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Yes, This Was a Big Storm

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I thought that this snow storm was the worst I could remember, and it turns out I am right. More snow fell here than anytime since 1910, according to The Dispatch.

Cold War Revisited

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The last time I visited the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum, we were still in the Cold War. This time around, they have a whole hangar displaying the technology that came out of that era, including this B-2 Stealth Bomber. The ...

Kitchen Nightmares Formula

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I may be one of the last people to have seen Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC version) and have thoroughly enjoyed it even though his recipe for turnaround is virtually the same each time. Like House, it might be one ...

Quick Change

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rebecca and I were offered tickets to the Ohio State Men's Basketball game last night against Coppin State. I had never been to a single event at the Schottenstein Center, nor a basketball game period, so the whole experience was ...

DSLR Test Drive

Friday, November 23rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I don't own a digital SLR (DSLR), but have considered one for a bit now. Fortunately, a co-worker let me borrow his for a brief stint to try out. I still haven't decided to go the SLR route, but I ...

Talking Jazz Cat

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I have been laughing at this video quite a bit. It must be my favorite video mashup since the dramatic chipmunk series.

Back from Cabo

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Our trip to Cabo was very nice and definitely took us out of our comfort zone. It wasn't so much the shift in culture that was different -- we found it to be even more accomodating to Americans than the ...

Headed to Cabo

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rebecca and I will be leaving the country tomorrow to Los Cabos, Mexico for the rest of the week. This will be our first trip south of the border and we are really looking forward to it.

The Honey Crisps Are In

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ok, actually they have been in stores for a few weeks now. What's the big deal with these apples? About a year ago, I mentioned to a co-worker how the Fuji apple, in my mind was the perfect eating apple. ...

Xenia to Yellow Springs

Monday, September 3rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rebecca and I did the bike ride from Xenia Station to Yellow Springs today. It was the first time I had been on this bike trail and it was loads of fun and much better than the trails around Columbus.