David Jacobs was a friend of mine in high school. We weren't super close; we kind of ran in different crowds. But I drove him home pretty regularly, and the best man in my wedding, Chris, was also his best man. David was a tormentuous soul -- he was a known fighter, and he and I got into a fight at a dance in 7th grade. No suprise, I lost. He and ( Read more... )

I've been really busy since I've been back, so I haven't really been able to write down all of what happened on my trip to the Low Countries for Memorial Day weekend. My Dad, Uncle, and I joined veterans of the 104th Infantry Division (the Timberwolves) as they retraced their steps from World War II. This was my grandfather's division. Here is the ( Read more... )

There's a couple of reasons that I haven't journaled in like three months. The first is that I got reassigned to a new project at work (again), and I am now working on the new COTS program as a subcontractor to Orbital Sciences Corporation. I'm still with SAIC in Houston, and I still love it ( Read more... )

Updated to include Great Britain from last year. I plan on hitting a couple more next year (with Davido and Josiah).


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There's a lot going on in my life, and with my family, that I know I am going to look back some day and regret not journaling it. There's been a lot of highs and lows, lessons learned, times that I want to remember. Alas, I'll once again settle for a bulleted list ( Read more... )

Still in training, but I'm pulling a few overnight shifts. We're putting the European lab module onto the International Space Station during this flight, which is a big milestone for the program ( Read more... )

I've been in an intensive period of training for my new console at NASA, and Angie and I are working hard to get the skate shop in our names. To complicate things, she's been sick with a severe bout of the flu ( Read more... )

It's been weeks since my last entry, so here are three quick points ( Read more... )

This past weekend sucked. I had a cold starting Friday afternoon, and it just got worse through the weekend. I was going to play soccer again Saturday morning, first time since my injury in October. Didn't happen. I was pretty useless throughout the weekend, and Angie felt pretty bad too. Ironically, I started feeling better on Sunday night, though ( Read more... )

We went over to my sister Deborah's place in nearby Rosharon to have a family dinner. Her kids were all there (save for Nathan, who is at Fort Irwin in California right now). A good time was had by all, though we didn't stay as long as we usually do. I was fighting off some sort of illness, and Mikhail had plans to have his buddy Blake come over ( Read more... )