August 2009 Archives

Well, a while back I lamented about how the name Andy appeared to be used as a bit of a joke on TV.  In the time that followed, I've noticed that there are some stellar Andy's out there, it's just that they tend to be only second best.

Take for instance, Andy Roddick.

Great tennis player.  Won the US Open in 2003, but since then, has lost 4 grand-slam titles to Roger Federer (including a heartbreaking loss at Wimbledon this year).  An amazing Andy to be sure, but still only second best.

Then there is Andy Schleck.

Never heard of him?  Well, he is a professional cyclist from Luxembourg who most recently took second place in the 2009 Tour de France.  Sure, beating Lance Armstrong is no small feat, but once again only second best.

Finally there's Andy Richter.


Ok, certainly not an athlete (this picture is from the celebrity softball game as part of the All-Star events).  His claim to fame?  Playing second fiddle to the new host of the Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien.  Sigh.

I have also uploaded 4 (!) videos to youtube.  They are: Rachel Sweet Talkin' Her Momma, Rachel and Abby meet, Rachel Talking Again, and Rachel Dances 2.  Here are some more pictures.

We aren't.

We posted a few more pictures to SmugMug, and I hope to have another YouTube video shortly, though I have noticed that our picture-taking rate has slowed a bit as she's gotten slightly older.  I think our next gallery will have to cover two full months rather than one.  Still, she has yet to lose any of her photogenic-ness.

In an unrelated note, I'm still trying to figure out how to blog and tweet at the same time.  Unfortunately, and I hate to say it, but I feel like I do well with the 140 characters that Twitter allows and am finding it harder to come up with longer posts for the blog.  (This doesn't bode well for my dissertation, does it?)  Still, there is the Rome trip I've yet to finish, an exciting conference coming up, and of course many more pictures of Rachel yet to be taken.  So I'll do my best to keep this a bit more lively.