Kassie and I are back from our trip to Germany. We went on an exploratory trip to see if we want to live there next year. My company announced a couple months ago that engineering and manufacturing are moving to Germany. The biggest reason being that most of Siemens Medical is located there, so we can take advantage of the economies of scale, etc. ( Read more... )

My first big announcement over LJ:

Guess who's engaged?

That's right.

Kassie and ME!

Take a look at some pictures and the story.

Posted some more pictures last night. Old pictures actually. From when I was a child. Some funny ones in there. And yes, I used to be blonde.

http://www.andybrenner.com/photos.html

I posted some photos from Kassie's recent birthday...

http://www.andybrenner.com/photos.html

No one tagged me, so I'll tag myself ( Read more... )

Day 2 of noisepop:

Last night was Feist, with openers John Vanderslice, Youth Group, and The Botticellis. A memorable show - I'll start with Feist. Kassie and I (and Rick and Suzi) had seen her open up for Kings of Convenience last year - apparently her first show in the US. We liked her enough to buy her album after her set, but it was just her ( Read more... )

At long last, I have updated my website. It's completely redone, using iWeb. I'm in the process of adding more photo albums, so check back in a few weeks ( Read more... )

Wrote this offline a couple weeks ago, but forgot to post it ( Read more... )

Did you know ( Read more... )

Exciting news...my uncle's first novel was released today. His name is David Marusek, and the book is called Counting Heads. He's a science fiction writer, who's written several highly acclaimed short stories. I ordered the book on Amazon, and it should arrive in a few days. He has a blog going about the upcoming book tour and the process of ( Read more... )