http://spoogly.com/blog Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:54:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was in Chicago for a training class and was able to spend a day walking around the city.  Pictures are posted here.  It is definitely one of my favorite cities - a lot to do, a ton of nice restaurants, and very clean. http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/08/chicago-pictures/ I was in Amsterdam for the last week for work and was able to get a good number of pictures.  I am still lagged so I uploaded them to the gallery early this morning since I couldn't sleep.  Check them out by clicking here. http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/05/amsterdam-pictures/ Two posts in one day. Sweet Jesus! New cake pictures and a bunch of new pictures from our Washington DC trip have been uploaded. Click here to view them. I'll work on updating the captions when I get some time. Auf Wiedersehen http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/04/new-pics-uploaded/ Congratulations to Calvin and Sarah! The Slegals have a new addition to their family - Anthony Frederick Slegal. He was born on April 13th at 4:25pm and was 8lbs 1oz. Best of luck to great friends of ours in the beginning of their parenting journey. http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/04/congrats-to-calvin-and-sarah/ I read a lot, so I am always trying to find different books to read. I started doing some research to see if there were any sites out there that allowed you to catalog all of your books, get reviews, etc. There were a few top sites on ... http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/03/books-and-librarything/ Hi everyone, New pictures have been uploaded of new Cakes and picture descriptions in the gallery have been updated. Take care! http://spoogly.com/blog/2008/02/picture-updates/ Oktoberfest So this past weekend was pretty interesting, I guess. I wanted to check out the Oktoberfest at the Penn Brewery since I have been taking German for the last 6 months or so. The whole plan sounded great in theory, but it took over 30 minutes to ... http://spoogly.com/blog/2007/09/happenings/ Well, once again it seems as though it has been an extremely long time since I've updated this site. A lot of things have passed in the last few months such as our 1 year wedding anniversary, our dog's 1st birthday, trip to Orlando for work, etc. As ... http://spoogly.com/blog/2007/08/random-update-endlich-finally/ I have read a good number of books since my last review, but I wanted to write about this one while it was still fresh on my mind. The book is Labyrinth by Kate Mosse and it is another book that is about the Cathars under persecution from the ... http://spoogly.com/blog/2007/04/book-review-labyrinth-by-kate-mosse/ So, I am a little late on this post, but the new version of the Ubuntu OS 7.04 is available as of Thursday 4/19/07. I have tried many different distributions of Linux and have been using Ubuntu for about a year now. I don't do any crazy tasks ... http://spoogly.com/blog/2007/04/ubuntu-feisty-fawn-released-419/