The Life of Lou Ruppert

Laou the Sfaxi My friend Mr Ahmed informed me today that the African Football Cup was won this weekend by the Club Sportif Sfaxien from Sfax, Tunisia! Nice work guys! I know a few Tunisians from when I went there last winter. I spent a week traveling from Tunis down to Sfax, intending to practice [...]

Every Sunday I like to review my life in miniature. I make sure my checkbook is balanced, that I’m on track for projects I’m working on, that I’m doing OK in my unpaid responsibilities, and that no trouble tickets for church computer work are getting out of hand. I also plan my week, reviewing my [...]

You can’t eat a habanero pepper and not remember it the next day. The decision to eat the shiny orange fruit is followed by a series of distinct burn incidents over a 24 hour period. According to some dog owners that I know, if you feed a dog a habanero pepper, he’ll eat it once, [...]

One time when I was in college, I went to an all night cartoon festival. Around 6am, after I’d been up for 24 hours straight, I began to see people who weren’t there. Out of the corner of my eye, I’d see a guy walking down the aisle of the theater, but when I’d turn [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to my new blog. Some of you may have read stuff I’d done on livejournal or blogger, so you know I’m not new to blogging. So, why a new blog? Hosting it myself gives me a lot more toys to play with. And if you know me, you know I love [...]