We woke early this morning (even earlier than I wanted to, thanks to Catherine) to trek up to DC for the National Book Festival on the Mall in D.C., most specifically, to catch a reading and signing by one of our favorite authors, Neil Gaiman, who was just one of a ton of authors out […]

Yeah, it’s been that kind of week; interminable meetings, scratchy throat crud (that I’m hoping doesn’t become worse – word is that the elementary school is passing the flu around already), and and a good old general malaise that I can’t quite shake. Thankfully, I can plug into a few tunes now and then: “Debaser” […]

I hope all goes well! Also, happy “there’s only one kid at home to deal with now” day to my lovely wife.

Fourteen because I felt like it, and possibly because I was a little distracted from the historical significance, and well, the sheer awesomeness of the speech (here’s video if you don’t feel like reading) last night. I’m pretty sure it was worth keeping the eldest up for, even if she was more interested in seeing […]

From my hotel this week, I have an excellent view of all the active runways at National Airport. And the Amtrak line. And the metro. And the G-W Parkway. And some sailboats and stuff on the Potomac. It’d be like big vehicle heaven if I were a five year old boy; it’s still pretty cool […]

Look, Everybody, Colleen has documented her adventures hanging out outside of JTCC this morning/afternoon trying to catch a glimpse of Senator Obama! Here’s a cell phone photo of the campaign bus as it’s leaving the campus; If you were actually there, you could see the Senator waving from the window:

I really don’t have much of anything to share with the world today, though it’s been a couple of days since I posted anything (other than a few tweets), so, here’s something. After last week’s constant “run the kid to camp every day” activities, which, among other things, proved that even a six year old […]

Happy Birthday, Catherine! Congratulations on making it to your first birthday, and not keeling over in embarassment from a dad who posts pictures like this one on the internet to commemorate the occasion! Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure Mommy will put up something more flattering later.

I was kind of worried that my outdoorsman muscles had atrophied somewhat, since it had been some time since I’d been camping regularly, but the skills honed through many years of Scouting (where I hit a peak average of an outing every eight weeks or so some time in my mid-teens) came back without a […]

Been a quiet week; few token (but still pretty nice) posts, lots of rain, most of it over a few hours on Wednesday. Here’s hoping it’s a quiet weekend as well. Here are the first ten tunes my Sansa spat out this morning: “Afterglow” – Genesis “Neighborhood #2 (Laika)” – Arcade Fire “Never Said” – […]