Chicken Lily Nina's most recent book is getting released in March by Henry Holt. I'm biased of course, but that doesn't change the fact that the art is brilliant and the story is really lovely. Looking
Useless Ramblings…
Had a bunch of things that I was thinking about recently (nothing very deep - trying to avoid that at the moment...) Sherlock Christmas Special So both Nina and I are big fans of the current
An Evening with the Cousteau Family
Thanks to some good friends giving us the heads-up (thanks Trish and Steve!) we were able to go to an event last night at the Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, MN presented
Good article on how much soccer appreciation is growing in America
It's good to see that the number of Americans that are watching soccer matches on TV is growing (and significantly). I like most sports, but the only one that I consistently watch is soccer and I
Getting ready for warm weather
I think this Spring and Summer are going to be very nice indeed. A very hard, cold, snowy, and long winter has got the whole family very excited about warmer weather... In the last
NBC – your iPad app now sucks…
[UPDATE: OK - the most recent update to the iPad app seems to make the application functional again. Thank you NBC. The ads are also somehow less annoying and seem less frequent (although it
First Woodworking Project
I've always been very impressed with people that can build things. In particular I think woodworking is really cool and so I've decided that, in the spirit of learning something new, I'm going to
Happy New Year (a few days late)
During the holiday season I pretty much stayed away from the blog (and anything else not work or directly-family related) and spent my time either trying to wrap up 2013 at work or getting
Happy Thanksgiving
Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I'm a very lucky guy that lives a very lucky life and I have a list of stuff to be thankful for that's way too
Doubling up in November…
UPDATE: Sadly I'm not going to be a 'winner' for 2013 NaNoWriMo... I got up to about 30,000 words and the story sort of ran out of steam. That, coupled with a work trip