Monthly Archives: February 2009

King Cat arrives

Though people have heard me talk about a cat that we have for many years named “Juliet”,  very few people have ever seen this seemly fictitious cat unless you count the flashes of grey that streak through the house when any guest arrives.  Juliet has been in my wife’s life longer than I have.  So...

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Love Affair: Amy Hancock

I remember in the 1980s when MTV first came out and I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.  I was finally able to see more and more live footage of the bands that I loved at the time.  Television channels like MTV definitely changed the music business forever. The evolution (though starting...

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The Homework Bush Fort

Lately, since we have been experiencing some 70 degree weather, we have been taking some family walks, and playing outside whenever possible.  Others across the country do not have the luxury of  this type of weather especially at this time of the year. In my last post , I showed you pictures of my two...

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The Keys

<Imagine for a minute the “Cats in the Cradle” playing in the background and then read the following for the full effect. > Well, she came home from the circus just the other day So much like a lady I just had to say "Nanna , I’m proud of you, can you sit for a...

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Pinewood Derby 2009 – Part 2 – Select cars

Originally,  I provided a few pictures from the recent race in this previous post.   In between races, I had a quick opportunity to grab a few pictures from the registered cars table. The cars are held here after they are registered by the participants, and remain here(under armed guard – and legged too)  until the...

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Pinewood Derby 2009

This past Saturday, we headed to Sophia’s Girl Scout Pinewood Derby.  This is one of the few father-daughter outings this year.  It was great working with Sophia on her car.  Sophia did not have the advantage of a father who is a mechanical engineer to help design her car like I did when I was...

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Gene Spolar finally gets a chance

  Photo Credit: Scott Anderson – Racine Journal Times As I pointed out in my previous posts, I grew up in Racine, Wisconsin as a Green Bay Packer fan.  In Wisconsin, both my older brother “Intense Dave” and I played YMCA youth football.  My brother played one season for the (in)famous “Cardinals”.  The Cardinals were...

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