The things I see...

The Nurmi Notes: Broken Hearts

2012-02-02T08:18:00.000-08:00

The Nurmi Notes: Broken Hearts

Maddie the songwriter...

2012-01-28T08:23:00.000-08:00

Kind of fun to follow her career efforts kind of second hand through my guitar playing friend at Cedarbrook...

Live from Times Square

2012-01-04T10:17:00.001-08:00

The North Shore

2011-06-17T05:39:00.000-07:00

Celebrating 29 years of marriage.

CrossTalk Blog

2011-05-04T05:11:00.000-07:00

CrossTalk Blog (some guy makes his first hole in one.)

This scene keeps repeating itself on my deck.

2011-03-23T10:53:00.001-07:00

10 Tips for Posting on Your Brand's Facebook Page

2011-03-23T10:32:00.000-07:00

10 Tips for Posting on Your Brand's Facebook Page

The truth about copyright pirates and profits

2011-03-23T07:07:00.000-07:00

The truth about copyright pirates and profits

Tokyo - dinner with Solbergs

2011-02-05T06:29:00.001-08:00

Excellent night out friends, learned that Mabel remains the princess she always was.

2011-01-02T21:01:00.001-08:00

Activating the mobile blogging device.

Billy Elliot - Orpheum Theater MPLS

2010-12-21T05:26:00.000-08:00

Kylend Hetheringon, Daniel Russell, Michael Dameski and Lex Ishimoto PhotoHad quite a drive to the show, 45 minutes to Hudson, Woodbury to Mpls about 2.5 hours... Great show, we saw Lex (on far the right) what a dancer. They need all of these guys to trade off nights being Billy. Great stage props & good story.

the deck a bit later In the evening...

2010-12-11T18:15:00.000-08:00

later in the great blizzard of December 11th....

Earlier in the blizzard...

2010-12-11T18:13:00.001-08:00

earlier in the day - noonish

Sailboat - some new ownership...

2010-11-20T10:30:00.000-08:00

Some of you have noticed Alison's artsy facebook profile picture, taken from a sunny position on the bow, one very nice fall day on Lake Wissota. I got home from my golf trip only to learn that she needed to be taken off the lake in 4 days. Patrick was a very helpful first mate, as we got her loaded onto the trailer and the mast taken down.There are some extra pics - here, taken by the prior

The ACE

2010-11-20T10:15:00.001-08:00

There are some pictures from my trip to Bandon Dunes and a video on my profile page at facebook.I made a hole in one during the practice round on Thursday September 31st - 17th hole at Bandon Crossings Golf Club. The strip of green in-between those two big bunkers is only about ten paces wide... Part of the fun was actually being able to see it go in the cup... the little blip of

A weekend of competitive arguing

2010-11-20T09:56:00.000-08:00

Laurie was selected President of the Moot Court Board at Univ. of Iowa Law... Alison and I traveled Iowa City a while back to watch her argue a moot case, in front of the actual Iowa State Supreme Court Justices. It was quite an event, they are a tough crowd when it comes to trying to win an argument. A rich experience for Laurie. The Dad will never again think for a moment about winning an

landscape upgrade

2010-07-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

A chainsaw and a little time Saturday morning - voila !

2010-07-19T12:41:00.001-07:00

Well there's a bad thing. One less tree.

2010-07-15T12:38:00.000-07:00

The storm blew through Wednesday last week, took down the silver maple in the front yard... I planted that tree... it had a health problem as there was something wrong with the trunk right about where it came down... alas...

foreclosures and budget deficits in Wisconsin.

2010-07-10T07:39:00.000-07:00

Not being an economist, I'm wondering if this article is reporting the health of our Wisconsin economy in a good way or a bad way? I realize that people leaving their homes is a bad thing for the families. I also realize that a real estate "bubble - burst" is a necessary type of cycle in a well functioning economy. There is a seemingly unrelated headline that follows however.. From Friday's

Or Patrick owes you a goat...

2010-03-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.milwaukeecomedy.net/2010/03/homegrown-electric-circus-improv-comedy.html

Rube Goldberg Egyptian Machine

2010-02-24T14:11:00.000-08:00

Rube Goldberg Egyptian Machine from Anthem Heart A/V on Vimeo.This is a demonstration of the machine created by UW-Stout's 2010 Rube Goldberg Team, lead by Andrew Behnke. They chose an Egyptian style machine which works by dropping one marble in place, creating a chain reaction of events through obelisks, pyramids, gods, and more, all in an effort to sanitize a mummy's hand (in total, 120 steps).

