The Milky Way

This evening I walked out my back door, looked up into the night sky and could clearly see the Milky Way. While I was admiring the sight a meteor streaked across the sky. We are a long way from the light pollution of Baltimore and D.C. out here. There are some advantages to living in the country.

Move Complete

Our move has been completed. With the help of the fine folks from Brennan's Moving and Storage we moved our household 60 miles to the Eastern Shore. Before you get too excited, let me point out that despite the name of the region in which we live, we're still at least an hour and a half from the nearest sandy beach. I've got the Internet up and running. We're stuck with DSL out here. But, so far it seems acceptable. It is noticeably slower than a cable modem, but probably only because I'm a networking snob. I'll send out a mass e-mail with the new address and phone number.

Two Happy 2nd's Trent!

Trent had two birthday parties this year. Both were small because we're down to just two weeks left before the move. So, our house is almost all packed up. One party was hosted by Wayne and Bonnie. The second was hosted by Trent's Godparents Mike and Wendy. A good time was had by all!

A Three Syllable Word

Trent has added a three syllable word to his vocabulary. It is "screwdriver". He has a plastic Mega Blok screwdriver that he enjoys. This toy formed the motivation for his expanded vocabulary.

Another xkcd Favorite

I really love xkcd. It falls squarely in the obscure eclectic zone that is my sense of humor. Here's another good one. If you don't get it, you'll just have to read the books.

Ted & Lori's Wedding

Ted & Lori got married today. It was a great event. Everyone had a fun time. I took 153 pictures. Of those, 19 seemed worth posting. They're available here. The ceremony and reception was held outside. Ted and Lori wrote their own vows. I heard could hear Ted's pretty clearly. Low frequency sound carries pretty well. I liked his vows. I thought he hit all the right points. Kahlil Gibran would have approved. I had some difficulty hearing Lori's vows. But I think D&D made it in there. Ted's a lucky guy to find a woman who, in her wedding vows, promises to let him play D&D. That's commitment.

Some New Pictures

We went to do the home inspection today. On the whole everything was in fantastic shape. There was some standing water in the crawl space. We'll need to get someone to look into that, but hopefully it can be addressed relatively easily. I added some pictures to the flickr set that covers some of the rooms I missed the first time through.