I stopped to visit my third brother

I left Shane's house at 10:48 pm, Saturday. I had taken a nap that afternoon, and figured I'd end up watching late-night movies anyway, so instead I headed out towards Morgan's house. I arrived there at 2:36 am, which wasn't too bad for 242 miles. Morgan and I chatted for a bit, then I went to bed. Up and out by 7:30, which let me arrive in Sullivan about 9:10. I stopped there to visit my other brother, Kelly:

I had never been to his grave site before. That's about all I feel like writing.

Terre Haute, Indiana

On my way to Shane's house, I saw this sign when I drove into town. Gives one a warm, fuzzy, feeling all over, doesn't it?


Here is Shane's new house. It was built in 1884, and is registered as a historical landmark. It's a really cool house, and he got it for a great price.


David showed me around the house, but couldn't wait to show me his collection of "weapons". Let's see, there is a Dragon Spear, two Dark Elf weapons, a Wood Elf bow, one of each kind of Wizard's wands (one long, one short), a Dark Elf sword, and probably more that my 45-year old mind can't remember.


Here he's showing me how to use a Dragon Spear, and he demonstrated it on the "dragon" in front of their house (which looked like an evergreen tree to me)


This is the proper way to wield a Wizard's Long Wand. ...swish....and flick.

Every Dark-Elf should be well versed in all techniques of Dark-Elf weaponry. By the time my sensei had completed the lesson, I felt ready to do battle with any Orc I might come across, with a variety of weapons.

Kristen made us a delicious dinner, after which we went out back to relax. I'm sure in David's vivid imagination he's fighting a fire elemental to protect Queen Kristen and King Shane, while the dullard Prince Shawn looks idly on.

Weekend visiting my brothers

I have tomorrow (Friday) off, so I decided to have some fun this weekend and go see my brothers. Right now, I'm at Morgan's house. We just finished a pizza, and watched the Cavs lose. Like my geeky shirt? I'd like to find one of Ninja Scroll some day.



Morgan has a real nice Sony big screen TV. I had not yet seen this commercial, and it rocked, so I watched it a few times with TiVo, then I took a picture. GREAT color and clarity. One of these days, I'll get one.

Morgan showed me this site that my sister, Casey started, and my cousin Maureen worked on also. It's at Geni.com, and it shows our geneological tree. There were pictures from my father's side that I had never seen before, including this one, from when he was in the Army, during the Korean war.


This is my favorite picture of my Dad, ever. I remember seeing this picture when I was a kid. Somewhere, we've got a similar picture of my nephew.