Photos from Brazil

2010-02-15T03:50:00.000-08:00

I did manage to get some pictures organized from our trip.

There's the Christmas Spirit

2009-12-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

Perhaps you need to live in NW Wisconsin with the deer population being what it is.. to enjoy this, but either way.. It was striking my fancy.

From Julie in the Phillippines

2009-11-05T18:26:00.000-08:00

The following is from Alison's HS classmate Julie, ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Julie DeHart Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:13 AMSubject: Hello Friends :)To: Julie DeHart Hello Friend,It's been a while since I've written. Many of you know our last month has been crazy. Our Emily had a ruptured appendix the day of the heavy rains/

Snow-covered turf...

2009-10-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

It was an unusual past couple of days when the white stuff covered the ground and gave us a little glimpse of things to come. I suppose it makes for good football weather in some ways. Alison is so enjoying the Vikings and Brett Favre getting off to a 5 win 0 losses start. My Steelers are trying to slog through a little world championship hang-over, but they're doing ok. The new running back

Welcome Ethan

2009-09-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

Andre and Krista's new baby - woohoo!!!Marc Ethan Jeffrey OldbergBorn 8:15 am, 9/23/09. 9lbs and 21.5 inches long. We are thankful for a safe surgery for Krista, and a safe delievery of Ethan.

These two are looking for Elwood to take them for a cruise in the Bluesmobile !!!

2009-08-04T19:14:00.000-07:00

We had a great day listening to first rate entertainment a the second annual Blues on the Chippewa - to benefit the local food pantry. Took in a nice car show... Alison was particularly impressed with a 1969 (I think that's the year) Caddy, red with white interior, the guy said it was and is the largest production car made in America. It had the tail-fins, and you could fit a small family in

4th of July Shenanigans

2009-07-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

Looking at all those sparks... it's probably a good thing the pond was right there in front of them! Doesn't appear they were following OSHA approved fireworks instructions either. Having some fun though! And that's the main thing.

Like planes trains and automobiles....

2009-06-16T06:11:00.000-07:00

the old volvo and I took one on the nose yesterday. The day kind of went like Steve Martin's character...got up at 6, went to Rochester, was heading back to my job and blew a front tire coming down the hilll by Wabasha. (I've planed to drive into work with a 30 minute cushion to go into HyVee and grab some lunch and dinner before my shift starts at 3pm) Rolled into a driveway... No cell

Patrick, hamming it up.

2009-05-21T07:57:00.000-07:00

From Theater Class - PatrickPatrick had a class he really enjoyed this past semester, these pictures are from the "final project." It's a class held at the improvisational comedy club, where they do "comedy sports" which is some kind of competitive improv thing. He appears to be in his element.

2 down, 2 to go

2009-05-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

Laurie Glapa <>Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:35 PMTo: Michael Glapa , Alison Glapathe exam period stretches on...I just wanted to say hi and that I just got out of a meeting with Carrasco and I'm both daunted and excited about what I'll be doing over the summer and next year.Starting May 11th, I'm in charge of this timeline: http://www.uiowa.edu/ifdebook/timeline/Financial_Crisis_Timeline.pdfand over the

Here's something that is a positive bit of news...

2009-04-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

From downtown Austin Texas, some ducklings found there way down the riverwalk... we can all use a little help from our friends!

Bummer in my neighborhood

2009-04-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

From the Eau Claire Leader Telegram... (For those who aren't familiar, this game park owned by the local Lions Club, is on the property just across the pond from my house.)Two buffalo grazed Thursday at the Lions Club Game Park adjacent to Wakanda Park in Menomonie. The two other buffalo from the park had to be shot Wednesday after they jumped a gate and wandered too close to Interstate 94, in

From Ping...

2009-04-07T08:12:00.000-07:00

I remember in the fall of 2007, when Ping arrived in Menomonie from Thailand, she told me she wanted to pursue a career in dentistry. So yesterday I got this awesome email. I only wish I could throw a party to celebrate with her. It's so great when a plan comes together, but she says it better than I...The message subject was: "FINALLY"Heyhow are you? are the warm sunny days coming yet?now i

the sisters

2009-03-13T22:26:00.000-07:00

I hadn't seen this, but ran across it on the internet... very nice.

The north beach of Sayulita

2009-03-07T11:16:00.000-08:00

I just came upon a promotional video that is kind of interesting. The entire thing is filmed where we spent our time at the beach last week. At the 45 second mark, it has a shot of the palapa underwhich we parked our beach chairs to go boogie boarding in the surf. The beach was was exactly that crowded. The views are identical. As you can tell, I want to go back soon!

