I’ve only got one Oscar prediction for this year because I really haven’t seen a lot of the big movies. I’m putting my money on “Little Miss Sunshine” to win best picture. I’m basing it on a gut feel that the one fun movie that everyone says they loved will win because some years people […]
Our ’92 Legacy finally bit the dust and after much investigation, especially by car crazy Caroline, last Monday we bought a new Atomic Blue Metallic Honda Civic. Our specifications were: at least 30 mpg, will last a long time, and be a good value. Given those criteria what else is there than a Honda Civic? […]
My lack of blogging has been caused by my new full-time job which started this week. So far I love it. I’m the program manager for the International Corrugated Packaging Association (IPCA). I’m the number two person. (Okay, there are only two of us.) The job is in Old Town and seems to be 20 […]
Our “snow” is basically still cement. But cement that is great for sledding. John had two long sledding sessions on Thursday and another long one on Friday. I’ve been down the hill a few times myself. Generally the sledding at Stratford Landing is only fair because the hills are pretty small but since this snow […]
One of the payoffs for all the cold weather we’ve been having is skating on the C&O canal. It seems like we got to do this a lot more often when I was young. Now we manage it about once a year - not because we are slackers, but because that is all the ice […]
While on her travels in Kabul, Louise stayed at the same hotel as Dan Rather. Knowing of my love for him she asked him for an autograph for me. She reported that he asked for the spelling of my name (he knows my name!) and signed it “Courage”. While I haven’t actually seen it, I’m […]
We like best when snow days are announced the day before so you can make plans and sleep in. Our plans are to have the OM kids over this morning and then hopefully go sledding. It isn’t so much the amount of snow that is causing this second day of delay. It is the quality […]
I know better, but still I didn’t get around to buying John’s valentines until February 13th. (My intention had been to bring him to the store to pick out his own, but time got away from us.) When I arrived at the drug store the “seasonal shelves” were two thirds empty. All packages of kids’ […]
George Washington University has announced it is raising tuition to $39,000 per year and when you add it other fees and room and board the final cost is over $50,000 per year. Because we’ve been studying college costs lately this is not a huge shock to us. Many liberal arts colleges are already over $40,000. […]
I finally made it to the National Portrait Gallery after wanting to go ever since it reopened. I was most interested in seeing the “America’s Presidents” exhibit mainly because of the history but partly because Louise and I had such a great visit there with David Yermack years ago. (Our next stop was the capitol […]