Sam and I stayed in town this past weekend.  On Saturday I had an AYW meeting at RPI, ate lunch in the RPI Union, and then went to help Sam at the new house.  I measured, cut and painted boards that fit into the mud room and will have hooks on them.  They look pretty good.  We are having a closet added to the front room so that it can be used as a ( Read more... )

My mom sent me a link that that goes over the history of the 458th Bombardment Group from WWII, the group my grandfather was in. It goes over his crew's members, missions they flew in, and certain mission records. There is also this really amazing picture. My grandpa is the right-most standing person in the picture.


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Got this email from my Dad last night ( Read more... )

My Grandpa was featured in the Allentown newspaper because he volunteered as a marshal in the U.S. Women's Open (Golf) this past weekend.

Here is the article

And because I'm so proud of him, I also put the article text behind the cut.
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Last week I invited my parents to come visit and help me paint my fence ( Read more... )

My Dad's travel articles about Tanzania are featured on the front page of IGOUGO.com ! I'm not really sure how the editors picked it out - I guess they must have been getting a lot of hits.

Here's his member profile

In Africa we saw this weird plant that I later identified as Amorphophallus bulbifer for my mom.


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Anyone have a good gift idea for my Grandfather's 90th birthday? I am afraid to get him something physical because he already has so much stuff in his house.

Can any of my vegetarian friends recommend any websites or books that explain how to live a SAFE and BALANCED vegetarian lifestyle? My sister just changed to veggie, and from the sounds of it she is not doing it correctly. She complained of feeling "Fragile".