A nice warm Vacation

2009-03-02T17:38:00.001-08:00

Alison and I just returned yesterday from Mexico, the slideshow is better full-screen so click through directly to the album and click on the slideshow button if you prefer.

It's all in the contrast I guess...

2009-02-02T05:24:00.000-08:00

From my brother in the silicon valley:today I cruised home after cantoring at the 12:30 Mass at St. Jo's with the top down and the tunes blasting, beneath a glorious blue sky and temperatures in the low 70s. One bright spot in an otherwise grim scene here.(grim refers to the economy of course) And my email response:the temp actually hit 44F on Saturday... I walked down my snow-covered driveway

A little football...

2009-01-28T08:01:00.000-08:00

Couldn't resist posting this little nugget for all you Vikings and Packers fans... I am preparing to enjoy what I'm quite sure will be an unprecedented 6th Super Bowl victory for my beloved Steelers. Having cheered them on each fall for the past 34 years, it's fun to have this happen every so often.

Dolphin Stampede

2009-01-28T05:14:00.000-08:00

This I would have been thrilled to see.

G. Scot Catto

2009-01-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

Lost a friend this week. Laurie worked in theater with their middle son Sean, Patrick played ball with their youngest Clai. I talked with Scot each week at Rotary - it's hard to lose someone so suddenly.The distant sound of the Great Bagpiper has called Guy Scot Catto home.Guy Scot Catto, of Menomonie, unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, one day before celebrating his 32nd wedding

From Brazil...

2009-01-02T08:36:00.000-08:00

It's heartwarming to see Carol looking serene.

A lawyerly Christmas writing...

2008-12-25T04:50:00.001-08:00

I realize we won't all find this quite as entertaining, but here goes...---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Steve Anderson Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:30 PMSubject: A Lawyer's Christmas.....To: Steve Anderson Cc: Steve Anderson The Night Before Christmas, Legally Speaking...Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (

Ole's Around the World Adventure!

2008-12-23T06:44:00.000-08:00

Around-the-World Adventure!Ole Nueckel’s Trip Around the World: June 2008 – May 2009with stops (so far) in …Alps - cycling tripKenya - running campIsrael - visits to the origins of ChristianityNepal - to meditate with the monksSE Asia - to visit Vietnam, Singapore, & New ZealandOle was a Rotary Foreign Exchange student at MHS in 1995/1996. Upon returning to Germany, he received his bachelor’s

Bad shopping options...

2008-12-19T09:34:00.000-08:00

In case you're really having trouble with your last minute shopping... check these out.

The year in pictures part 1.

2008-12-19T08:47:00.000-08:00

Wow, this is fantastic, what a world we live in...From the author...2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not the story of 2008, it's certainly not all stories, but as a

A visit with Curt.

2008-12-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

Had a nice visit with my golfing buddy this morning. I should find a different picture, I seldom see him in a tie and all. I prefer seeing him leaning on his 9 iron, which usually means he's between clubs... (I can almost hear him, 9? or wedge? wedge or 9? repeat... repeat...) Once he starts that, it's time to double the bet.

John Jorgenson Quintet

2008-12-12T13:46:00.000-08:00

I'm going to the Historic Mabel Tainter Theater for a show tonight...www.johnjorgenson.com

A snazzy Christmas tree.

2008-12-03T07:21:00.001-08:00

Laurie is running ahead of me, her beautiful tree is up in her apartment. It'll be the weekend before we get out to the farm to get ours. For today, I'm working on getting the wreath hung over the garage door...

overnight precip.

2008-11-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

I got up this morning, and the view had changed... tis that time of year I suppose.

Robert & Laurie - Who knew?

2008-11-11T06:37:00.000-08:00

A 23 year old picture:Waving to the camera, or requesting permission to share her thoughts?...you decide...Not only would these two end up in law school, but what's up with the shirt?... go figure...

Earth Science

2008-11-06T09:11:00.000-08:00

I am routinely impressed with the efforts to problem solve in our scientific community. It isn't surprising that these folks are out poking around in the rain-forest, but the kind of stuff they discover, this from the San Jose Mercury News today...Q U O T E D"The answer to that is, what if we pushed ourselves back about a hundred and fifty years and you heard a story about a guy finding

A good English teacher.

