One more

One more
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Yes, livin on a prayer

Like I said

Like I said
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These screens rule.

Very Cool Video Screen

Very Cool Video Screen
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Its actually four screens that combine, separate and rotate. Coolest I've seen in a while.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi
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Yes, you heard me correctly. We hae some really good (expensive) seats but they are actually a good band. We had dinner with scott and suzanne and are now rockin out to shot to the heart. Rock on......

Happy Birthday Linda!

From the boys and us....

Razor Race

Spent the day running around and doin a lot of nothing. It felt good. The boys are getting good with their Razor scooters and showed some of the talent in the clip above. Not much going on this week except I guess Nicole and I are going to Bon Jovi on Thursday, yep, living on a prayer.

Papa and Dylan

Papa and Dylan
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We ran a bunch of errands and worked around the house today. Sam has been puking all day but hasn't been acting all that sick, don't know what that's all about. It's cold and grey so xbox and a fire has been the story for the last couple hours. We watched American Gangster last night. That was a good movie. I think Nicole is requesting a chick flick tonight so No Reservations is on the schedule tonight. Good times....

Musical Enterlude

Musical Enterlude
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At the aia grassroots meeting yesterday. I'm here again today but don't have any formal presentations, just informal chats with people about soloso. It was treatening to snow a lot last night but all we are getting is lots of rain. It isn't even freezing rain like was promised. I don't want freezing rain of course but would love some snow. Maybe next week.

February Snow

February Snow
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We are getting a little coating today and may get some more on Friday. Here's a shot from the driveway with the back of the new car. I'm liking the new vehicle quite a bit and the all wheel drive came in handy today, even if the snow isn't really plowable.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIL

Hiking Again

We have been on a hiking hiatus the past couple months due to Sam's leg issues and at one point, we didn't think we would be hiking for a long time. We ventured out this morning after a quick breakfast at ihop to Leesylvania State Park. We hiked there last year around this same time. We choose some different trails and got about 2.5 miles in. Both boys were a little out of shape but they made the journey without too much whinning. Sam's leg was totally fine and he doesn't appear to have a limp at all at this point. He did take a nice fall and face planted on the trail about mid way. You can see is little shiner in the pictures I uploaded to flickr. I'm feeling better and plan on going back to work tomorrow. Most of DC is off due to Presidents Day, including Nicole. Busy week with a big Grassroots event for AIA this week, lots of presentations and meetings for me.

Magpie Valentine

Magpie Valentine
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Having dinner at Tallula for valentines day and enjoying a bottle of Laughing Magpie in celebration of carolyn and roberta, the original laughing magpies. Leased a new car today, infinity g35x. Tons of technology included in this baby. Happy vd.

Rappin Happy Birthday Finn!


From Mac Daddy Dylan and Snoop Sammy Sam.

Pop Up Architecture

Being sick and working at home have their advantages. I was able to open up a pop-up architecture book Linda and Gil got me for the holidays. Very cool book that I shouldn't let the boys get their hands on. They tend to be really tough on books, particularily pop-up books. I am feeling better in case anyone is interested.

One Sick Puppy

One Sick Puppy
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I went home a little early on Tuesday because is wasn't feeling so good and got hit by a ton of bricks wednesday and thursday. Sore throat, throbing headahe, body aches, the whole nine yards as they say. I'm home again today but feeling well enough to work. I have three computers going because I have to make up for lost time.

AIA Gold Medal

AIA Gold Medal
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A new aia gold medal winner was chiseled into the lobby wall this week. Mr. Piano will get his award next week at the accent event at the national building museum. I missed the actual engraving but caught the process in mid chesil.

It's Cold

Giant Robot
Originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

It got real cold here last night but no where near as cold as Minnesota. If you ever wondered what Minnesotans did all winter long, these pictures may help you understand. I remember going to parties in three, four room ice houses duing the winter months in high school. People used to build ice houses to sheild themselves from the elements while they tried to catch fish though a hole in the ice. That evolved into a place to get away from home and to hang out with friends and drink, particularily if you were under age.

Now, it seems ice houses are a means to artistic expression. These shots on flickr are from Aaron Landry, a Minnesota blogger I've been following for a while. Taken not too far from where I grew up on Medicine Lake this weekend. Check out all the shots here http://flickr.com/photos/s4xton/sets/72157603881319745/

Let's Go Fly A Kite

We are all a little sick today with Momma feeling the worst at this point. Dylan is on anti-biotics but has bounced back nicely from yesterday's complete meltdown. Sam and I just have a little cold going on. We ran out to Fort Hunt down towards Mount Vernon this morning to fly the kite they got for their birthdays. Thank you, whoever gave it to them. Ft. Hunt has one big empty field which minimizes the risk of the kite going into a tree. It was also quite windy today with a cold front moving in from the north. This was the first time flying the kite that the boys named "Monster Ed, Eyeball Head" I finally took the good camera out of the bag and took a bunch of pictures that I posted on flickr. Check them out here...http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerclees/sets/72157603887078755/show/

Nasty Ear Infection

Nasty Ear Infection
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We visited kathy this morning after dylan got back from the doctor. He has a really uncomfortable ear infection it seems and we are waiting to get our hair cut so dylan can go home and lay on the couch. The nintendo is keeping him quiet for the time being but he is miserable.

Long Time

Has it been 4 days since I last blogged? I think I'm getting lazy in my old age. That, or my life is just really boring right now. Let's see, we had a nice little Superbowl party on Sunday and they boys were all out of control with excitement to see Mike, Kelly, Donkey Head and Chadron. The game was good and Sam was devistated to learn that the Giants won when he woke up on Monday. He told Nicole that it couldn't be true, they were winning when he went to bed. This week has been all work and not much else. I did get a message in flickr from a Counting Crows fan in Baltimore with pictures from the show Friday night. They are much better than my little pathetic camera phone shot. Take a look here

Rams Head Live

Rams Head Live
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A very nice and quiet concert. A big change from the typical crows show. Adams in good spirits and sounds great. I talked to dylan and sam a little while ago and told them we were in baltimore and they asked if we on a train. They know the train museum they love is here. They would freak out if we said we were seeing uncle adam. They like him a lot and think they can go on stage every show.

ASAE Technology Conference

ASAE Technology Conference
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I spoke to about 200 association execs about Soloso yesterday at the asae tech event here in dc. I must say it went pretty well and their was a ton of interest in the knowledge base social networking too I've devoted my business life to the last 18 months.

It was a nice end to a day that included Sam getting the all clear diagnoses from the orthopedic oncologist in the morning. As I mentioned in the previous post, Sam has no pain in his leg and he barely has a limp. He is also very happy to be free of the boot. Thanks to everyone that sent all the good thoughts to him, I owe you all a drink because it seems to have worked.

Nicole and I are heading to Baltimore to see Adam preform an acoustic show for the johns hopkins cancer institute fundraiser tonight. It will be fun to see him perform without the whole band and its for a good cause. Ill get some pics of the show.