Life Is A State of Mind

Finally did it! We purchased a new domain with a new host because we had had enough of our former host. I will keep hold of pongfu.com forever, but I will not host a site there for the time being. Instead, let me say welcome to This Wacky Family.

William Beckett was born on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 AM. I have been dying to write that for weeks. Here’s some quick facts on Will Solomon.

He weighed 6 lbs, 3 oz. at birth.
He measured 19 inches long at birth.
He was born 19 years to the day after my first son Alex Charles.
He was born on the same day [...]

Ok, so I gotta catch up somehow so I’m going to start here. It’s been a bit of a stressful year so far. My mother got sick earlier this year and we discovered she has cancer. This is not something I expected….hell, who does. She was checked into the hospital with abdominal pains, but then they [...]

Well, there ya go, I blew last year’s New Years resolution by not posting in December. If you recall, and I know you probably don’t, last year I resolved to post at least once a month in 2007. I did not post in December which means I failed. :(
Well here’s hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday season filled [...]

This site has had several incarnations over the past 10 years (yes, it has been approximately 10 years since pongfu.com first appeared in the WWW thanks to my friend and former table tennis partner Tim at Globalynk), and during that time there have been several hosts for this site. The current host has been excellent as far as up time [...]

I have been dating a wonderful girl for a couple of years now, since about July of 2005. She’s my best friend, my confidant, my lover, my everything. She makes me feel good and most days I look forward to getting home and spending a little time with her. Most importantly, she takes me for [...]

Recently I bought a book and in the dedication was a German proverb that I felt I needed to share. It probably isn’t important to some, but at this time in my life it means a lot for several reasons.
“To change and to change for the better are two different things.”
Do you know the difference? [...]

This is one of the best April Fool’s Day jokes I’ve ever seen. Google TiSP (http://www.google.com/tisp)