I took last Friday off since I had to work on Saturday. (It was a long day, 10 plus hours of network configurations. That was the down side of the weekend.) I spent the morning with Mr. Grey and Mrs. TKD at his music class. A music class for 2 year olds is a laugh [...]
Have you ever felt like a writer was speaking directly to you when you’re reading their work? Ok, in my case, I’m listening to The Old Man and the Sea on the iPod on the way to work. I must admit that in my long career as a reader I’ve read very little of Hemingway’s work. I [...]
Mrs. TKD and I went to see the U2 concert at FedEx field on Tuesday. I’ve been meaning to wirte something about this all week, but its been a crazy week. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time I heard a song by U2. It was 1985 and MTV had a show [...]
Sometimes its important to take a step back and re-think your assumptions. For many years I’ve held the attitude that audio books are of little value. It’s a prejudice that stems from my education, which was strongly rooted in a liberal arts background and valued reading, writing and rhetoric. The assumption was that if you [...]
Mom turned 60 this weekend. We threw her a surprise party. Mrs. TKD along with my sister in law were the master planners of the party, gathering all the guests up for me. We got both my uncles to come as well as my cousins, a bunch of friends and my aunt. Mom was completely [...]