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Archives - 2005

12/30/2005 - Colin turns 9 today. Happy Birthday Colin!

12/27/2005 - Went to the Kennedy Center to check out some traditional Irish music. Billy McComiskey, Zan McLeod, and Brendan Mulvihill performed traditional Irish music on the button accordion, flute, fiddle, guitar, and bodhran, accompanied by The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance. Billy McComiskey will be inducted into the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann's Mid-Atlantic Region Hall of Fame this February.

12/26/2005 - Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. I took some pics from Christmas at my sister's house. I posted them to the Photo Gallery.

12/22/2005 - Colin and I went to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra tonight. What a show! Music, pyrotechnics, lasers, fake snow and an amazing light show made this concert one of the best I've ever seen. This was Colin's first indoor concert (he saw an outdoor performance by Little Feat over the summer). He was amazed at the performance. I think most concerts he'll see in the future will have a tough time measuring up to the performance he saw tonight.

12/12/2005 - Christmas came early for Colin this year when Helene surprised Colin with his Christmas gifts this past Sunday. Helene is going to Las Vegas (go ahead & say it; "Vegas Baby!") for Christmas. Well to be truthful, she's not just going to Vegas for Christmas, she has business out there as well. Merry Christmas Helene!

12/1/2005 - Went with Colin's class on a field trip to the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Lots of fun and lots of Dads chipping in to help. In fact, I'd say there was an even mix of Dads and Moms volunteering as Chaperones.

11/24/2005 - Great Thanksgiving. Friends, family and pie! Started off at my friend Helene's house and then over to my sister's. Played some poker with the family. My sister made up her on version of a poker game which involved 8 wild cards and a 7 card hand. Colin won the first hand with five of a kind and a pair. Needless to say, the game was not a hit.

11/16/2005 - Jimmy started a new job last night. He's working at S&K Menswear in Aquia. I stopped by last night to say hello (I was his first customer).

10/29/2005 - Little League Fall Ball ended today on a high note. Our team played well and ended the season with a tied ballgame. A highlight for me in the fourth inning was that Colin struck out three batters with 11 pitches.

10/17/2005 - Colin hit a triple in tonight's baseball game!

10/11/2005 - Colin helped me cut the outfield grass of the baseball field today. The first time he drove a John Deere tractor/lawn mower by himself. Quite a proud moment for me (it's a guy thing).

10/03/2005 - It's my brother's 40th birthday. Happy Birthday Tim!

10/01/2005 - Lost the game this morning. We went four innings. Colin closed out last inning and struck out three batters with 13 pitches! Today is also Leanna's birthday. Leanna is Jimmy's girlfriend of almost 3 years. Leanna turned 21 today. Happy Birthday Leanna!

9/30/2005 - We won another. Lots of hits from the team. Colin had a double.

09/24/2005 - What a game! We lost, but still the boys played well. Colin hit well. Next game is scheduled on the 30th. Colin may pitch on the 1st.

09/22/2005 - Colin's team played last night and we won, 8 - 4! Our second game of the season and our first win. Colin hit a 2 run home run. Big night for him.

09/18/2005 - We had our first baseball game for the fall season yesterday and we had a blast! We lost 10-7, but we had fun. Colin played two innings at catcher and two at bats (struck out both times swinging, I'll have to work on that).

09/04/2005 - The fall season Little League Baseball has started again. I'm managing Colin's baseball team, the Athletics. They're in the AA division team. The first season the kids will pitch to each other. Colin wants to pitch and he looks like he'll do well.

09/01/2005 - My house sold. Still searching for another house.

08/14/2005 - I went to the Loudoun Summer Music Fest to see Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Great show! I was up close to the stage for the first few songs, but I wimped out and had to move back a ways to let my ears recover. Joan Jett (and the Blackhearts) rocked. The played all the favorites and about 5 songs off her new Album "Naked". The opening act, Niki Barr, is certainly worth mentioning. Niki and the band had good stage presence, played well and kept the crowd rocking.

08/11/2005 - Went to see Andrew McKnight tonight at the Herndon Town Green. It was part pf Herndon's Summer Concert Series. Andrew's musical style is a blend of folk, blues and bluegrass. Tonight's performance was very special. Andrew had a band backing him tonight; Lisa Taylor on percussion and vocals, Ralph Gordon on fretless bass and Dana Conner on vocals. I like the acoustic sets I've seen Andrew perform over the past 6 years, but what a difference a band made tonight. Check Andrew's site for more local gigs. Andrew lives in the area, but tours Nationally, so catch him while you can.

08/07/2005 - Last night's Potomac Nationals game had a surprise! No one from Colin's Little League showed. So when the Director of Community Relations, Maureen Connolly, asked Colin if he wanted to go out on the field to be introduced, he understandably declined. Maureen later stopped by and told Colin that she had a surprise for him. She asked Colin if he wanted to go meet some of the players in the Nationals dugout. Off she went with Colin, only to return without him. Maureen said that the Manager, Bob Henley, asked Colin to sit in the dugout for an inning! Colin said that he was slightly teased about his uniform (Colin was in his Little League Orioles uniform). Colin was asked to removed his hat and wear a helmet while sitting in the dugout (safety reasons). He spoke with Mike Hinkley (Pitcher) and Robert Rodriguez, one of the catchers. Thank you Maureen and Bob for making last night's game memorable for us.

08/05/2005 - Dad Camp has been going well. This week's events:

Monday: We saw the movie "Sky High" and went to a Frederick Keys game
Tuesday: Kings Dominion
Wednesday: Busch Gardens
Thursday: Potomac Nationals game
Friday: We went bowling and we went to see Fighting Gravity at Herndon Rocks
Saturday: Potomac Nationals game with his Little League team
Sunday: Washington Nationals game

08/04/2005 - My house sold (again), well not again. The first contract fell through. Another contract is in and I expect it to follow through.

07/18/2005 - Dad Camp! What is "Dad Camp"? I take a week off of work and Colin and I spend the week doing stuff together, not just sitting around the house in front of the TV. This week's events

Monday: We saw the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and went to a Potomac Nationals game
Tuesday: Six Flags America
Wednesday: Kings Dominion
Thursday: Another Potomac Nationals game, this one with the family
Friday: We went to see a Frederick Keys game (this one had fireworks after it)
Saturday: Live music at Reston Town Center "British Invasion"
Sunday: Little Feat at Loudoun Summer Music Fest

07/17/2005 - I went to the Loudoun Summer Music Fest to see Kansas. I've listened to their music over the years, but never caught their show. What a performance!

06/04/2005 - Added pictures of the Loudoun Little League All-Star game.

02/26/2005 - Colin has started baseball this season (www.llbaseball.com). I'm the manager and we have a couple of great coaches. Jimmy is shopping for a laptop and we think we've decided on the Dell Inspiron 6000.

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