Photos from Little Pine Picnic

Todd's 2011 Visit - Little Pine Dam

My dad, brother, and son (Ed, Todd, Dan) waiting for dinner at a family get together at Little Pine Dam.

Dad and Jody waving at us as we canoe past pavilion.

Dan in front of Chinese Buffet

Another Peanut Butter Cup Moment

Sometimes two good thing go great together (this may not be one of them).  I'm not a guitar player.  My brother is.  And we are both Star Wars geeks.  We had all the Star Wars figures (first generation).  For some reason he always got the good guys.  I remember the first Easter after Star Wars came out.  I got Darth Vader.  He got Luke.  I got C3PO.  He got R2D2.

I never got the vehicles.  He did.  Hands down, the best ship was (is) the Falcon.  He had it and it was awesome.  I can see it flying through the living room in our house in Avis.  Rear legs retracted.  Front leg down so it could serve as a handle for the person "flying" it.  You needed the handle because it was huge (for a ten year old).

Now, someone has turned one into an electric guitar.

Details are at http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/21/millennium-falcon-gu.html via Boing Boing.

Sam versus the Skloosh

Addie, Sam, and Socrates

Just a few pictures of my niece, nephew, and my son's dog.

And some pics of my niece

Nephew Pictures

My brother sent down a batch of photos. Here are a few of Sam.

Like Father; Like Son

New Dot Com - eggbrosinc.com

My brother keeps talking about starting a formal branch of our small projects. We have been calling ourselves "Egg Bros Inc". I decided to buy the .com for a year and see what we can do with our own web presence (other than my blog).

Egg Bros Inc

Vacation Videos

Took the kids to Boston and then New Hampshire. Here are the videos.

Mom's Eulogy

Mom's eulogy, written by my brother Todd and read at the funeral by long time family friend Dan Danaker.

Sorry about the resolution. I'm working on getting the actual file vs using the scan. In the meantime, click the image to view at a more readable size.



Link to -- I Corinthians 13:1 thru 13




Link to -- I Corinthians 15:50 to 52

A short video in memory of my mom

A Christmas Video

Thank You Aunt Lee

Mom has been undergoing chemo and radiation therapy. She has not been doing well and feels miserable most of the time. My Aunt Lee hosted our family dinner so that our family could get together for dinner.

I like to refer to this clan as the 'Eck'stended family.

Thank You Aunt Lee for all you do!

The Pig Roast Video or Worst Music Video Ever!

It took a while, but I finally put together a short video from the pig roast. I didn't have a lot of video to work with and I decided to use Michael singing. Most of you won't get it, but I do; and that is all that matters.

Baby Goes Boom breaks a Grand

One of my first editing jobs just broke 1000 hits on YouTube. Check out "Baby Goes Boom" on My YouTube and help make this video go big.

The Police 2007 - 2008 World Tour

Saw them!!!
It was everything I expected and a bit more. I figured that they would sound good. I knew I would enjoy the show. I was surprised at how enthused The Police were and how the enthusiasm carried through the crowd.

The opening act was "Fiction Plane". My brother had already explained to me that "Fiction Plane" was a band lead by Sting's son, Joe Sumner. Even without that knowledge, it would have been likely that I would have figured that out on my own. He looks and sounds like his father in many ways, with enough of a shift to not sound like a young version of his dad. Fiction Plane is a band that will go far with or without the support of "The Police".

I could go into a long list of what I liked about the concert and detail how the show went, but Kira Schlechter of the Patriot-News wrote a near perfect article. The only additional comment I would have made is that it was great to hear (and watch) Andy Summers do solos. Back in the 80's, he never got to do that. I suppose it was because it would not have fit the Punk feel of the band.

Of course, the best part of the concert was that I went to see it with my brother and sister-in-law. We get to spend so little time together. It was great to be able to take most of a day and just go do something without being interrupted. And if your going to go do something, well . . . It might as well be watching the Police back together again.

HALO or MySpace

Seeking to find a higher level of geekiness, my kid and I MySpaced each other while sitting in the same room. Nerds!

But is it much different than playing head-to-head HALO with two xboxs?

We may not have been shooting guns at each other, but we were taking shots at each other. And the audience is bigger. If you keep everything in the 'comments', other people can follow along or get involved in the battle of words and wit.

Still, the effects are better on HALO and the soundtrack is better.

Long Pond

Monday

Todd had to work. Janine took Jerry to Long Pond and they went fishing in the canoe. I didn't get many pictures. I watched Sam.




Once again, Jerry did great with Sammy. Did I mention that Sam is only ten months old? He is a bruiser.