Last night was the big Pam and Jim wedding on The Office. I’ve loved watching the Pam and Jim story progress. In the episode there was this part where Jim talks about the beginning, when he had a crush on Pam, but she was engaged to Roy, and how he waited 4 years and “…I think that even then I knew that I was waiting for my wife,” he says. Wow. Goosebumps.
I love a scene like that. I can remember a couple of my favorite wedding or proposal TV episodes, you know the kind that really stay with you. The …read more

My daughter Dani had her senior gallery show yesterday.  Instead of creating multiple pieces for this one, the project was one big installation: a 20 ft pair of gently flapping wings.  The piece was to benefit the non-profit organization Not For Sale, an group working to end the enslavement of people worldwide, including here in the USA.

My daughter gave me the coolest Valentine (we celebrated early this year for many reasons).  Of course, it came via my wife, since the munchkin is only 10 months.
As you can see, the ladybug is has some translucent wings–but what you probably can’t tell is that they are made from tracing paper that I cut to the wrong size.  Instead of throwing it out, I gave it to my wife to put in with her scrap-booking stuff.
Little did I know that she would use it to cover my daughter’s card to me.  What a double cool card, don’t you think?
(The wings …read more