose it’s mostly due to all of the changes lately, most of them in my professional life. I decided it was a good time to write another entry and tell about the things that have been going on lately. So here it is.

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In February of this year I accepted a position with a company in the online auction industry. I had six great months with them and created a relationship with my co-worker that I expect to endure for a long time. In August I accepted a contractor position with MemoryX.net where I remain. I’m working on some wonderful things and it has been a real pleasure working there. My design and development skills continue to be pushed to new levels and I’m absolutely loving it. Hopefully I’ll be able to share some of the details of what I’ve been up to at MemoryX soon.

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Agee Design
When I’m not doing work for MemoryX I’m doing work for my clients through Agee Design. I’ve completed several projects and I’ve got a handful of active projects, one of which is redesigning the website for Jay and Jack of the well-known “Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack“. They’ve been a real pleasure to work with and I can’t wait to get the new site launched. I’ve also been working on a strategic relationship with another well known name in the podcasting community, Cliff Ravenscraft of the Generally Speaking Production Network (GSPN). And if you’re a Mac user you might be familiar with developer Phil Dow of Sprouted, who is most known for his popular Mac journaling application Journler. I’ve also taken the step of leasing a server so I can offer hosting to my clients if needed.

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Rediscovering a passion
Throughout my teen years I had one true passion, playing the guitar. When the college years hit and I was no longer in a hand I lost interest somewhat. I had been playing some, but the 1 hour+ playing time per day was long gone. Here recently I decided to join the hymn band at church. Like me, most of the others in the band hadn’t played in quite a while. I’ve watched over the last couple of months as each musician has dusted off their instrument of choice and rediscovered their love for it. It has been truly inspiring to me. We all, at one time or another, put time into learning these instruments; shouldn’t we take advantage of that talent? I plan to. I’m going to try and establish a regular practice time at least weekly, and try to work on learning some of the technical aspects of music that I’ve never learned. I did recently take a big step and posted a video of myself playing guitar online.

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Some EvanAgee.com updates coming
I’ve got a redesign of EvanAgee.com on my todo list. The design is getting a little stale and isn’t quite as indicative of my style or ability as I’d like. I haven’t even started on the design yet but I should soon, might even work on it this weekend. I’m hoping to do a large scale redesign, not just update the template.

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It’s hard to believe that another year is almost over. Here’s to hoping that 2008 is as good as 2007 has been. Soon I’ll have some more news to share with you all. 🙂

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I’ve taken the leap and uploaded the first video to YouTube of myself playing guitar. Here goes.

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The solo section of “Line” a song I wrote and recorded. This video features the solo which I wrote to go with the song. HOWEVER, I’d love to see what some of you other YouTube guitarists would do if YOU were writing the solo for this song.

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To record your solo you can download the backing track by visiting:
https://blog.evanagee.com/Line_backing.mp3

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Then, record yourself playing YOUR solo with the song and upload your video as a video reply to this video. I’ve given you 8 bars of lead-in time but feel free to use that space to add on some more solo time, it’s all up to you!

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Let’s see what you’ve got guys!

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(NOTE: I’m not looking to write a better solo for the song, just thought it would be fun to see what others might do if they were writing a solo. All videos uploaded in response are the property of their respective owners.)

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To upload your video response go to the YouTube page for this video.

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The work, however, is not quote finished. I’ve still got to design and develop the portfolio section. I’m still playing around with ideas for that, and should make a decision soon. I’ll also be adding more information to the services section to beef that up a bit.

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As I mentioned in an earlier vidcast, I don’t plan on doing any heavy marketing anytime soon, just want to take some steps to getting the word out there. A few new projects here and there would be fun.

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I happened to catch a few minutes of Fox News this morning. They had conducted a poll of their viewers of the “top 5 worst lyricists”. I love the idea that the general public is in any way qualified to judge the writing capabilities of anyone, but hey. So, I was a little surprised when I saw the results of this poll, not only were most of the lyricists on the list decent lyricists, but Sting was number 1 on the list. To those of you who aren’t familiar with Sting’s lyric writing capabilities, this is tantamount to having a poll question of “Is the sky sometimes blue” and the results coming back as “NO”. It’s just ludicrous.

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I’m not sure whether the poll was multiple choice or freeform or what. My guess is that if it was multiple choice Sting was placed there as an option merely for a control, so the overall accuracy of the poll could be judged later. They would know, if a majority of the polls came back with Sting as the number 1 answer, that the poll results are not accurate and therefore shouldn’t even be published.

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There are only a couple of reasons why it would make sense for Sting to have “won” this poll:

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  1. The Fox News viewers who took the poll weren’t familiar with who Sting was, thus putting him at the top of the list because “he must not be that good if I don’t know who he is”.
  2. The Fox News viewers who took the poll wouldn’t know talent if it slapped them in the face.
  3. Both 1 and 2
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There were other surprising lyricist in the top 5 such as Creed frontman Scott Stapp, who is by know means a wordsmith but still doesn’t deserve to be on this list. I just don’t understand why there weren’t any obvious choices in the top 5. There are so many carbon copy groups that are popular right now that should have all been sitting pretty at the top of this list, but nary a name was found.
So, to those of you Fox viewers who took that poll (and chose Sting as the worst lyricist), I’ll gladly spotlight your ignorance:

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Children’s Crusade (Sting)
Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
Marching through countries they’d never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a children’s crusade
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of these young lives betrayed
The children of England would never be slaves
They’re trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History’s lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children’s crusade
The children of England would never be slaves
They’re trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children’s crusade
Copyright (c) Sting

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The Value of "Stuff"

Once again I’ve been reminded that getting “stuff” won’t make you any happier. It won’t fill a void in your life and it won’t have the life-altering effect that you think it will.
I find it amazing that no matter how many times I’m reminded of this I still find myself wanting, or even obsessing about a material possession that I must have. Then, after I’ve gotten it, I (again) realize that even the newest, most amazing “thing” fades quickly to old hat and commonplace. And by achieving that thing you’ve raised the bar on what material item you’ll have to get next time to satisfy your craving for the next big thing.
How do we stop this cycle of materialism? What can make us content with what we already have?

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