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Luka Kovac left Croatia on a train ( Read more... )

Just a heads up that the mun and muses will be MIA for a week or so. Traveling to New Jersey/New York for a family wedding and some vacationing. We'll be back next Tuesday night or Wednesday. I don't anticipate internet access while I'm gone, so play nice.

( Luka has never felt fear easily. )

I'd ordered this onesie a few weeks ago, and it arrived yesterday, right on time. I just now noticed the box by the front door, so when Gracija wakes up, we might just have to have a fashion show for her Mommy and Alex. She's already been having her Croatian lessons and is doing quite well, of course.

Grace Marija Kovac made her entrance into the world at 12:37 am on July 4, 2006. After quite a long labor, both Mommy and baby are doing very well, though tired of course. Gracija is as beautiful as I can imagine, all 7 lbs 11 oz of her. 21 inches long; maybe she'll be tall like me. Though I think she looks more like Sam, which is of course what I ( Read more... )

What an amazing match. Heartbreaking, but amazing. I can't imagine having to watch that one on television. The energy in the stands was just incredible, and the play was, too. We had it, had it in our hands...and that last goal was unbelievable. We knew going in, of course, that we'd need better than a draw to advance, and we didn't get it. But ( Read more... )

[ooc: This post should be treated as if it were made yesterday, since Luka is definitely too distracted today - and at the game in Stuttgart - to be making posts.]Greetings from Stuttgart! For those who don't know, my wonderful wife sent me to Germany, Croatia-Australia match ticket in hand, for Father's Day. I think this town is being overrun by ( Read more... )

If you could change one thing in history, what would it be and why?

Samo napusti da smo upoznali opet. My father has always said those same words whenever anyone goes on a long trip. He said them to me when I was leaving for America. I repeated them, years later, to Carter as he was leaving for Africa for the final time. We only part to meet again ( Read more... )

What is something that has happened to you that has helped shape the person you are today?I was eight years old when my older brother Damir, pushed me out of a tree ( Read more... )