Communiqué

Seahawks at VMAC

Dan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:04 +0000

All of our sales-folk at work were in Vegas this week, so some of us support types were given our own chance to party with one of our clients! Three of my coworkers and I had a chance to see a Seahawks practice at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) in Renton, WA.

The place is huge and amazing. They have three outdoor fields and an full-size, enclosed field made out of the safe turf that Qwest Field has. After the practice we were treated to Famous Dave’s BBQ and a short VIP tour of the facility.

I was very impressed, even though I’m not a huge football fan. I might even get to a game this season…

The highlight of the visit was meeting the hawk. The Seahawks have a real Augur hawk fly out of the tunnel at each game, and he was at practice to get acclimated to the players for the coming season. Apparently the African Augur Hawk is ideal for taming and using in these roles. They’re very elegant and alert. Here’s the official Seahawk’s blog post on the day.

Flying Wheels 2010

Dan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:53:39 +0000

Dad, Mom, and I had a great time riding the Flying Wheels tour this past Saturday! It was quite hilly, but a fun challenge. The countryside was beautiful, riding through Sammamish, Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, and Issaquah.

The highest registration number I saw was 3,500 and the roads were packed all day.

STP is coming up soon; I hope my Dad and I will be ready!

Happy Riding

Party Like It’s 1773!

Dan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:56:24 +0000

Kim and I attended our first protest! It was pretty exciting, the official turn out was 1,200 at the Seattle Tea Party. Olympia was the big one for the state at about 5,000. I was even caught in a picture posted on The Boze Blog. (Dave Boze is one of my favorite local talk hosts.)

You can’t see much of me, but I’m there. Kim is to my right and you can see her hair and sunglasses too

The organizers were collecting for the Northwest Harvest food pantry. We thought that was a nice touch. We can take care of our own much better than the government can.

Cut the pork!

Strip Strip Stripin’….

Dan — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:10:08 +0000

Such a fun word….

Some recent Get Fuzzy I really enjoy:

Dilbert Strips :O

Dan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:00:03 +0000

Here’s some recent Dilbert strips that I really liked:

Ah… So funny

In other news… I know when I’m coming home! Kim is going down to D.C. to work on the Marriage Quilt at my aunt’s house. (She has a fancy quilting machine.) Kim’s driving down on the 24th, and I’ll fly into D.C. that morning. Then on the 26th we’re both driving back to Syracuse together!

A Long Awaited Post

Dan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:16:34 +0000

Well, this is silly. I’ve had our outdated date on my blog for far too long. Kim and I are getting married on Sept. 29th, and you would know that if you’ve been visiting our really cool wedding website.

So yes, Kim and I are very excited about 9/29/07!

Kim did an amazing job on the invitations! I’ve heard and seen amazing things, and I’m sure everyone who’s lucky enough to get one will love them too. The food and cake has been finalized, and it’s going to be fantastic!

The final thing as far as wedding planning goes is the logistics and equipment for the reception. So don’t be shy about offering us (especially Kim) your help all you wonderful friends you!

September 15th, 2007!

Dan — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:11:24 +0000

Kim and I officially set a wedding date! We decided last weekend and we’re now in full scale wedding planning mode…

I made a website for wedding information and other fun things related to our wedding. Check it out here!

So far we’ve been busy working on invitations and guest list editing. Things are coming along amazingly; it’s been great watching everything fall together.

World Vision, Here I Come!

Dan — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:53 +0000

It’s official, I’ll be spending the summer in Federal Way, WA (near Seattle)! I’ll be working for the African Programs department summarizing field proposals and some other work. It’s been looking good for months, but the final decision was made last week!

Icky Thump

Dan — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:09:07 +0000

The White Stripes announced their new album a little while ago. Here’s the cover art:

June 19th!

Maybe Kim and I will snag a show this summer

Manly Weekend and an Update

Dan — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:43:31 +0000

Last weekend a dozen or so guys from Cru went on the annual Men’s Retreat. Usual activities include shooting potato cannons, football, eating a lot of meat, and blowing things up in the fire. Each year the explosions go up in intensity (this year was model rocket engines and aerosol cans). And we had 6 cannons instead of last year’s single cannon. It was an amazing weekend up in the Adirondacks. On a serious note, the speaker was really good. He was just an average guy with a lot of good advice gathered over the years.

The cannons look something like this and were 4-7 feet long:

As a fan of good music and Get Fuzzy, these are hilarious:

That’s enough of that.

School’s winding down for me. I’ve been writing papers for what feels like forever. My 25-page history thesis is coming along. I keep reminding myself that these might be the last few weeks of school ever; unless I go to grad school…

I’m also in the process of working out an internship with World Vision. I’ve had two interviews and I’m currently doing some work for them so I can get a feel for it and so they can see if they like my work.

Kim’s getting a lot of work done on our marriage (sex) quilt and it’s going to be beautiful! We’re also coming long well on our table. It’s primed and we’re starting to work on the checkered top. We’ll post plenty of pictures when it’s done.

It’s been so long since I’ve posted that I don’t remember everything I wanted to say…