For Those of You About to Fly . . . We Salute You

Just some things you might want to pack for the Emerald City

~ A raincoat type device, preferably with hood

~ Umbrella device

~ Good hiking shoes (recommend spray-on waterproofing stuff)

Even if we end up hiking downtown, these are still recommended.

Looks like it might be wet there, according to the weather channel.

~ Oh ya, bring things to throw at Kelly!!!

If Everything Was Made by Microsoft

This is great ...

If Everything Was Made by Microsoft

Happy Birthday Dad (Grandpa our Uncle Mike)

Happy 56th Birthday Dad. Oddly enough it is also Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's birthday. I'm sure that makes Two-Mom happy. Actually April 27th is a very historic day.

1521 Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn).
1805 Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil
1810 Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Fr Elise.
1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
1865 Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.
1942 Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300
1972 NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
1978 Former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach
1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

Mi jardín bonitísimo

I am growing oxygen! And the best part is that I get to eat most of it. I am currently an apartment dweller, and my patio never gets direct sun, so my options are limited. But I decided to try a container garden.

Here's my container garden so far! I have three pots of leaf lettuce, one of oregano, two of zucchini, three with flowers (no blooms from two yet), and one azaela bonsai, which is currently not doing so well.

Inside, I have a Gold Capella plant, which is supposed to be good for indoor air quality. And I have a small bamboo plant that I've had for several years - don't know how it's still alive.

I always thought I had a black hand of death when it comes to plants, but only one of them is dying so far! Yeah!

All Good Things

Well, its over, got swept. The Red Wings are the better team. We only really showed up for the last game. We lost that 5-6, and we gave up the winning goal with less then a minute. The first three games however, it looked a lot like this.

The real problem is that now I have nothing to do for five months.

Springfield Business Journal's 2009 40 Under 40 Photo Shoot

My first video!

We are starting to do online video at my work and I'm heading up the effort since I'm the web editor. This is our first one. It's a promotional piece for our 40 Under 40 awards event next month. Not the most interesting thing I know :) We had a photo shoot for the award winners and we took footage there. Then our graphic designer and I produced this. It's a little simple and amateur, but I'm kind of proud of it as our first attempt. At some point soon, I'll be incorporating video onto our Web site with news stories, instead of just promotional stuff like this. Exciting!

Happy Earth Day - Now a Word From Our President