Chris Starts, Wins 14-7

I got word less than 24 hours before gametime that Chris would start as center. Fortunately, it was a home game and I was able to get off work in time to see the entire 3:30 ballgame.

The opponent Patterson Mill is the new school in the county, and they only have grades 9 and 10 this year. Chris knew quite a few of the PM players, including the QB Adam LeFleur (we knew when he was 7 years old that the kid was going places--mark the name) and another kid that played QB in rec ball Michael Karousos.

Patterson Mill scored on their second offensive play, getting off to a quick 7-0 lead. CMW worked hard, mostly pounding the running game with short gains to ultimately win 14-7. PM was at all times considered an imminent threat to score on a breakaway run or a long pass. It was a VERY exciting game to watch. Particularly exciting for those of us watching Chris!! [#50]

Good times!!

Chris says:

It was cool, and a good game. It was fun to get a lot of playing time again just like rec football. However the kids were much bigger but it was cool. We won in the 4th quarter so that was cool.

Warning, IT Post

I've known for quite a while that you can create PDF files by getting a free "printer driver" that makes a PDF file instead of a piece of paper. I've been using Print2PDF from P602, but I think that cost a couple of dollars. There are good free ones, and I hear cutePDF is good, and would probably recommend it even though I've never used it.

For less time, I've been using a program to combine multiple PDF files into one, and to split and reorder PDF files. I've done it "the hard way". I installed MinSYS, a minimal linux system running in windows, and pdftk to run in that environment. Wow. Not for the feint of heart, but it worked for me. And I was proud that I could do it.

Well, now there is a program for doing this that runs in windows. Angus Johnson has posted pdftk builder. It has the download that runs in Windows and does exactly what my much more complicated implementation of pdftk did, only with a much easier user interface. Trivial? Maybe not, but useful if this is the sort of thing you like to do.

Poolesville Day

This year, Poolesville Day was mostly an excuse to catch up with Corinne. With a little more warning, we're thinking Chris and I might run the race next year. But it was a record setting celebration of the town, and we had a grand time while we were there.



This was Saturday Sept 8. Sunday the 9th we went to the Redskins game. Go Skins!

CMW JV Football goes 2-0

Chris pulls a fever of 103, but recovers enough to dress for the game. CMW defeats New Town 15-0. The game was scheduled for 4pm, but was late starting as we had to wait for the opponent to arrive. The decision was made to shorten the quarters, so that the varsity game that followed wouldn't be delayed.

Chris did all the long snapping (punts and extra points). First TD was folled by a successful extra point kick. The second TD was followed by what looked to be a successful kick, but a penalty was called for false start. The ball was backed up to the 8 yard line, and we lined up for a slightly longer kick, but we ran a fake, and had an excellent throw to a wide open receiver. Chris got a few plays on defense also, and on one play had penetration to the QB and was wrapping him up as the ball was being thrown. I came from work, and didn't have a camera with me.

CMW JV Football

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Chris played Thursday and won. They were short one of the coaches, and unfortunately, it was the coach that rotated him in on defense. His only playing time was long snapping punts and PAT. So we can chalk up the victory to the team and hope to see Chris in action for the next game.

First Week

No, I don't plan to post every week of Corinne's college. But the first week is very active. She has auditioned for and been placed in chorus. One of three Freshman to be placed in Cantus. It's "higher" than the alternative, so it's an honor. Beyond that, I have no more explanation. She was placed as an alto, I believe.

She has auditioned for "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". For the ingenue role, they were looking for blondes only, so given that, there really was no role for her. Three freshman were called back (remember Dominic from Les Mis). Turns out as a freshman, you also have to qualify as a circus freak to get a role. One freshman did, as a contortionist.

She auditioned "Twelve Dancing Princesses", and was one of three or four freshmen called back (remember Dominic? apparently there are Princes also). She auditioned "School of Scandal" and was called back, again, one of only a few freshman.

Perhaps I missed something important, and we'll get a comment about it...

Remember home?

Just a reminder to those who will never truly come home again. You can go wherever life takes you, but we'll always be home for you.

These shots are mostly semi-random snaps on the way from work to pick up Chris from Football practice. I really wanted to get a shot of the Arctic Circle sign (I did), and the beer bottle on highway adoption sign across the street from Torinos (I didn't exactly). I surprised myself with some of the pictures that came out OK. I kinda liked the one where I got the tent church, and the area where they're building the new tent church, with the cemetary in the rear view.