2008-10-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

Laurie sent me a note received from Mary Powell. I'll post it below - Mary has visited us in Menomonie, Mary is very cool, for many reasons.Muraho! I'm sitting in the early morning fog right now, thinking about the last three months at Marayundo. Our students have all gone home for their two-month vacation, and the campus is quiet and empty. I already miss these girls and can't imagine what I

A visit to Mayo in Rochester.

2008-10-31T07:54:00.001-07:00

Went with Dad to visit Dr. Croghan (the Oncologist) yesterday morning. He explained the circumstances regarding the fracture in his leg, and talked about making some changes to his cancer treatment once the lab work is back from pathology. Waiting is hard, but Dad is busy rehabilitating his leg. His surgery Friday of last week went well, he's up and moving around nicely.

Fall Color

2008-10-28T08:57:00.000-07:00

This view includes the nice Roses from this year's Rotary Rose sale, and some of the fall color out back.

The delivery of roses...

2008-10-17T11:36:00.001-07:00

Finished up the last of my Rotary Club rose deliveries last night. Each year there are a number of unique reactions from the wives or girlfreinds. This year was no exception. One cried, one insisted that there was some other explanation (her husband just couldn't be responsible) and another was simply surprised that she was unaware that he had done this (she seemed to assume she was aware of his

Music from last week...

2008-10-17T10:24:00.000-07:00

Need to do a little catching up around here. It was nice to have Patrick home for a couple days last weekend. Milwaukee seems to suit him. He spent a good bit of time here searching for warmer clothes, the beach volleyball season on the Lake Michigan waterfront must be ending.Tuesday my friend Robert and I went to hear Joe Satriani at the State Theater in Minneapolis. It was a great show. A

Stanford's biggest gift to date.

2008-10-07T07:11:00.000-07:00

I do like the way this guy thinks, when we are given much, we have responsibilities that extend beyond our comfort. Business Wire founder seeds Stanford stem cell lab: "I don't want airplanes and boats and country club memberships. I believe that if you fall into a lot of money like I did, you put it into the soil -- you replenish the soil for next year's crop." That's the philosophy of Lorry I

Not your everyday block party...

2008-09-22T17:07:00.000-07:00

I attended this block party, sponsored by the Hideout, located in a wharehouse district near the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago.The line of bikes at the entrance were parked in similar fashion but mostly unlike the lineup of bikes I'm familiar with...The above is not in Wicker Park...So... a picture of the venue, which is a parking lot for "The City of Chicago, Department of Fleet

Block party in Wicker Park.

2008-09-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

While Alison was doing her anesthesia conference things, I spent the afternoon/evening at an outdoor concert/block party. I'll post some pics from my cameral later on, it was a very interesting affair. The line-up included several from over-seas, in keeping with the World Music Festival going on throughout Chicago this weekend. Oh, and I am kind of bummed that I missed this guy.

Little Miss Hamms

2008-09-18T07:35:00.001-07:00

Some of you may have missed my earlier posting about Brian's boat building project. (the photo is near the bottom of the posting) So now, it's in the final testing stages. I suspect this is a little bit like the guy who builds a model airplane and then is afraid to fly it for fear that it will crash. To be sure, Brian will have the bass boat parked at the ready in the event rescue manuevers

Cowbell

2008-09-15T06:04:00.000-07:00

You CAN have more cowbell in your life...

We all have crazy friends...

2008-09-10T03:11:00.000-07:00

I just learned that my friend Rick is riding his bicycle from the pacific to the atlantic. You can check this out at his blog, where he's reporting on his progress. The heat as they cross the desert is 125ish... whoa. Rick is on this adventure with 30 other riders, two others from Menomonie, including my doctor, Steve Brown. That's simply a notable coincidence, not because Rick necessarily

Oh the symbolism...

2008-09-01T19:35:00.000-07:00

This is actually my daughter, earlier today, but it could be my son. Each jumping off into a new and exciting life. Report from Milwaukee is that on a scale of 1-10, his experience is a 35... I think Laurie's picture is worth a thousand words or so, on how the first week of law school is going. For me, it's so gratifying to see your kids prosper.

Are you a visual learner?

2008-08-29T06:09:00.001-07:00

Take a look at this: http://photosthatchangedtheworld.com/

The digs at UW-Milwaukee

2008-08-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Patrick and I went down to Milwaukee to get him settled into his new home away from home. He's very excited about going to school there. I forgot to take any pictures when I dropped him off. So you'll want to take the virtual tour, and pretend Patrick is standing in the frames... The actual beds and furniture are identical to those shown. It's kind of weird to see virtual stuff after

An average day

2008-08-20T06:57:00.000-07:00

I spent the mid-day yesterday welcoming new-comers to the Chippewa Valley Literacy Volunteers board of directors. I'm chair of the nominations committee and worked a long time to come up with four top-notch additions to the board. Welcomes to Jamie Paige, Mike Rhindo, Mary Heimstead, and Ann Kohanek.Went to Hillcrest Country Club in Altoona, to visit Jim McGuire, where we attempted to debug my

Sailboat racing!

