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Enjoy Nick Offerman reading a shortened version of “'Twas The Night Before Christmas”. Merry Christm

We recorded NBC’s live performance of “Peter Pan” to watch with the kids. I thought that the whole show was sub-par, at best. However, the fact that Mr. Smee (Captain Hook’s first-mate) has a tattoo of a Mythosaur, the symbol of the Mandalorians, made it all worthwhi

A roundup of pictures from our AWESOME vacation. Let’s do it again next week…

Yesterday, we sent our son off to “Outdoor School”; a week-long excursion that the local elementary school uses to take the fifth graders camping (and learning!).After work, we picked our daughter up from her dance classes and took her out for dinner (OIP, FTW). Later we went home and helped her with her homework, brushed her hair, and tucked her into bed. All the while, The

A round up of photos from #MyFirstTri yesterday, the #ChilliChallenge. Had a BLAST with three of my buddies from college. If you had told me two years ago that I would be participating in a triathlon in 2014, I would have laughed in your face. Thanks dudes, for helping me to make it happen! Can’t wait until next year! (okay, maybe I can wait a little bi

Fair warning: this post will surely be a buzzkill.So, I haven’t posted in a while. In fact, one of my more recent posts was nearly three months ago.The reason that I know that it was three months ago is because I was out mountain biking with my brother, while he was visiting us here in Pennsyltucky.He was here because our dad died on May 30th.There is a lot that I’d like to

First ride on the Allegrippis Trails. Rocked my socks (and my brother’s). Will definitely be back. So

Lately, I have had the good fortune to get about 10 miles in each morning on my ride. This does wonders for my strength and stamina. Needless to say, I love the feeling of riding; the independence and freedom is fantastic.I got up at my usual unGodly hour this morning for my morning bike ride. Got dressed, strapped my iPhone to my arm, set the GPS app and headed out. A little

The inaugural #BowTieTuesday in the Undergraduate Admissions Offi

(Subtitled: Don't Ask Questions About Another School)Hello [REDACTED], and thank you for your email!While I can certainly appreciate your interest in Pitt, as it is one of Pennsylvania’s fantastic state-related institutions of higher education, you have sent this email message to Penn State.As it happens, I do specialize in assisting transfer students with the processing

Finally at the end of a VERY long day. Traveled from State College to Philadelphia to Las Vegas with some very cool co-workers (#LionPack!). Just finished a couple of Heinekens, and now I’m going to plot out tomorrow’s conference sessions before I straight-up pass o

My first bow tie. Last night’s attempt was an epic failure. This morning, things went much more smooth

Crazy. Nearly $970 million MORE than last year’s total.&nb

Anyone have a time machine, or some way to slow things down? Some days she really does look like she’s growing up too quickly.He

Brilliant truth.TheOatmeal.