October 2009

The Archives

• Business

  New Website – TrendyPeas.com

  10.31.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  

  My good friend Patchi Cancado has launched a great new business called Trendy Peas.  Patchi is a great graphic artist who I have worked with and collaborated with many times over the years.  She is a mother of two, and decided to launch a business to others in the “parenthood” demographic. After her kid’s nursery [...]

• Sports

  Maybe next year……..

  10.30.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  

  Just a few weeks removed from my “It’s all downhill from here” post, where I pretty much insinuated that the Hokies were on there way to the national title game,  things seem to have totally fallen apart.  After being dominated at Georgia Tech, and suffering an embarrassing home loss to the lowly UNC Tarheels (I [...]

• Green

  Team Germany wins 2009 Solar Decathlon

  10.16.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  

  Team Germany, which also won the last competition in 2007, is seemingly starting a dynasty in the Solar Decathlon.  The team took first place in this two year competition which wrapped up on the national mall in Washington D.C this week.  Teams from 20 universities designed homes that were measured on categories such as architecture, [...]

• Life, Photography

  New England

  10.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Heather and I just got back from a week up in New England.  Despite some pretty poor weather, we had a great time and got a bunch of great pictures (which I will add to my flickr page).  The main success was that we were able to pick up my new printer from a print [...]

• Sports

  Virginia Tech Football Moves Into Top 4

  10.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Another great season is brewing in Blacksburg.  After the Hokies took apart Boston College yesterday, and LSU lost at home to Florida, VT has move up a spot to #4 in the AP national college football poll.  With all of their toughest games behind them, Tech is in control of the ACC, and appears to [...]

• Life

  The Curt Wynn Experience

  10.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Ok, there is no band called the Curt Wynn Experience, but it would be nice if there was. Curt Wynn did get together and jam with the uber talented “Nasty Nat Hall”, at a benefit concert for the “Best Day Foundation” in Corolla last week.  The concert was a lot of fun, and actually raised [...]