2008-08-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Byron and I joined about six other sailors from the Lake Wissota Yacht Club and raced around the lake. We had a great time in a very fresh wind, sunny exciting race. We had a little bump from another boat at the starting line, then begain the approximately 1.5 hour race. We tailed the leader never quite catching him (Joe), but eventually putting quite a distance between ourselves and

Happy Birthday Carol !!!

2008-08-12T06:41:00.000-07:00

Alison and I attended a fun Birthday party Sunday afternoon... we even had our picture taken with the Birthday girl... Later this morning, I'm going to take her to the airport so she can go home to her family in Brazil. She's been in Menomonie since August of last year, and I know her Mom and Dad are sooo excited to have her return home. For a parent, it's one of the most exciting parts of a

Rotary farewell

2008-08-06T12:11:00.000-07:00

fare•well–interjection1. goodby; may you fare well: Farewell, and may we meet again in happier times.–noun2. an expression of good wishes at parting: They made their farewells and left.3. leave-taking; departure: a fond farewell.4. a party given to a person who is about to embark on a long journey, retire, leave an organization, etc.–adjective5. parting; valedictory; final: a farewell performance

Iowa City

2008-08-06T12:03:00.000-07:00

Mabel can't quite understand what all the business of moving furniture around is about. Even so, we loaded up most all of Laurie's belongings and moved her off to Iowa City to begin her next adventure. She will do some mandatory law school activities this week, and then take off on a road trip which will include visits with several friends, ending with singing at a friends wedding in North

The Grad Party

2008-07-28T14:59:00.000-07:00

This was a great party... friends, family, weather, all the ingredients for fun event! Thank you to everyone who attended, and specially Brian and Carol for all their help with preparations (and Brian's excellent photography), Judy Faust for attending to things during the party, Phil Newman for the bean bag game... Click on the slides below, you can get it to run full-screen, you won't want to

Patrick's photos

2008-07-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

I put together a montage of Patrick photos for his grad party... Click on the slideshow below and it'll take you to the photo site where you can get a full screen look at them.

The move has begun...

2008-07-10T08:14:00.000-07:00

The boxes have begun to arrive from SFWe're all looking forward to having Laurie back in the mid-west. Her plane arrives one week from Monday. It'll be so nice to see her.Curiously... the boxes are all wine, beer & chips ?

Happy Birthday for Patrick

2008-07-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

Thomas the Tank Engine - woo hoo !!!From the Self timer...

The 4th of July, etc...

2008-07-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

This weekend brought a good bit of warm weather for the holiday celebration. Patrick was pretty tired of grinding and providing mass quantities of burgers, brats and grilling meats. He did pick up some extra hours during the week leading up to the Friday holiday, but they got their money's worth, (demand on the meat department was peaking.)I did some sailing on Friday morning, then went to the

Jack Johnson Concert

2008-06-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

Sunday night Alison, Patrick, Carol (Costa) and I had a great evening of outdoor entertainment as we went to Somerset WI to hear Jack Johnson perform. The weather was great, the music was great, the crowd was interesting, all in all a great success. It was a very laid-back event, Jack was well-loved by his audience. Kids aged 5 and under got in free, and we saw a surprising number of them.

Laurie's charm, nevertheless + my ramblings

2008-06-18T07:49:00.000-07:00

I've been remiss in getting a link to Laurie's new blog posted here. As you would expect, she is much more eloquent in her postings than I, and reports on the interesting happenings in her life on the west coast, at least for a few more weeks. Do check it out. Oh, and I noticed she will need some feedback or perhaps the site will suffer an untimely demise.Patrick is recovering well from his

A catch-up post...

2008-06-17T05:23:00.000-07:00

Not necessarily in the order of occurrence...Patrick's graduation...Brian was again generous to act as the photographer for the day. The following slide show depicts the activities beginning at the commencement held inside the Stout Field-house, then the grads outside following commencement, and finally our little gathering at the house afterward. (clicking on the slideshow will take you to the

chickens crossing

2008-06-14T22:05:00.001-07:00

Click on the picture to find a number of reasons why...

