a beautiful hermeneutic [hur-muh-noo-tik]

Last Friday was crazy Hawaiian shirt day on the PVT team. Only 4 of the 9 participated. You can tell who the really cool ones on our team are. BTW, the guy next to me (Mr. Geoff Calrson) just had his second baby yesterday. Congrats Geo!!

It's been a good couple of weeks. Annie and I got to spend a significant amount of time in Evansville over the 4th. It was a relaxing time of sleeping in, lounging around at my sister's pool, and more sleeping in. We were able to get a couple of donut bank runs in, as well as a stop by GD Ritzy's, a trip to Schnucks to load up on Ski, and a late night run to Lics. We had a massive family cookout on the 4th, highlighted by the "patriotic" desert that Annie made. We weren't really using our brains with the sparklers on that one. Feel free to enjoy our family stupidity on the youtube link. Laurie followed us back to Huntsville to spend some alone time with her brother and sister in-law. That's right, she actually got away from her kids for a few days. We took her to Victoria's for lunch, Nothing But Noodles for dinner (which recently closed in Evansville), and hung out watching a bunch of episodes of Lost. I am realizing now that many of the highlights f

Mom is in town visiting. Geno and Duncan are very happy about it. I have a ton to blog about, but I can't seem to find the time. More to come.....

After much hype and anticipation, Apple's experiment into the celluar market has landed. I am sure everyone has heard something about the iphone by now. To this point, I have been sceptical. I do think the ipod is a revolutionary product and worthy of market leadership, but a cellphone from apple that cost $599? Is it worth paying that for a phone that only works on AT&T's network (rated around 128-30kbps)? Well, the verdict is in. One of the guys I work with brought his in yesterday and I have to say it is quite impressive. The touchscreen interface is unlike anything I have ever seen. It is about as thick as 2 nano's stacked on top of each other and it weighs only 4 ounces. Crazy. When someone leaves you a voicemail, the phone automatically downloads the messages on your phone. You can play them in the order you wish to listen to them (instead of listening to the latest message first). When typing a message or an e-mail, the screen turns into a keyboard. If you flip t