It’s been over three weeks since the last post, and with Thanksgiving travels and dad’s upcoming surgery, I likely won’t be posting again soon, so here are a few pictorial tidbits from the recent past:
Thomas finished his outdoor soccer season a few weeks ago (as did Daniel), and I got a few pics of him [...]
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A few tidbits
Science fiction comes to life on recent family trip to DC
Jules Verne saw a future where man would conquer the seas in submersible watercraft. We are navigating the seas of that future.
Arthur C. Clarke envisaged the use of space-based communication satellites. That reality is here (over).
William F. Nolan followed Logan as he tried to escape his Lastday execution. There is pending legislation [...]
Weekend photo
Enjoy this photo from Nanny and Poppy’s this weekend.
9 years of marital bliss
This is what it looks like:
How golf is like camping with kids
You spend a lot of time outside.
Sometimes it rains on you, and you just have to play through.
Both offer a spectrum of possible difficulty levels.
You can hit the links at a brutally technical, hazard-ridden, members-only course – if you can afford the $500K annual club membership – while sipping martinis from your golf cart’s cooler, [...]
Old pics
Just a quick note to point you to gallery additions from about a month ago. In late July we headed up to my parents’ trailer at Russell Brook campground. We had a nice visit, including a belated b-day celebration for my mom:
Poppy and Thomas had fun as well:
Check out the Russell Brook gallery [...]
Recipe for fun
Ingredients:
4 Adults
5 Boys
Beach toys
Many gallons of gasoline
Parsley
Instructions:
Evenly distribute first three ingredients between two minivans. Add gasoline. Point vehicles east. Drive 4-5 hours until Boston is reached. Rest for 2.5 days. Drive north 1.5 hours to beach. Bake at 85 degrees for 2.5 days. Garnish with parsley and serve [...]
Our little guy just got a little bigger
Thomas lost his first tooth today. He was very excited. He even called me at work to tell me.
Happy Birthday, Daniel!
Daniel is one dog-year old today. How exciting!
We gave him the choice of a “big” party or a “big” gift. He chose the “big” gift. He was very excited when he (incorrectly) guessed that this “big” gift was a few packs of Pokemon cards. To bad we didn’t know that before [...]