Thanksgiving 2009

Here's a short video of Thanksgiving that was hosted in the flatlands of Illinois. A good time was had, but we missed John, Tom, Iker and families. Happy Holidays!

Tire Failure

A friend sent me this photo. It was taken after his tire blew out while landing his MD80 in Burbank-CA. It happened because the anti-skid system went haywire.

Google Voice

This is pretty cool. Google Voice gives you a free phone number, and you can make free calls from your computer, your cellphone, or home phone. You can direct the calls to your Google number to ring any number you want (home, work, cell, etc). Try it! Click on the link below, or call me at: 847-220-8844.

Cowboy Joke

One day a cowboy appeared at the pearly gates of heaven before Saint Peter. “What have you done of particular merit?” Saint Peter asked. “Hmm. I can think of one thing,” the cowboy replied. “On a trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of burly bikers, who were threatening a young lady. I ordered them to leave her alone, but they would not listen. So, I approached the largest biker and socked him in his face. I kicked over his bike, ripped out his ear ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled at the rest to back off, or I’d kick the hell out of all of them.”

Saint Peter was impressed, “When did this happen?”

“Just a couple of minutes ago...”

Labor Day 2009

We spent Labor Day weekend at mom & dad's place at the Shangrila airport in Beecher-WI, and visiting Annie's friend Mindy who has a cabin about 2 miles away on the Menominee River.

First Day of Kindergarten

Kurt is off to his first day of Kindergarten today. Kurt(5) joins his brothers at North Barrington Elementary - Peter(8) is in third, and Erik(7) in first. We now enter a new phase of life where all our kids are in school. We are happy, but also a little sad. The photo above shows each boys first day of Kindergarten.

Popper's New Website

Popper has a new website, www.orecreektreefarm.com. It's powered by Wordpress, an open source content management system. We hope to energize his sales, and maybe do some Craigslist & Google advertising this fall.