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    Playlist: Duet Chain

    As I mentioned in the previous post, I had also thought about putting together a duet chain playlist. I went through with it and it has some good tracks on it. You may notice that a bit of a genre change around track 6.

    As an added bonus and using a little creativity, I [...]

    Playlist: Cover Song Chain

    I’ve had the idea for a while for a couple playlists. One was to be a duet chain where it started with a duet with A & B and the next song was a song with B & C, then C & D, etc. My other idea was to try to do a [...]

    Fireworks!

    We went to the Tigers game on Saturday with many people from TechSmith and their guests. We stayed for the fireworks after the game. A good time was had by all.

    Below is an excerpt of the fireworks show.

    Toronto

    In May, Janelle and I went to Toronto for a vacation. I forgot to post the video here. Toronto is very, very expensive. Especially with the weakened exchange rate. I think excluding hotel rates, Toronto was more expensive than New York.

    Canoeing!

    Back in July, we went canoeing on the mighty Grand River with our friends Bill and Rhonda. I forgot to share the video at the time, so here it is:

    Deer!

    A couple weeks ago, we awoke on Saturday morning to find 4 deer in our backyard. They stuck around for about half an hour and I was able to record some of it on my Flip.

    Recipe: Sparty Punch

    Ingredients:

    Limeade Concentrate
    Everclear
    Lime Drink
    Coconut Rum
    Sour Apple Schnapps
    Midori

    Directions:

    Prepare Limeade per instructions on can, substituing 1 can of Everclear for 1 can of water in the preparation.  Combine the result with equal parts lime drink.  Add a couple shots each of coconut rum, sour apple schnapps and midori.  [...]

    From the Archives: College Application Essay

    My high school English teacher assigned us to write a college application essay in anticipation of colleges requiring one.  Below is mine. 

    I did use it for my college applications.

    It is not an easy task to summarize my 17 years on this planet within a double
    spaced, single sheet of paper.  There are many ways I could try [...]

    From the Archives: Poetry

    One of my great literary pieces, circa 1996:

    [druggy]

    i could be a cocaine junky
    in need of my fix
    [...]

    Bon Jovi...

    … Friday!