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It's Been Months

Hey everyone.

This page was initially intended for everyone in our family to post something semi-regularly about themselves and what's been going on. Seeing as no one has posted anything (including myself) in months, I see only two options:

Pull the site or start posting again. Please let me know what you think we should do.

Mind Numbing Fun... :p

Okay, here's a mind teaser for you all.

There are 4 women who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each woman walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower woman's pace.

Woman 1: 1 minute to cross
Woman 2: 2 minutes to cross
Woman 3: 5 minutes to cross
Woman 4: 10 minutes to cross

For example if Woman 1 and Woman 4 walk across first, 10 minutes have elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If Woman 4 then returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you have failed the mission. What is the order required to get all women across in 17 minutes? (there are actually 2 answers and either one would work)

Just for fun... 2 points to the first person to get it right and 1 point for everyone else who answers correctly after that... good luck! You have until the end of July.

Ryan - January to July

Yeah I know... 7 months of pictures... but at least you can see them (if not really, really late).

January 2006



February 2006



March 2006



April 2006



May 2006



June 2006



July 2006



One From Today, Just For Fun!

Side Bar

While attempting to update the scores... somehow I lost the ability to edit the template. I'm currently looking into this, and we'll see what happens...

Current Scores

Laura - 21
Debbie - 20
Jimmy - 11
Grandpa - 9
Glen - 1
Gibsons - 0

I'll figure this thing out sooner or later...

Recent Ryan Picture

I know... I know... I've been a bad, bad father and haven't posted pictures in a while... here's one and I'll get some more up as soon as I can remember... This is from a wedding we went to in June.

Multiple Choice #4 - Julia Roberts

Okay... I'm finally getting back to this. Sorry for the delays. E-mail me your answers as soon as you can and I will try (and if I don't please remind me) to grade the answers by the end of this month (June). Good luck and have fun!

1. Julia Roberts got her big break in 1988 by starring in two movies. One movie titled "Satisfaction" (a box office flop) and the movie that launched her career, what was the name of this movie?

a. "The Player"
b. "Pretty Woman"
c. "Mystic Pizza"
d. "Girls of Summer"

2. Julia (as Vivian) in "Pretty Woman" meets Richard Gere (as Edward) because he's lost driving around in a borrowed car. What kind of car is he driving?

a. Ferrari
b. Porsche
c. Lotus
d. Lamborghini

3. After successfully producing "Stepmom", Julia went on to produce two 'Made for TV' movies based on a popular series of dolls. What series of dolls are these?

a. Raggedy Ann
b. American Girl
c. Barbie
d. Bratz

4. In "Steel Magnolias", Julia's character Shelby dies due to complications with a medical condition. What condition did she have?

a. Cancer
b. Diabetes
c. Hypertension
d. Anemia

5. In "My Best Friend's Wedding" Julia's character Julianne convinces her gay boss (played by Rupert Everett) to pretend to be her fiance. In an attempt to explain how they met, Rupert's character George breaks into song in order to embarrass her. What song did he (and ultimately the entire restaurant) sing?

a. "What the World Needs Now is Love"
b. "A Man and a Woman"
c. "The Way You Look Tonight"
d. "I Say a Little Prayer"

Bonus - True or False, Julia Roberts has never appeared in a sequel?

Multiple Choice #3 - Finding Nemo

As per request... The next quiz. You know the drill and if by now you've forgotten read the post directly below this one.

1. What was the name of the dentist's niece?

A. Darrah
B. Darla
C. Darma
D. Darling

2. What was the name of the starfish in the 'tank'?

A. Gill
B. Bubbles
C. Gurgle
D. Peach

3. What kind of fish is Dory?

A. Clownfish
B. Tang Fish
C. Moonfish
D. Anglerfish

4. Which of these is NOT one of Nemo's classmates when he starts school?

A. Squirt
B. Jimmy
C. Pearl
D. Sheldon

5. How "young" was Crush?

A. 100
B. 130
C. 150
D. 200

Bonus - What year did "Finding Nemo" come out?

A. 2001
B. 2002
C. 2003
D. 2004

Multiple Choice #2 - NASCAR

Okay, sorry for the delay. Here is the NASCAR quiz. You all know the rules, e-mail me the answers and of course good luck and have fun.

1. Which pair of NASCAR drivers are tied for having won the most championships?

A. Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon
B. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt
C. Lee Petty and Richard Petty
D. Dale Earnhardt and Lee Petty

2. How many championships (each) did the pair from the previous question win?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

3. Who won the 2005 NEXTEL Cup?

A. Jeff Gordon
B. Dale Earnhardt
C. Kurt Busch
D. Tony Stewart

4. Who won the first Winston Cup?

A. Richard Petty
B. Cale Yarborough
C. Dale Earnhardt
D. Darrell Waltrip

5. In what year did Dale Earnhardt die in the final lap of the Daytona 500?

A. 1999
B. 2000
C. 2001
D. 2002

Bonus - What year was NASCAR founded?

