Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Freshmaker, Indeed

Posted on May 25, 2009 by brad

How do we celebrate birthdays at the Rhine household? We blow stuff up! Stuff like Diet Coke and Mentos! Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter, who turns 10 years old today!

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Weekend Wrapup

Posted on May 24, 2009 by brad

Memorial Day is usually a three day weekend, but this year I managed to make it four. Friday I took a vacation day on Friday to help chaperone my daughter’s gifted class’s trip to the Smithsonian Insitute in Washington, DC. … Continue reading →

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Platinum

Posted on May 19, 2009 by brad

This weekend, we celebrated my grandparents’ 65th wedding anniversary. Traditionally, the 65th is the platinum anniversary. Five more years and they hit titanium. The 80th anniversary is, curiously enough, oak. Anyway, my wife took pictures. Here are my grandparents with … Continue reading →

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Trippin’

Posted on May 18, 2009 by brad

Well, Friday night was an interesting night. I arrived home from work to find my mother-in-law visiting my wife and kids. This in itself is nothing out of the ordinary; she visits quite often and is always welcome, especially when … Continue reading →

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Pa. high school orders shot glasses as prom favors

Posted on May 14, 2009 by brad

I’m always so proud to be both (1) from Central Pennsylvania and (2) working in K12 education. From the local education news: A Pennsylvania high school ordered more than 450 shot glasses for its prom, a move the assistant principal now says sent the … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2009 by brad

Slightly off-color, but still funny.

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Improvement

Posted on May 8, 2009 by brad

As much as it pained me to put Tangelo out of its misery, I have to admit that updating my weblog from my iPod is pretty cool.

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I’ve Done It

Posted on May 7, 2009 by brad

I’ve really done it. I moved my blog to WordPress. Why? Well, as you probably know, I’ve been using Tangelo, an application of my own creation, for my blog for about four years or so. But I haven’t updated Tangelo … Continue reading →

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