Month: October 2015

  • Chez Grandma and Grandpa

    The youngest was spoiled at Grandma and Grandpa’s while the rest of the family went to Orlando. Here’s the video evidence:

  • A couple of Hills in Switzerland

    A couple of Hills in Switzerland

    Exactly a year ago, my brother and I had finished up a business trip in Geneva and were maxing out a Swiss Rail pass on a whirlwind tour of a good chunk of the country. Here’s where my photo library says I took pictures: I finally put together “the slideshow”, which is probably too long for anyone…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Reviews

    Here are some book reviews I wrote on goodreads.com over the years. Many of these were audiobooks from Audible. The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (5 stars) I’m normally a non-fiction reader and have tried with mixed success to get into fantasy and/or science fiction. I can’t remember the…

  • Halloween Tunes Mix

    Halloween Tunes Mix

    I enjoy collecting and organizing music almost as much as listening to it. Here’s the current state of my Halloween Mix. I was tired of variations on The Monster Mash and tried to put something together that’s actually listenable. There’s some gothic rock, some minor-key New Wave, some movie and video game soundtracks, TV theme songs,…

  • Harry Pottering in Orlando

    Harry Pottering in Orlando

    Here’s the second video (first one here) over-documenting our Orlando trip last week. This one covers Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, which include the two parts of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.