A. 1942
B. 1944
C. 1946
D. 1948

Multiple Choice #1 - Winter Olympics

New Quiz Time! Okay, sorry for the delay with this... but better late then never, right! I still need a few more suggestions for categories but I have enough for a little while.
The first is Winter Olympics (I'm doing this one because hopefully it is still somewhat fresh in our minds).

To recap... points are awarded as such:

1 point for every correct answer to regular questions
1 point for a correct answer to the bonus question(s)
1 additional point for answering all regular questions correctly
1 additional point for answering all regular questions correctly first
1 point for Gleezus for every regular question not correctly answered by anyone

As before use your own knowledge and e-mail me your responses. The answers to this quiz will be due by March 18th. Good luck and have fun.
So, without further ado...

#1. Which country was the first to host the Winter Olympics?

a. Germany
b. France
c. Switzerland
d. Norway

#2. Which event was new for the 2006 Winter Olympics?

a. Snowboarding - Halfpipe
b. Snowboarding - Parallel Giant Slalom
c. Snowboarding - Snowboard Cross
d. All of the above

#3. How many people are on a team in Curling?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

#4. Which year was Women's Ice Hockey first played in the Winter Olympics?

a. 1990
b. 1994
c. 1998
d. 2002

#5. Which of these famous American Figure Skaters have NEVER won a gold metal?

a. Kristi Yamaguchi
b. Dorothy Hamill
c. Michelle Kwan
d. Tara Lipinski

Bonus: In which country will the 2010 Winter Olympic Games be played?

a. United States
b. Canada
c. Germany
d. France

Clicking Noises

Yay! More important (at least to Laura and I) baby accomplishments...

He's been smiling and screaming and (sort of) laughing for a little bit now, but a new sound has emerged from this little creature (and its not from the other end either). He has started making a 'clicking' type sound.... I can't write what it sounds like, but it is the noise you make when you call your cat or dog that "here kitty, kitty, tick, tick, tick" sound. We assume the reasoning for this is that we call Roxie (our dog) like that and he has picked it up... if he sees the dog or wants her attention he does the little ticking sound. The dog won't come to him, but she will look at him quizically. He does it slower than we do, but it's cute. He and the dog get along really well. He likes to 'pet' her, which means for him rubbing his hand on her head or back and periodically yanking at her hair and/or ears. She sits there and lets him do it (usually while giving me some sort of annoyed or dirty look) and doesn't growl or yipe or anything. Well, like I said... it's a small achievement, but one we are currently enjoying. Later!

Multiple Choice #10 - Miscellaneous

Last round for this game. Don't forget to send your answers to gleezus@hotmail.com. Also, don't forget to send me some Trivia Category ideas for the next game! Good Luck!

1. Sports - The Vikings and the Bills have both made Super Bowl appearances and never won. How many times have each of these teams gone to (and lost) the Super Bowl?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

2. Movies - In every Pixar movie several things have always been featured. Which one of these has NOT been in every Pixar movie to date?

A. Voice actor John Ratzenberger
B. CalArts room number A113
C. Cameo from a movie currently in production
D. The Pizza Planet Truck

3. History - How many presidents have died in office (either by assassination or by natural causes)?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

4. Science - How many years are between each sighting of the Halley's Comet?

A. 65 - 66 years
B. 75 - 76 years
C. 85 - 86 years
D. 95 - 96 years

5. Technology - ".com" is the most popular generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the World Wide Web. Which of the following is NOT a valid gTLD?

A. .biz
B. .info
C. .tel
D. .aero

This bonus question came about because of a Geico commercial. This word was given to a group of spelling bee children. I found this word to be humorous so I looked into it. You've got a 50/50 shot. Good Luck

Bonus - True/False - Floccinaucinihilipilification cannot be found in any version of a Webster's Dictionary.

New Photo Display!

The "Random Images" section has been rearranged to include picture from the entire album, not just the most recent ones. If you don't like the new layout and prefer the older one, let me know. I can set this to have 3, 5, or 10 pictures... Want more, want less? Let me know. Later!

Road Trip

I'm leaving for about a month to visit relatives. I'm departing on Monday after Super Bowl LX (Go Steelers) and will visit Jimmy and family for a week. We plan to remodel his bathroom (should be fun) and then celebrate his birthday. (All three of my children will be in the same decade.) Tiger is traveling with me, I hope he is ready for a long ride because it is about 700 miles from Jimmy's house in Arden, NC to Heber Springs, Arkansas where I will visit my sister, Diane, and her family. I plan to stay through the weekend and return to Jimmy's on Monday for a couple of days to rest up and then head down to Winter Garden, FL to visit Diana, Tony and Michael for a couple of weeks. I'll stop at Jimmy's again for a couple of days on the way home (sort of like a motel) and then home to NJ in early March. Hope the weather cooperates, it has been so mild in January that I expect it to be really cold and maybe snowy in Feb in NJ. With any luck it will get it out of its system while I'm gone. If anyone wishes to call me while I'm on the road, use my car phone, the number is: 484-574-1736. I'll have my cell phone with me too, if you want to call me when I'm not in the car (856-275-0138). Happy Valentine's Day to all. See you in March. I'll be here for Jennifer's and Samantha's birthdays.

