Posted on October 16, 2008
Babies Babies everywhere
I’m almost a year behind on naming and uploading pics… sorry… but in the mean time the last five weeks have had FIVE baby announcements hit my Inbox!
Congrats to Brian and Melanie on having Abigail Rae (Sept. 9th, 8lbs 2.5oz, 21″, 3:27PM)
Congrats to John and Laura on having Elinor Catharine (Oct. 09th, 7lbs 13oz, 20″, 9:26PM)
Congrats to Hannah and Jon on having a boy whose name escapes me (Oct. 14th, 7lbs 15oz, 19.5″, 1:10PM)
Congrats to Jason and Katie on having Amelia Jasmine (NOT “AJ”) (Oct. 02, 6lbs 14.4oz, 20.5″, 9:50 PM)
And Congrats to Erin and Mike on having Baby Nathan (Sept. 03, 7 lbs 11oz, 19 1/2″, 8:04 PM)
And a belated Congrats to Pete and Heather on baby Emma (July 31, 8lbs 6oz, 20.75″) who didn’t make the one-per-week cutoff, but a noble effort nonetheless!
Pics and updates as people send them to me!
Goodness!
Posted on June 23, 2008
Hiking, Dave and Julie’s Wedding Pics, All that
So, for Father’s day, my dad (“Father”), brother and I went hiking in Jefferson Memorial Forest somewhere south of Louisville, KY. It hurt. Five miles of hurt, and that’s not counting the mosquitoes and ticks that we had to squish or yank. I know, I’m old, and I’m a wuss. Such is life.
Anyway, due to the nice people at www.GPSVisualizer.com , and a burning desire to play with my Google Maps API Key, and the cute little GPS I never use, you can see exactly where we walked here:
Oh, and pics — David Bell got Married! Yay! Excellent wedding, and the reception on the stage of the Kentucky Center was way cool — props I’m sure to Pete for that. Anyway, pics are up here:
Posted on June 4, 2008
You Tube, Roller Coasters, and Theme Park Visits
Until I can get streaming media working from my own server (which is probably semi-trivial, but this was even trivial-er), we’re going to join the YouTube bandwagon (and band-width wagon).
Ang has a far more detailed write up of our trip to King’s Island than I’d ever dare write, but the streaming video is only available here! (Such is the division of labor between an English Major and a Computer Science Major):
Posted on May 1, 2008
I’m Turning Green
Angela and I have been playing with the lathe quite a lot (thanks again, Joe!)… the latest fun thing that I’m enjoying is turning “green” wood. We had some trees pruned in the last month which left us with a handful of fresh lumber, mostly some paper birch of varying sizes. One piece, about 30″ long, 5″ thick or so was the first one we turned. For anyone that has the means I highly recommend green wood turning. On the first attempt we got some strips to peel off of the wood that were a good four or five feet long:80242 and the wood is just fantastic to work with. It was almost impossible to “snag” (something we’re improving on with dry wood, but it takes practice), there wasn’t any dust to bother you, and it went much faster, I think, than dry turning. Even the shavings were soft and pretty — we’re planning on turning them into mulch, or using them in place of hamster bedding.
Anyway, lots of fun… the piece in question yielded a small goblet and a rolling pin. We’re trying to dry them, although that may take some time — apparently that’s the only downside to turning green (other than martian jokes). I DID turn the pieces with the pith centered, more or less, so shame on me, but I’m optimistic that if we’re careful they’ll dry well. The Goblet is going in some paper bags, and the rolling pin is using Pentacryl. If I don’t forget, I’ll try and let you know how they turn out, drying wise.
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Posted on April 27, 2008
Romanians Causing me to Head-Bob
The latest thing to keep running through my head and cause me to walk around with my head bobbing up and down in time to some tune that no-one but me can hear is this… listen to it and suffer the same fate as Chip:
(Update 2018/01/26 — this original video is down, but this was Cleopatra Stratan – Ghita).