Last Friday, Ashley Rhodebeck came over from the Beloit Daily News to interview my family. She’d been assigned to update the local readers about our quadruplets and how they’re doing. The article appears in today’s paper, and you can read all about us online too. The kids had a ball talking with Ashley. When her car pulled into the driveway, …
Happy Birthday, Marty
Ten years ago today, I became a father. My son Marty was born down in Radford, Virginia, while I was helping run Pinnacle Entertainment Group as its president. Even before he was born, we knew we wanted to move back to Wisconsin to be closer to family–something I couldn’t have imagined when I was in high school–and within six months …
No ChiTAG for Me
Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to the TAGIE Awards tonight or to ChiTAG tomorrow. My wife has come down with the flu, and while my mother will come over to watch most of the kids tonight, my son Marty needs a parent to join him at the opening night of his play (KFAD‘s production of A …
Good Times Too
I’ve posted a lot of gloomy things here lately, so I thought I should give some attention to some of the good ones too. Three new babies have come into the world recently and that’s something to wear a goofy grin about. First, my cousin Michelle Norville gave birth to her fourth child, Lucy Ann. Michelle and her husband Marcus …
Sad Day in Wisconsin
While I was at my step-uncle Richard Lacy’s funeral on Wednesday, I learned of a horrible tragedy that had happened in Madison the day before. Ryan Dutter, formerly of Beloit, shot his disabled 12-year-old son and then killed himself. I didn’t know Ryan personally. I went to school for many years with his older brother Pat, and Ryan was in …
Rest in Peace, Richard
My step-uncle Richard Lacy passed away on Sunday morning. Richard met and married my stepmother Nancy’s sister Sally later in life, but not too late for them to have their son Bill, whom I’ve known as a younger cousin for most of his life. Richard had three kids from a previous marriage, and while I’ve never met them, I’ve always …
Voted
I woke up, got the kids to school, then drove out to my friendly polling place in the Town of Turtle to vote. (I live on a split lot that’s part in Beloit and part in Turtle, but my bedroom in in Turtle, so that’s where I vote.) The line was short, and I got through in under five minutes. …
Go Vote
Tomorrow’s the big day. If you can vote, please get out there and not only exercise your right but do your duty and enjoy your privilege. The last two presidential elections in the US have shown us that even a small number of votes can make a historical difference. I’m taking the day off tomorrow to volunteer at the Democratic …
Good-Bye, Greg
On Monday, my friend Greg Joos died. Greg was married to Brooke (Henderson) Joos, a childhood friend I’ve known since I was two years old, and he left behind her and four children: two now-adults from a previous marriage and two sweethearts that play and go to school with my own kids.
Games, Politics, and Religion
In comments on a recent post about the Citizens of Virtue ARG, my friend Teeuwynn Woodruff points out that the game is meant to support Jesus Wants to Save Christians, a new book by Rob Bell and Don Golden. She also directed me to a fresh blog post that explains it all. Ironically, on the same day, the über-political-polling site …