Here I am spending part of my Sunday strolling through the videos from Thursday night’s volleyball matches between Marshall, Mayville, and Columbus. Hannah got her first start as the setter on the Marshall Varsity squad and they did OK. Even though they only won one game that evening, they were competitive in most games. Luckily, • Read More »
One under her belt
August 28, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, Gymnastics.Here’s a quick look at Clare’s balance beam routine for this season. Competing at the Intermediate Optional level in AAU for the first time, she gets to make up her own routines on the events and pick her music for her floor exercise. [youtube yCa0FRiY_8U] Even though it was only an intrasquad meet, she finished • Read More »
Playing with SlideFlickr
August 24, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.Hey, look what you can do! I came across someone else’s Flickr slide show embedded in a blog and thought to myself, “Self, you should do that with some of your pictures.” There are a couple of free slide show makers that I came across after very little research. Here’s what SlideFlickr can do: I • Read More »
Summer’s Over
August 18, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, Gymnastics, HKS, Volleyball.According to the girl’s’ schedules, I think we can declare summer over. At high schools all across the state of Wisconsin this week, girls are are digging through their long-forgotten volleyball bags looking for their shoes, kneepads, tape, etc. Volleyball practice (two-a-day!) began in Marshall Monday with a morning conditioning practice followed by an afternoon • Read More »
Savings
August 2, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS, Uncategorized.It’s amazing what you can get just for asking. Somehow, some way, I wanted to lower our overall bill for TV/Phone/Internet. Everybody has a deal, and everyone touts their lowest possible price for what you think you want. “Less than $100 for all 3!” or some such thing. Until you tell them you want a • Read More »