Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Presenting: “Dinner”
We had friends over for dinner last night, so we did steaks on the grill and roasted new potatoes. The meal was, as always, great (thanks, Honey!). Since we now have one, we decided to eat in the dining room on the front side of the house. This wouldn’t normally be an issue, but we [...]
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
Crowded House… It’s Not Just a Great Band
I’d like you to meet the two newest Engels! Originally named Stuffing (the rottie) & Pecan Pie (the tan), as they were born on Thanksgiving, the renaming process is under way. Taryn has settled on Xavier (t.p.f.k.a.* Stuffing) and I’m still mulling over names for Pecan Pie. My current favorites being Jake & Alex. We adopted [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Announcements, Family, Image by chris_engel
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Run 2 Miles, Eat a Dozen Donuts, Run 2 More Miles…
I had forgotten that this race, the Krispy Kreme Challenge, even existed, but now it’s back and bigger than ever! There is a $1 bounty up for the first Flickr photographer to get a picture of one of the runners… um… having donut retention failure. ;) We have so got to watch this!!!
1 Comment » - Posted in Flickr, Humor, Photography by chris_engel
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Weekend Update
We had a good time entertaining Laura this weekend, as she was visiting us from Virginia Beach. She’s one of my oldest and tree-huggingest friends… bless her heart. :) If you get a chance to meet her, and she tries to explain “Sport Billy” to you, just walk away.
We also went to our first Carolina [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Banal, Flickr, Friends, Photography by chris_engel
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
The Future of Computer Interfaces
This computer interface, from Perceptive Pixel, is really really amazing! It is, apparently, straight of out the movie Minority Report, and it seems like it could be the direction computer interfaces could grow over the next few years. With the popularity of the Wacom products, at least amongst photographers and other graphics creatives, is already a [...]
