June 15, 2008
Father's Day Weekend
Yay for Father's Day. You know, I never really 'got' Father's or Mother's Day until I became a father. That's too bad.
Saturday, Emily and I hung out at Kenosha Regional Airport watching planes while an EAA Young Eagles rally was going on.
Someone had brought a pedal-plane which she adored.
Then we went to a "farkle-fest"/tech day a few blocks from our hose and got my new motorcycle tires (Bridgestone Spitfie S11s) mounted on the rims. I met up with these guys through Sport-Touring.Net and their generosity saved me $75+ as opposed to getting the tires mounted in a shop.
Emily got a little bored/tired.
Afterwards, we went to Pep Boys and the motorcycle shop for tools and brake parts. When we got home, we went swimming for the first time of the year.
On Sunday, I got a bunch of nice work shirts and shorts and a great Gerber multi-tool (think Leatherman but different brand) and after my ladies took me out to breakfast, I spent 7 hours with my Seca replacing the brake pads/shoes and getting the freshly shod wheels on.
I got back from my test-ride (Oh, the new tires are fantastic) in time to watch a few videos with Em and put her to bed. I finished off the evening with a Guinness or two and a few episodes of Long Way Round.
It was a GREAT weekend!
Unfortunately I had to settle for a phone conversation with my dad instead of hanging out in person. Maybe next year we can spend it together.
April 02, 2008
R.I.P. Uncle Bob
It looks like I'll be in my old neighborhood soon. I just got word that a good family friend and deer hunting buddy passed away this afternoon. I have no details other than an ambulance was at the house around 1:00 p.m. and he was gone. The phone tree went into action from there. He was 62 or so.
Pisser.
Though we weren't particularly close, he's someone I've known my entire life. They owned the very first house on our block. He was "Uncle Bob." It was in his back yard that I fell off the monkey bars and split my head open - good for 22 stitches. His 4 sons were my best friends and sometimes "enemies" growing up. He was my Cub Scout Den Leader for a while. He was a quiet, stern-looking dude, but when he spoke, 95% of the time it was funny as hell.
The last time I saw him was on my birthday this year. Here's perhaps the last photo I have of him - livin' it up with the ladies:
Rest in Peace Uncle Bob.
October 15, 2007
Family Time
This weekend was all about me and my dad hanging out. We went turkey hunting. We went crappie fishing. We spotted deer.
It was a great weekend.
September 18, 2006
A Podcast Star is Born
040_a_podcast_star_is_born.mp3 - 38.6MB - 54:54
Yes, this is a long episode, but hopefully its worth it. And hey, it's under an hour - that's kind of short for me.
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EMILY WAS BORN!!!!! August 22, 7.5#, 19.75" long. Mother and child are doing great and you can hear all about it.
Ths show runs the gamut from us thinking she was on her way, to her birth, my musings, her first bath, and even a walk through a forest preserve.
There are TONS of pictures of her life so far. If you want to follow along with the birthing and bathing pictures, click the image above. If you want to follow along with the sound seeing through the forest preserve including our run-in with geocachers and C-130s, click on the image below. The geocache in question was GCW593 - The Des Plaines River Trail, which the GameDorks did apparently find.
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June 28, 2006
She's ALIVE!!!!
039_shes_alive.mp3 - 20MB - 28:37
I got the motorcycle running like a champ. BFR (two-year flight review) and Cessna 172SP checkout is today if weather holds - don't expect audio from that.
7 weeks to baby!
Thanks for staying tuned.
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