Hello everyone. We like to do things a bit latter…
you know, catch the after Christmas sales and have more time to
prepare. This year that philosophy also extends to Christmas cards and
in this case, emails.
The year of 2007
January of 2007 Alan’s team got outsourced to Singapore and he found a new job working for friends doing [...]
Monthly Archive for December, 2007
Chirstmas In Louisville – Blount/beatty/mcclure/weatherman
Posted in alan, anita, event/news on Dec 26th, 2007
A good and busy Christmas this year. We stayed in Louisville because Anita’s too close to due-date to travel. Had 7 different family engagements in two days and enjoyed every one… though at the end of things we are certainly tired. We had too much food and too much sugar, enough sleep and a great [...]
http://lynncoins.com/lunar.htm - looking at the basic calendar, Anita’s a monkey, Alan’s a goat and Poppie will be a rat.
http://lynncoins.com/chinese_new_year.htm -
however this link informs that the chinese new year really begins on a different date every year based on a lunar calendar. As such: Anita is really a
goat/sheep (earth sheep), Alan is really a horse (earth horse), and Poppie [...]
The Nerd Handbook – Where Was This When Asked Me “why?”
Posted in geek, laughable, look at this on Dec 20th, 2007
It’s long, but great – go read the Nerd Handbook and understand your favorite nerds just a bit more. Here’s a quote from the top:
Understand your nerd’s relation to the computer. It’s clichéd, but a nerd is defined by his computer, and you need to understand why.
First, a majority of the folks on the planet [...]
Algebrahelp.com – Where Was This When I Was In School?
Posted in geek, look at this on Dec 20th, 2007
I recently came up with a VERY simple algebraic equation… trying to figure out how many months it would take for something to become cost effective. I looked at the equation and thought I would see if google search could solve it (it can solve basic math problems and even unit conversions), but google couldn’t [...]
Hubble Ultra Deep Field – A Sense Of Proportion
Posted in geek, look at this, thoughts on Dec 15th, 2007
As Douglas Adams put, humans really can’t deal with having a sense of proportion. We aren’t capable. But we can stretch for it…
(I can touch my toes, but I can’t bend further over… but I should try to)
Take 5 minutes and read this fantastic piece on an image from Hubble Ultra Deep Field. It’s [...]
I’m Voting For Andrwe Horne, For The Senate
Posted in political on Dec 13th, 2007
Not that it matters to most of you, but a friend of mine reminded me that I should indicate who I am voting for… If for nothing else I like the following line:
I offer trustworthy, competent and genuine leadership. I am not a Politician.
Of course, anyone can say that – but my general feeling is [...]
Emilyn Parker, Born
Posted in Friends' Blogs, anita, pregnancy on Dec 13th, 2007
Anita and Alan and Cathy (Alan’s mom) visit Chris and Jenny Parker in the hospital ~2 days after the birth of Emmalynn Parker.
more…
This was a “scary” birth story. After 7-8 hours of early/active labor, everything normal and in the Hospital… the baby monitor showed significantly decreasing heartrate. Chris hit the “call nurse” button [...]