Multiple Choice #9 - Technology

Well, we are coming down to the wire here... This quiz is about Technology. As always, good luck and don't forget to e-mail me at gleezus@hotmail.com (if the pop-up doesn't work just type my e-mail address into whatever e-mail program you are using). The next quiz will be Miscellaneous and the answers to this one are due by next Friday (February 3rd). Also, I want you to e-mail me two or three suggestions of categories for the next set of quizzes (i.e. Tom Hanks, The Civil War, Nasa, Disney, The Beatles, etc.) which are going to be more specialized quizzes. I will use two from each person to make the next 10 quiz round. Please send these suggestions to me by the end of February. Thank you, and have fun!

1. Which of these is NOT a simple machine?

A. Wedge
B. Screw
C. Gear
D. Pulley

2. What is the number 10 in binary?

A. 0010
B. 0101
C. 1001
D. 1010

3. Blue is what number on the resistor color code?

A. 4
B. 1
C. 2
D. 6

4. What does 'HTML' stand for?

A. Hyper Terminal Markup Language
B. Hyper Terminal Meta Language
C. Hyper Text Markup Language
D. Hyper Text Meta Language

5. How many bits in a byte?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 10

Bonus - What is the number 10 in hexadecimal (hex)?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

Multiple Choice #8 - Literature

Yes, contain what little excitement you have... It's Trivia Time again! This time the category is Literature... More than likely you have at least heard of most of these books, authors, or plays... Take some wild guesses if you don't know, but as always good luck and don't forget to e-mail me the answers. The date that you have to submit your answers by is January 27th.

1. Which Shakespeare play included the famous line, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse"?

A. Macbeth
B. King Lear
C. Richard III
D. Henry VII

2. In all of the Harry Potter books to date the name of Ron Weasley's rat has been mentioned, what was it?

A. Scratchy
B. Scabbers
C. Scrounger
D. Scrabby

3. Pip (Philip Pirrip), a boy that experiences the world one amazing moment at a time, and becomes an unlikely gentleman after receiving an inheritance from an unknown source. Which Charles Dickens novel does Pip appear in?

A. Modern Times
B. David Copperfield
C. Great Expectations
D. A Tale of Two Cities

4. In which John Grisham novel do all of these characters exist: Nicholas Easter, Lou Dell, Claire Clement, and Jacob Wood?

A. The Testament
B. The Runaway Jury
C. The Client
D. The Pelican Brief

5. What is the name of the ship from "Moby Dick"?

A. The Ahab
B. The Queequeg
C. The Melville
D. The Pequod

Bonus Question - What was the title of the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

A. The Hobbit
B. The Fellowship of the Ring
C. The Two Towers
D. The Return of the King

Riding My Bike!

I kept Samantha today and she rode her bike this morning for the third time. She is really learning fast, she can pedal and steer pretty well, which I think is quite an achievement for a child who is three months short of her third birthday. She rode her bike about three blocks down the street to play with a neighbor's children and then rode back an hour later. She rode a couple of blocks again when her mom came to pick her up to show her how well she can ride. (Jennifer was impressed.)

Multiple Choice #7 - Health

Time for another quiz. This time the subject is Health (no cheering now, Mom). Good Luck all and submit your answers to me before January 14th.

1. What is the more common term for Varicella?

A. Chicken Pox
B. The Pox
C. Smallpox
D. Measles

2. What would a doctor most likely be looking for if he tested your bone density?

A. Osteoarthritis
B. Bone cancer
C. Rhuematoid arthritis
D. Osteoporosis

3. What telling feature do you have if you are polydactyl?

A. You have extra long nails
B. You have unusually large fingers
C. You have additional fingers and toes
D. You have webbed toes

4. What is the scientific term for the "white of the eye", the part surrounding the eyeball?

A. Conjunctiva
B. Sclera
C. Albumen
D. Cornea

5. What is the name of the median wall that separates the left and right sides of the human heart?

A. Atrium
B. Septum
C. Epicardium
D. Pericardium

Bonus - Which of these common medications is NOT primarily used as a pain reliever?

A. Acetaminophen
B. Diphenhydramine
C. Ibuprofen
D. Acetylsalicylic acid

Bowling for Sammy

Here are the pictures that Glen referred to in his post. We asked for the ramp for Sammy to use and she did very well with it. She was using a 6 lb. ball and lifted it up onto the ramp by herself and gave it a push to start it down the ramp. John and Jennifer lined the ramp up for her and held it steady while she put the ball up. She almost beat Jennifer in one game.

Christmas Pictures... Finally

Christmas was good for Ryan (or so we assume). We went to Laura's parents house and Jennifer and John's house on Christmas Day and Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve. Here are some pictures (more are in the Flickr.com account).

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

We hope everyone else had a great Christmas! I think he'll enjoy the coming years more and more and we are really looking forward to that.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!! I wanted to say that since this is the first post of the new year.
Laura, Ryan, and I spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with Grandpa and have lots of food and we even went bowling on New Year's Day (Samantha, Jen, and John came too) and I beat Grandpa in one game, woo-hoo! We took some pictures on New Year's Eve (big suprise, I know) and here is Ryan in his cute little tux outfit.