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AndyBarber.com

Thoughts on technology, genealogy, movies, television, and life.

For many years, this page was just a straight blog. This new version brings the blog back with a clean, self-hosted setup fully controlled by me.

Topics

  • Systems administration
  • Genealogy and family history
  • Movies and television
  • Personal writing and updates

Latest posts

Clean, readable publishing without WordPress.com lock-in.

June 29, 2017 1 min read

Wow Day 4

Yesterday was pretty uneventful for my mother-in-law. There was an attempt at putting a stent into her bile duct and performing a biopsy on her pancreatic tumor. However, since her potassium levels were so low, they wer…

By Andy Barber
June 27, 2017 1 min read

Wow Day 2

Back in 2010, my mom had a liver transplant. I remember that being a great day because we had had so many trying times leading up to it. We knew Mom was going to be okay. It was just a matter of how long it took her to …

By Andy Barber
June 24, 2017 3 min read

St. John the Baptist

Approximately six months before the birth of Jesus Christ, was the birth of Elisabeth and Zachariah's son, John. Mary had gone to the home of Elisabeth and Zachariah to visit. Luke 1:41 states: "And it came to pass, th…

By Andy Barber
April 12, 2017 1 min read

Every tomorrow has two handles…

"Every tomorrow has two handles. You can take hold of tomorrow with the handle of anxiety or you can take hold of it with the handle of faith." -Henry Ward Beecher

By Andy Barber
April 7, 2017 1 min read

Continuing My Journey

Tomorrow is the Spring Reunion for the Scottish Rite of Chattanooga. There, I will receive my 4th-32nd degrees. This is a lot different than the anticipation before my 1st-3rd degrees. Before, I had a small idea about w…

By Andy Barber