September 7, 2009 – 4:56 pm
MLB and I arrived home late (10:45 PM or so) last night, after navigating 5 state’s worth of toll roads back from Chicago.
The Red Hat Summit was another outstanding affair; the sessions were well-attended, the food good and plentiful, and I’ll attend again next year. The event is just that don’t miss in my [...]
Thanks to the nuances of holiday scheduling, tomorrow is the paid holiday for this Independence Day weekend. Thanks to a balance of PTO1, I’m taking off July 6th.
4 for the 4th. Neat! Our usual trip to visit our West Virgina friends begins on Saturday, with the BBQ, beer swilling, fireworks shooting, and Indepencence Cake2. An [...]
January 25, 2009 – 2:59 pm
I made several posts over the last few days about my freshly rekindled interest in horse racing. Until last week, it had been 15 years since I’d been to a track during the live racing season; the last time, our good friends Dale and Kathy spent a couple of days with us; they were on [...]
December 31, 2008 – 6:02 pm
For several years now, my little bride and I, along with three other couples, meet on New Year’s Eve, for dinner and dancing. It’s pretty cool, I guess. Big Band kinda music, balloons, noisemakers, and the whole shittaree. BYOB – reminds me of my years in “dry” Kansas.
I like the [...]
Happy Birthday to Miss Emily Slusher, who turns 6 today.
Happy Birthday to my lovely wife, who turns something a tad north of 6 today.
My love to you both.-k-
One of the hoped for but not expressly articulated events of our trip was being reintroduced to our friends’ eldest son, his lovely wife, and their cute-as-a-bug’s-ear daughter. I had not seen their son since he was in diapers; it was inappropriate to go through my usual my how you’ve grown routine.
On Saturday morning, [...]
We took a cruise down the Chicago River and out onto Lake Michigan on our recent visit. Our host had gone below to avail himself of the plumbing facilities and cash bar. So, my little bride and I did the classic touristy thing; we handed our camera to a fellow tourist, [...]
Tomorrow, we head west and a tad north towards Chicago. We’re visiting a college bud of mine, and his little bride.
Whilst there, we’re planning on attending the first night Nextel Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Like every trip, getting the electronics and spare batteries packed is always the biggest challenge. That’s done, [...]
As is becoming our custom, my little bride and I spent the Fourth with our friends in West Virginia. The grilling was done just as the skies opened to a steady rain. So the party moved indoors, and didn’t miss a beat. After the serving of the Independence Cake1, most of the local [...]
Via the Evil Genius Chronicles, an update on James Slusher’s run in the WSOP. By the numbers:
James wound up 230th in a field of 2706.
He was knocked out by Bernard Lee, who now leads the tournament event.
Bernard Lee isn’t a newbie at this.
James netted $3,000 for his efforts, not bad [...]
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