Archives for November 2007

Fun in the Snow – Draper, Utah

Each year, I take the kids on an individual trip with dad. I try to make it inexpensive and unassuming. But the emphasis of these trips is always focused on communication, connection, and building good memories. This year, I was able to take Emily to go skiing in Utah. My only expense was flying her out, since my trip was on the tail-end of my PASS trip. And my good friend Joel Meyer very graciously provided a place for us to stay, food to eat, and great company. We were very fortunate to have great weather for the trip. It started snow the evening we arrived and, the next morning, we had a … [Read more...]

The Last PASS at Last

I've been a board member of the Professional Association for SQL Server since the organization was founded in 1999. I was invited to join the board way back then in the capacity of VP of Marketing and, in fact, knew nothing about what I was supposed to do for the organization. As the years went by, I moved into the roles of EVP of Finance for 2 years and the President for the last 4 years.All the work that we do for PASS is on a volunteer basis and, for me, it was taking between 10-20 hrs per week over and above the day job at Quest Software. With the way my day job and PASS were balanced, … [Read more...]

Amazing Sports Clips

This is amazing. I'm not much of a sports fan, but this was really fun - 20 of the best basketball points ever scored.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsVzOKqK-k and watch this with your kids and/or loved ones.-Kev … [Read more...]

Proof that the world DOES care about color-blindness

I've always accepted that color-blindness is one of those handicaps that no one ever thinks about. After all, it's not very common. And it's not usually very dangerous, despite the fact that red-traffic lights are very hard to see for someone with "daltonic vision". But it looks like someone out there really has given us color-blind people a second thought. Look at this:http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/flexscan/flexscan-lcd-monitor-for-the-color+blind-is-24-inches-326224.php Very cool!-Kev … [Read more...]

Holiday Crazy

There are have been a lot of things going on this last week. During the Thanksgiving holiday week, there was tons of work for me to do both on the job and at home. However, the kids made the work light and more fun. For one thing, Dylan's very cool rock band - No Name Nonsense - had a performance and they rocked the house. They played at the high school's Battle of the Bands and did an awesome job. Out of a dozen or more bands, they came in third.The winning band had some middle-aged guys in the band who could put thousands of dollars into their equipment. They also played, IMO, weird music … [Read more...]

Fear of…

The funny thing is, I think I know people with some of these:Portarideluomophobia fear of people wearing costumesPygmaliadevengalavidadiabolicaphobia fear of being attacked by mannequinsAngoraphobia fear of itchy sweatersQuisappositusphobia fear of distant objects coming closerSophismataphobia fear of falsehoodsStockabbildungophobia fear of drawings of stick figuresTerminolectolibriphobia fear of reading the last page of a bookAtrichophobia fear of bald people and, or fear of going baldJanephobia fear of killing animals accidentally when drivingDipatiphobia fear of stepping on cracks in the … [Read more...]

A New Movie Starring Me and the Kids…

Here's a gory action/adventure preview of my new movie!-Kev … [Read more...]

Day of the Ninja – 12/5/2007

The official Day of the Ninja is coming up on 12/5/2007 and to celebrate, you should make sure you're getting the RDA of ninja at http://www.askaninja.com/.Here's a good one: … [Read more...]

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

So, it was my last night in Australia and my friends Vanessa Barcellona and Ceci Weiss were enjoying some conversation and good Australian wine. Maybe it was because of the wine, but we (Ceci and I are Americans) laughed our tails off at Vanessa's description of the Australian version of Lassie - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Well, she went and dug up the intro for the 70's TV show for your benefit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQnrY5V-rY … [Read more...]

If I Were President, Episode #1

I have millions of thoughts, ideas, and hypothesis running through my head all the time. Some are about inventions I'd make. Some are about stories I'd write. Some are about politics.So one area that I've been thinking about over the years was along the lines of "If I were president, I'd do...xyz". Some of these ideas I think are kind'a good. So I thought I'd share them with you and you can shoot them down or talk them up. Here's one example - I'd create my own political party that represents my own political ideas. (That's going to be its own series of posts, however.) But the political … [Read more...]