A birdie putt I can make...

2008-06-01T07:17:00.000-07:00

A tap-in.Yesterday's round of golf turned up some fun on the par three 8th hole. This shot marks the nearest I've ever come to making a hole in one. Someday perhaps I'll get one closer than this!

Lake Wissota Yacht Club

2008-06-01T07:04:00.000-07:00

This week found our arrival at the new sailing home for the Buccaneer. Byron has been working diligently at helping me get her ready to go for the sailing season. She's now rigged and ready for some nice warm weather!We're looking pretty relaxed... more sailing to come!

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

A busy weekend... above is the end of a great evening spent bass fishing on Lake Menomin. Did some sailing with Byron on Lake Menomin Saturday, nice fresh winds. Later, got caught in a rainstorm getting the boat trailered after some Sunday afternoon fishing on Lake Tainter, some of the foul weather than became tornadoes in places to the north and west. Played an un-remarkable 18 holes of golf

Looking summery in SF...

2008-05-22T05:03:00.000-07:00

Laurie got a new haircut, she's lovin' it!

A new visitor to the pond.

2008-05-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

We have a handsome new guest to our pond, the pics were taken from my deck.

Nice Fish

2008-05-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

Brian and I were out to open the bass fishing season on Friday night (our first outing this year.) He sets the hook on this fish... the line breaks, he sees the line floating, goes over and grabs it out of the water and hauls this fish in by hand. What dedication!

MHS Spring Musical - Guys and Dolls

2008-05-14T00:05:00.001-07:00

Brian was able to get some great shots of Saturday night's show of the MHS Spring Musical... They are grouped as follows:PatrickPatrick - Guys and DollsCarolCarol - Guys and DollsGeneral Pictures.General Cast - Guys and Dolls - MHS Spring 2008 Musical

Pictures from California

2008-05-05T09:24:00.000-07:00

SF May 2008

MHS Prom

2008-05-05T09:10:00.000-07:00

Patrick and Alex look so nice...

Word from Andy

2008-04-28T21:08:00.000-07:00

Alison and I had a nice visit last night with Andy... He's doing well, and soon heading off to Egypt to do some more diving.

San Francisco Theater Debut

2008-04-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

I head out to the Bay area this week, to see Laurie in her debut with the Unscripted Theater Company on Saturday night. My trip will begin with some R&R...Thanks to the internet and a little luck with some some timing of vacancy, I found an affordable spot to stay, it's out of the city to the north... I am looking forward to a couple of days of reading, relaxing and enjoying the backyard...on

Cell Phone Booth

2008-04-27T07:06:00.000-07:00

For those pesky folks who like to have loud conversations in public.

Proceeds to a good cause!

2008-04-24T12:47:00.000-07:00

That would be Tuesday May 22nd, performing at the Mabel Tainter Theater, show begins at 7pm, tickets are $10... proceeds to benefit the Interfaith Food Pantry.

Shutdown Day

2008-04-17T06:10:00.000-07:00

Shutdown Day

Immelmania?

2008-04-16T07:33:00.000-07:00

The masters had ended... Tiger didn't manage to win... a fun clip of this years Letterman appearance by winner Trevor Immelman... and below that, the Top ten list from Zach Johnson's win last year. Made me laugh a little... (Maybe next year Tiger)Top 10 things he can say now that he's won the Masters:10. I'm going to spend the prize money on Mountain Dew and beef jerky. 9. I once beat a

A loss...

2008-04-13T22:59:00.000-07:00

Our neighbor Dennis Falde passed away. (his obit)He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past fall. He was 52 years old. His health deteriorated quickly. Please say a prayer for his wife Jill. They were a close couple who seemed to do everything together. This will be so hard for her. Cedarbrook church is working through a popular book titled One Month to Live. It's been difficult to be

I thought my taxes were done!

2008-04-13T17:34:00.000-07:00

And then this comes in my email... I suppose I'd better call the accountant and get an amended return filed...

Time to relax.

2008-04-13T11:02:00.001-07:00

After a delicious lunch of Alison's french toast, a little break before these two head for a walk.

Recap of Laurie's trip...

2008-04-10T15:06:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Yang and I were neighbors during our senior year at Grinnell. We joke about being “life-neighbors” as we are a perfect pair and loved just popping over uninvited to talk, rant, laugh, borrow a cup of sugar, etc. I’ve always known her as Elizabeth but last week in Taiwan*, I got used to calling her Ling Ling, like everybody else on the island. I’d never traveled to any Asian country,