This morning we had our CMMA Board Meeting which was the work part, but the fun part was taking a private tour of the Dallas Cowboys stadium this afternoon! The stadium is amazing, and the stadium screen is even more amazing. I certainly didn't expect to get to do this on the tour, but we pretty much got to see every part of the stadium including the locker room and even go on the field...
My sister had her second child, Austin Eugene Powell last night at 9:17 pm who came into the world at a perfect (and very lucky) seven pounds. I was at church when she called me the first time and I only got to speak with her for a minute before she needed to go. I went back into the classroom at church and learned of a prayer request for her. About 3-4 minutes into the...
I was talking with Scott at lunch yesterday about our normal random things, and somehow we got on the subject of America's infrastructure. I was telling him I recently read a great article from Popular Science about renovating America's infrastructure and wanted to share with everyone as well. The following is an excerpt: "Chicago road crews are scrambling to fill 67,000 potholes a month. Communities in Pennsylvania rely on 100-year-old water pipes made of wood....
We went to the city last night to pick up our marathon gear. I carried a pink (OK, it has some red tones to it) bag which had “Run Like a Girl” through the city and BART. Even though it was a pink bag, I felt so athletic. I mean, I'm sure people looked at me and said, "obviously he is an athlete ready to run a marathon"…I could see them saying that…I could. Not...
Last night we saw the Flying Aces show at the Olympic Park, which is approximately ten Olympic athletes doing daredevil acrobatic tricks from a ski jump into a pool of water. Little did we know Dan Pryor, my boss and president of the association, would be the first to go. If you are wondering why they shoot off the bubbles before the skiers land, it is to break the surface tension of the water, so...
This afternoon I went to the Olympic Park where they have “extreme zip lining” from the top of the mountain. It made the top 10 list of zip lines in the world. It is the world’s steepest zip line according to the website and believe me the first few seconds is straight down, and you can feel the speed. There were literally only 6–8 people there, so they let us go as many times as...