Archives for May 2008

A New Take on an Old Tradition

I've been taking Emily out for a long years now around the time of her birthday for some frou-frou time and father/daughter bonding. The tradition is that she usually gets new acrylic nails done professionally. And since she's a captive audience, I get to talk with her about whatever might be on my mind. The dynamic is a little different now. Anna and Katie both wanted to give the big lady nails a try and, being wrapped around their finger, I couldn't say no. They both chose colors that worked well for them and had a lot of fun studying everything the nail professional did. I think it's … [Read more...]

My Favorite New Blogger…

...is Jessica Hagy. She's totally awesome - very smart and funny. Her blog is composed entirely of drawings on 5x7 index cards, usually ven diagrams such as the previous or the following one:Or this one: Blogroll her today!-Kev … [Read more...]

The TN Renaissance Fair, 2008

It's that time of year again -every weekend in May - time for the TN Renaissance Fair. We were blessed with unusually good weather this year. It was relatively cool and breezy, while still being a nice sunny day. And despite all of the rain we've had this month, it wasn't muddy either. The knights were quite a spectacle on the jousting grounds and the living chess match seemed a bit more polished and with more elaborate choreography.Dylan and Emily had other plans for the day. I suppose I'll have to get more and more used to that as they each become more independent. But I still missed … [Read more...]

Dylan at Prom

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Skinned Knees

Katie has a tradition of running down the handicap-access ramp at the YMCA in a spunky-kid attempt to beat me and her sisters down the stairs. Usually, she wins because she runs at maximum speed.When we came down the stairs earlier in the week, Katie took off as usual down the ramp - but this time she was wearing flip-flops. Not a good choice for a high-speed sprint and, BLAM!, she was skidding across the concrete before I could even think straight. She skinned up her knees, big toes, and palms pretty badly, but especially her knees.I probably should've taken her into the YMCA to see if they … [Read more...]

Europe at the Speed of Light

The Beau Rivage Palace in Lausanne, SwitzerlandI recently completed a whirlwind tour of Europe on behalf of my employer, Quest Software. As is typical for these sorts of trips, we try to pack in as many customer meetings and public seminars as possible to maximize the value of the trip while I'm there. This trip spanned seven cities and four countries. During the first week, I visited Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, and Franfkurt in Germany as well as Copenhagen, Denmark. I've blogged about all of those places before so I won't spend much time on them now. (Note to self - I just checked and it looks … [Read more...]

The Kids Choir Trip to NYC

I've been meaning to post pictures of Dylan & Emily's choir trip to NYC, but I've been so busy that it's been tough to find the time. One problem has always been carefully laying out all of the pictures on the Blogspot editor. Rachel turned me on to an awesome new service called Photobucket which makes this process much easier. You simply upload your pics to Photobucket and it will create a bloggable slide show for you. Voila!Click on the link below to see more pictures.Photobucket Album … [Read more...]