Monthly Archives: January 2010

Ten years ago yesterday

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Ten years ago yesterday, Michele and I were married. I find it hard to grasp because ten years sounds like such a long time. On the other hand, the time has flown by. When we got married, I also became an instant parent.  Keegan was eight.  Ten years later, Keegan is a senior in high school and he hopes to be in college in the fall.  And now there are three more children: Tristan, Brinley, and Cohen.  What else has changed?  Too many things to mention.

Happy anniversary to us!

I look at this photo of us on our wedding day and think, how much younger I looked then!  I’m old and gray now :-)

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Keegan turns 18

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Well, the day that seemed so far in the future to me has arrived.  Keegan turns 18 today.  Wow.  It is hard to believe that our eldest child is all grown up and soon to move on to college! 2009-12-25-02-36-15-christmaseve

Last night we had his birthday party at Bryan’s.  Here was the requested menu:  Grandma J.’s lasagna, a “loaded” salad, a Caesar’s salad, Texas toast, strawberry cake, and chocolate eclair cake.

Proverbs 3:5-6 is an appropriate verse for this time in his life.

Happy birthday, Keegan!

Newspaper editors, please proofread

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This morning I was reading the Chicago Tribune and noticed not one, but two pretty obvious spelling errors on the front page.  The first one, shown below, is a headline with the word “artic” instead of “arctic.”  Come on, people.  (Click on each image to enlarge.)

The second blatant error is lower down on the same page, a headline asking “What Does Auld Land Syne Mean?”  Puhlease.  Folks, it’s Auld Lang Syne.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes, including me. But somehow I expect newspapers and other formal publications to do a better job of proofreading.

This concludes my first rant of 2010.