Category Archives: life

Getting to Mozambique

About a week before Christmas I get a call. I recognize it as having a Houston area code. Our main office is in Houston so I dial that area code often. It is a guy telling me to go to … Continue reading

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East Africa is just as disorganized as West Africa.

I’m never sure what tone I want for this blog. And I end up places like Mozambique where I have no internet or I’m sharing a 3G hotspot with 10 other people all trying to do real work while I’m … Continue reading

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Surviving the Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse

I like haunted houses. I don’t go because many are lame and don’t live up to their promise or are just basic Monster Jump out startles that make for cheap scares. Anyway, we heard about the Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse at … Continue reading

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Working on the porch

Before I left, I spent some time making our horrible deck not so horrible. Which I somehow managed to not take any before pictures. So, picture this: But with some benches around it that were falling apart because carpenter bees … Continue reading

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A week in DRC in pictures

So I’m here in DRC. They put us up in a nearby hotel. I would only give it four stars because it doesn’t have a swimming pool or gym The rooms are on the small side but they still manage … Continue reading

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Blogging

I found this neat blogging package called On the Road. It even has a mobile client so that you can update your journeys and gives you a pretty cool custom URL. So a recent trip to Norway would read Fronzel.Ontheroad.to/Norway, … Continue reading

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I’m mortally wounded!

We recently painted the kitchen and changed the cabinet hardware. One problem has been that the new hinges have made the cabinet doors not fit properly. So, today I got to work trimming the doors to fit. Using my 20mm … Continue reading

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New toy

The other day, Margo left some school supplies at home and started to text me about it. My phone was a Samsung A737 which was OK, but compared to her iPhone, I couldn’t keep up with her texting. I got … Continue reading

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When it rains, it pours

I got an email from Bossman asking if I had a valid visa. That is all. Five minutes later, he asks if I have a valid visa for Saudi. If I had list the drawbacks to my job, the top … Continue reading

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It isn’t always exciting.

Just the parts I normally talk about. Last night, we went a place we call Blue Bar because it is painted a bright blue. I’m not really sure what the actual name is. We had curried rice, grilled fish and … Continue reading

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