Happy Birthday To My Amazing and Beautiful Wife!
It’s an image I’ll never forget and was as symbolic and prophetic as any I’d experienced. It was the first official day of our honeymoon. Standing on a sunny sidewalk in Athens and blinking my eyes against the glare of the sun and effects of jet lag, I watched Renee pull the heavy backpack onto [...]
Have you heard of Google Flight yet? It may change online travel forever.
I just checked out this video providing an overview of the new Google Flight service. Wow – it looks pretty amazing. If it works as advertised Google Flight will have a huge impact on the world of online travel. I love the possibility of being able to search for flight prices based on day of [...]
Ty’s first Ducks game – it was awesome!
Saturday one of my dreams came true when I took Ty to his first football game along with my Dad. It was really a special moment and occasion – and one I have been anticipating for a very long time. Given my own love of sports, it's only natural that I'd want to share the [...]
How I Choose To Remember 9/11/01
I’ve been debating whether or not to write a blog post devoted entirely to 9/11 on the 10 year anniversary of that horrible day. There has been so much written, shared, tweeted, blogged, and broadcast in the days leading up to today that I wasn’t sure what more I could add – other than my [...]
Confusion and Concern: Who Put Stone On The Kindergarten Bus???
While our first day of Kindergarten for Ty and Stone was fairly uneventful (other than the eventfulness of it being their first day), the same can't be said for day number two. Everything started off normally enough. We got the boys ready for school and Hany dropped them off at their respective locations. Since Stone's [...]
The Twin Tornadoes Invade Edmonds Kindergartens!
Today was a big day in our household: the twins officially became elementary school students and went to their first day of kindergarten. Ty is off to Sherwood Elementary, which is literally around the corner from our house and is a mainstream school; while Stone is going to Chase Lake Community School, which is about [...]
Is Stage-fright to blame for Ducks Disappearance in Big Games?
Warning: this post will only be of interest if you're a fellow huge Ducks fan (but I wouldn't be surprised if some Huskies or Beavers read it and comment). So here I sit roughly 24 hours after the conclusion of the Ducks 40-27 loss to LSU in the hugely-anticipated Cowboys Classic opener for each. I've [...]
