We had a large turn out for this Sunset Race. It was late enough in the day, that I brought my wife and kids. We put two boats in the water early and paddled for a bit before the start of the race. For the race, she and the kids hung out for a bit, … Continue reading “67th Sunset Race 7/17/2014”
We were on the road by 6 am, which was a feat with the people involved. Even getting our two kids to wake up on time was simple compared with my brothers, Herman and Henry. Much to my surprise, everybody got up with minimal fuss and we were on the road. 3/4 of my passengers … Continue reading “Hayden and Jennifer 10 Years – 7/12/2014”
Its Friday and tomorrow, 7/12, my brother Hayden is celebrating his 10th wedding anniversary. He’s living in Kentucky and St. Louis happens to be on the way. In addition, Corvin and Sonora were still at Grandma’s house visiting. Since there wouldn’t be enough room in the car for all of them, my kids plus Herman … Continue reading “Balls, Bats, and Slurpees – 7/11/2014”
I was signed up for the MR340 race. it was set to start on Tuesday 7/8. I have family in KC and decided to visit for Independence Day. It wouldn’t require any extra time off work, so it was perfect. We loaded the boat on the van and took off after work on Thursday. Everything … Continue reading “7/3/2014 – KC For The MR340”
Its been 5 years (almost to the day) since Corvin and I last shaved our heads. True to the format, though not planned, Corvin went first! It didn’t take Danelle long to get him into top mohawk form! While the chair was still warm, I decided to sit down myself. Here is my last chance … Continue reading “Head Shaving – 7/2/2014”
Danelle works very hard on her garden every summer. Her harvests are getting better as she figures out what works best and what the family will eat 🙂 Three different kinds of beans go great in a stir fry. They all taste about the same, but add some visual appeal to a meal. The plants … Continue reading “Garden Harvest – 6/29/2014”
I’ve been using dependency injection (DI) in my code for over a year now. I wasn’t a huge fan of it when I started. The only benefit I have seen from using it is with unit testing. When code is unit tested, its easier to “hide” parts of code you don’t want to test. I’ve … Continue reading “Dependency Injection and Circular References”
My sister Hannah and her friends Tiffany, Shelby, and Kaley came to visit for a few days. Being poor college students, Hannah depended on her big brother to give her free room and board plus some entertainment. And being the good brother, I didn’t let them down. The weekend started with a call from Hannah … Continue reading “Hannah and Company – 6/26/2014”
For the few people that follow my log, you may have noticed a change… I was using BlogEngine.NET for my site. I started noticing that things were acting up. It ends up that somebody hacked my site and started modifying every post I put up on the site. It has taken me a few days … Continue reading “Welcome to WordPress!”
While Danelle and the kids were at the St. Louis Cardinals Game, Jo and I were on the Meramec river training for the MR340. Of course, this was an equipment test, more than an endurance run. We paddled approximately 4 miles downstream to the Meramec Marina. There, Jo and I tied up the boat to … Continue reading “Meramec River Training Run – 6/19/2014”